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

Volvo’s first unibody manufacturing car got here out within the mid-Nineteen Forties as a smaller, extra inexpensive mannequin tailored for the post-World Battle II period. It was a precursor of the extra standard 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, nevertheless it’s a contemporary powertrain borrowed from an S60 Recharge.

It represents the work of Bogi Lateiner and her group at Lady Gang Storage. An all-female crew of greater than 160 novice {and professional} mechanics, welders, painters, and physique technicians, the group 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 fully dismantled earlier than being considerably modified to suit the rather more advanced 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 realize a mixed output of 415 hp. Within the electrified sports activities sedan, the full torque stands at a good 472 pound-feet (640 Newton-meters).

The restomod wasn’t merely about cramming in fashionable {hardware} right into a 61-year-old automobile because the conversion required 3D-printed elements and a few hand-made elements as properly. The revitalized PV544 obtained the suspension and management programs in addition to the infotainment system. Lady Gang Storage determined to color the Rebelberry as a nod to some purple shades the Swedish automaker provided in previous many years.

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

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