Ingabe le Volvo ibukeka ijwayelekile? Uma kubonakala kujwayelekile, ungamangali. Kusuka kulolu cwaningo lapho kwazalwa khona i-Citroën BX, enye yamamodeli aphumelele kakhulu omkhiqizo waseFrance. Kodwa ake sihambe ngezingxenye, ngoba le ndaba ifana ne-rocambole njenge-adventure yase-Rocambole.
Konke kwaqala ngo-1979 ngesikhathi inkampani yaseSweden iVolvo, ukuze iqale ukulungisa ozongena esikhundleni sayo i-343 saloon, icela izinsiza zokuklama enkampanini edumile yaseBertone. AbaseSweden babefuna okuthile okusha nekusasa, imodeli eyayizofaka uphawu kusimanjemanje.
Ngeshwa, i-prototype eyatholwa uBertone, owabhapathizwa ngegama elithi "Tundra" ayizange ijabulise abaphathi beVolvo. Futhi amaNtaliyane ayengenakho ukukhetha ngaphandle kokufaka iphrojekthi ekhabetheni. Kulapho uCitroën engena khona emlandweni njengomlingisi ophambili.
AmaFulentshi, ama-avant-garde aphawuleka kakhulu kuneVolvo ngeminyaka yawo-1980, abona iphrojekthi yeTundra “enqatshiwe” njengesisekelo esihle kakhulu somsebenzi owawuzoba yi-BX. Kwaba njalo.
I-Citroen yacishe yathenga “i-wholesale” idizayini yomunye edayisa kakhulu kusukela kuma-80s kanye nama-90s. Idizayini izosebenza ngisho njengendawo yokubeka ezinye izimpumelelo ezifana, njengesibonelo, i-Citroen Ax. Ukufana kusobala.
