Volvo 162C Wilsgaard

The Volvo 162C Wilsgaard was a concept car based on the Volvo 164 that Volvo built in 1974. Volvo had long wanted to launch a coupe version of the 164, but the economy of the time did not allow it, so the project stopped at a two door car that kept the front and rear of the 164 under a lower, sportier vinyl roof. Jan Wilsgaard designed it. In 1977 Volvo launched the Volvo 262C to celebrate the company's fiftieth anniversary. That model was built by Bertone in Italy and has the same roof and profile as the 162C, but with the front and rear of the rest of the 260 series.