Swedish auto magazine Teknikens Värld has two photos purportedly of the next-generation Volvo V70 wagon. The images appear to have been taken at a Volvo test facility, and a car cover can be seen lying on the floor in front of the vehicle.
The cut lines and doors appear very similar to those of the 2007 Volvo S80, as does the character line running down the side of the car. The overall design language is similar to the smaller V50 wagon.
The real taillights appear to be hidden under some type of camouflage. What’s more, it’s very difficult to confirm the authenticity of these photos due to low quality and distortion. [Rear View | Side View].
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10/10, 1:04 PM
posted by:
6ix
Nice, side view resembles the 5-series (that’s a good thing.)
10/10, 1:18 PM
posted by:
kafkef
i almost puked
10/10, 1:40 PM
posted by:
peter g
Kafkef: See a doctor immediately.
10/10, 2:00 PM
posted by:
Ricardo Head
Seems a picture paints a thousand yawns ….
10/10, 2:12 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Why does almost every manufacturer nowadays seem to want to ruin the whole back-end with ugly red lights? The vehicle’s fine, but the brake light going up the column there is just too much, IMHO. It’s supposed to be a car, not a christmas tree.
10/10, 2:28 PM
posted by:
Fatstrat
Look at the rear end accident stats.
10/10, 2:29 PM
posted by:
kafkef
peter: doctor can’t do anything about it.. it’s that car!
seriously though, i do not want to see that car everywhere i go (i live in sweden, volvos everywhere)
10/10, 3:27 PM
posted by:
bacalao
a bit in the ugly side
10/10, 5:21 PM
posted by:
DaveO
Looks good but I think this looks small some how. Could this be a V50 update?
10/10, 7:30 PM
posted by:
A4
no
10/10, 7:32 PM
posted by:
A4
oh and 6ix, cover up those rims, and it doesnt look like a 5-series at all
10/10, 8:32 PM
posted by:
Lucifer
i don’t think the taillight are hidden under “some sort of camoflauge”…i think this is the final un disgused V70
10/10, 10:06 PM
posted by:
MikeFX
V70 wagon has had those red lights shooting up the sides of the glass for years. It is a good case of function over form in that they look silly but work well. I agree with Lucifer that this is an undisguised V70. Side profile looks good!
10/10, 10:23 PM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
kind of ugly
10/11, 2:12 AM
posted by:
peter g
Kafkef: You chose to live in Sweden, the home of Volvos…That’s where they nest and breed…Come to Denmark, even the beer’s better…
This is where I live…
10/11, 9:38 AM
posted by:
lewissalem
If your comments enclude “yawn,” then Volvo has done it right! Volvo has always been about safety first. Furthermore, I feel that Volvo is the only one of the Ford PAG that has had any success.
Thanks Teknikens Värld for the pics!
10/11, 12:21 PM
posted by:
wetstuff
DvidO is close.. It looks like a V50 because Volvo is out of creative gas.
j im
10/11, 12:59 PM
posted by:
BAMF
Out of creative gas? Have you seen old Volvos? Does a picture of a brick come to mind? By your logic, they’ve been out of creative gas ever since they departed from those old rounded Volvos in the 60s (or whenver it was). I disagree though. I think this looks good, as do all the new Volvos. To me, the new ones look like a sort of mix between their old style and what BMW would’ve evolved into without Chris Bangle. Simple, understated, yet handsome and strong looking.
10/11, 2:58 PM
posted by:
peter g
BAMF: Hear hear!
10/11, 8:04 PM
posted by:
autonutt
Interesting that the next V70 seems to share the slightly larger general dimensions of the S80.. another hint that the S60 will likely disappear or become something else altogether (hopefully a CLS-like 4-door coupe!).