Volvo GTZ

The Volvo GTZ and its successor the GTZ 3000 are Swedish concept cars designed by the Italian house Zagato. The GTZ first appeared at the 1969 Turin Auto Show on the Zagato stand, commissioned by Motauto, Volvo's Italian importer, which wanted another sports car beside the P1800 because sports cars sold well in Italy. It used the underpinnings of the 140 Series and an evolved version of that car's 2.0 litre B20 four cylinder engine with two double barrel Solex carburetors. Volvo declined to build it, although a private buyer took it at the show. The GTZ 3000 followed at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show, based on the Volvo 164 with a 3.0 litre B30 six cylinder engine, wind tunnel work for better aerodynamics and pop up headlight panels. Volvo again chose not to produce it, and the car still exists, awaiting restoration in Sweden as of 2008.