The Frankfurt Motor Show hosts the presentation of the restyled version of the Volvo C70. The styling of the Swedish coupé-cabriolet has been modernised at the front and the rear, sustained by the characteristics that made the previous version a success: the hardtop system that folds into three parts simply by pressing a button in the car, transforming it into an open sports car or an elegant coupe, with four proper seats and technology that makes it one of the safest convertibles in the world.
Even the new C70 will be built by Pininfarina Sverige, the joint venture between Pininfarina S.p.A. (60%) and the Volvo Car Corporation (40%), which was established in 2003 in Uddevalla, Sweden.
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THE FACTORY AT THE SEASIDE
The Uddevalla plant, located on the shores of the North Sea just a few kilometers from Goteborg, has a long and complex history behind it.
Set up after the war to build ships, it started to construct cars only in 1996. Pininfarina contributed to complete the conversion of the “satellite” type system used previously to the assembly line approach.
Today, it has a total surface area of more than 490,000 sq. m of which 95,300 sq. m of buildings, with more than 800 employees and a production capacity of 20,000 vehicles a year. T
The various production phases of the C70 are carried out at Uddevalla: assembly and painting of the body and roof; installation of the mechanicals and trimming of the cabin; tests on the finished vehicle on an in-house track and release of the vehicle ready for delivery to the customer. The standard tooling of assembly line production is used, suitably adapted to the plant and with wide-scale use of laser welding when constructing the bodyshell. Carry-over components are furnished by the Ghent Belgium plant; Volvo Car and Body Components, around 400 km from Uddevalla, furnishes bodyin- white parts and external panels; other minor suppliers operate in other European countries. Pininfarina Sverige is responsible for final quality.
Today, it has a total surface area of more than 490,000 sq. m of which 95,300 sq. m of buildings, with more than 800 employees and a production capacity of 20,000 vehicles a year. T
The various production phases of the C70 are carried out at Uddevalla: assembly and painting of the body and roof; installation of the mechanicals and trimming of the cabin; tests on the finished vehicle on an in-house track and release of the vehicle ready for delivery to the customer. The standard tooling of assembly line production is used, suitably adapted to the plant and with wide-scale use of laser welding when constructing the bodyshell. Carry-over components are furnished by the Ghent Belgium plant; Volvo Car and Body Components, around 400 km from Uddevalla, furnishes bodyin- white parts and external panels; other minor suppliers operate in other European countries. Pininfarina Sverige is responsible for final quality.
