Comments on: Volvo unveils Evolve, Heico, IPD custom C30s

By: Veda

Veda — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:19:19 +0000

I thought the car isn’t even out yet. Anyway, the blue one has a sweet front. 507HP with AWD is sweet as well and knowing Volvo’s superb brakes it may be able to go on some insane runs.

By: VDuv Kux Klan

VDuv Kux Klan — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:58:06 +0000

Ugly Car

By: InvisibleEcho

InvisibleEcho — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:48:37 +0000

507 horse with awd? When I tell my friend, who thinks volvo is the best thing since any kind of bread whatsoever, he’s going to fill his pants.

By: doublearon21

doublearon21 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:11:57 +0000

acura_el2000….it could be a 5 cylinder, there are 2 I5 motor options, and 3 I4 options, running a twin turbo setup takes lots of space as you can see from the crowded engine compartment on the yellow car, and if you look closely the manifold coming over the back of the engine has 4 pipes coming out. The blue car is for sure the I5 but the yellow appears to be the 4 cylinder, which makes the most sense as it would free up space for the TT setup.

By: moogleii

moogleii — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:59:12 +0000

Actually nm, those doors kind of scare me. I pretty much want the yellow one without that front lip spoiler.

By: moogleii

moogleii — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:58:37 +0000

I want the body of the blue and yellow, with the color of the yellow one.

By: verdegrrl

verdegrrl — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:32:38 +0000

Unless the Haldex awd unit is set up to run more power to the rear, wider rear tires will look cool but add to understeer. Snooze.

I’m thinking they probably dipped deeply into MazdaSpeed3 parts bin.

The yellow car has an extra 6 inches tacked onto the schnoz. Looks like an old skool Caterham/Lotus is trying to break out of it. The heat buildup (and soak) from the engine is no doubt impressive

By: Fatstrat

Fatstrat — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:40:48 +0000

nice runners no doubt, but goofy looking.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:36:10 +0000

I hope this isn’t the “glorified” AWD version that some companies use (whereby the front is always engaged and the rear only occasionally), but a true AWD system.

By: ironpony42

ironpony42 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:08:36 +0000

Same outside diameter, width can vary.

By: sampson

sampson — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:33:45 +0000

I always thought AWD had to have the same size wheels front and back…

By: novicius

novicius — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:32:35 +0000

Ah, yep, AWD, thanks. I completely missed that so flame away!

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:52:52 +0000

first buick, now this
the silver one looks like a delorians love child with a mini cooper

By: bepsf

bepsf — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:33:43 +0000

That Heico/Burton C30 is hot – sign me up!

By: acura_el2000

acura_el2000 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:17:22 +0000

actually 5 cylinder…. the blue and yellow one is the best looking, would be nicer without that stripe.

By: doublearon21

doublearon21 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:10:29 +0000

Novicius, do you just look at the pictures? Do you not know how to read? It says “The Evolve C30 AWD focuses on raw performance, with an impressive 507 horsepower, massive tires, race-inspired suspension, gigantic brakes, sequential twin turbos, exotic exhaust plumbing, an advanced heat exchanger….”. AWD!!!!!!!!!! So no those 10″ wide rear tires aren’t uses less. And looking at the engine compartment on the yellow car its obvious (to someone who knows cars) that this is definetly a 4 cylinder, the exhaust manifold has 4 pipes, coming off of 4 cylinders going to a bi-sequential TT setup, which incase you don’t know what that means, it 2 turbos one small one, so you have instant boost, then boosting into a larger turbo to give you extremely high hp, without much lag. Read the article before you go typing away.

By: JN

JN — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:07:45 +0000

NOVICIUS,
You missed the AWD part.

By: ironpony42

ironpony42 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:52:41 +0000

God I love IPD, they make the coolest stuff. These new C-30’s are a nice little package. IPD just took it to an exotic level with those gullwings. Brilliant. Oh, and they’re my neighbors! IPD is here in Portland up near PDX. Cool shop, lots of inovative stuff.

By: novicius

novicius — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:47:01 +0000

The Evolve C30 sports 507 horse? Through the front wheels? That looks like a transverse-mounted FWD V6 to me… and if so, then why are there 10″ wide slicks on the rear tires? Oh, wait — you want to *look* tough, *sound* tough, but be largely useless? Gotcha.

(If it’s converted to RWD then all’s well. But color me skeptical.)