Volvo PV544 With S60 Recharge Powertrain Unveiled By Woman Gang Storage At SEMA

Volvo’s first unibody manufacturing car got here out within the mid-Nineteen Forties as a smaller, extra reasonably priced mannequin tailored for the post-World Warfare II period. It was a precursor of the extra in style and arguably better-looking Amazon and the corporate’s first mannequin in a few years to have a four-cylinder engine. Dubbed “Iron Maven,” this SEMA exhibit additionally occurs to have a four-pot, but it surely’s a contemporary powertrain borrowed from an S60 Recharge.

It represents the work of Bogi Lateiner and her crew at Woman Gang Storage. An all-female crew of greater than 160 beginner {and professional} mechanics, welders, painters, and physique technicians, the crew constructed the restomod over the course of 18 months. The PV544 in query is a barn discover of a 1961 mannequin from Phoenix, Arizona discovered on a farm. It needed to be utterly dismantled earlier than being considerably modified to suit the way more complicated PHEV setup.

Regardless of being a lot shorter and narrower than the S60, the PV544 now hosts the turbocharged and supercharged 2.0-liter engine of the S60 Recharge, making 328 horsepower. It has additionally borrowed its electrical motor, good for 87 hp, to attain a mixed output of 415 hp. Within the electrified sports activities sedan, the whole torque stands at a decent 472 pound-feet (640 Newton-meters).

The restomod wasn’t merely about cramming in trendy {hardware} right into a 61-year-old automotive because the conversion required 3D-printed elements and a few hand-made parts as effectively. The revitalized PV544 acquired the suspension and management techniques in addition to the infotainment system. Woman Gang Storage determined to color the Rebelberry as a nod to some purple shades the Swedish automaker supplied in previous a long time.

It is the third all-female construct accomplished by the Woman Gang Storage, following a few basic Chevrolet vans that had been showcased at SEMA in recent times. Considered one of which had a BMW S62 engine.

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