Cyan Racing has released the first images of the Volvo P1800 Cyan’s interior, engine bay, and suspension, giving us a better look at this stunning restomod. It’s been a few months since we first laid eyes on the Volvo P1800 Cyan, a beautiful reinterpretation of the classic Swedish sports car that now packs a lot of performance under its curvy bodywork.
The cabin remains faithful to the classic
P1800 but now features a pair of bucket seats with racing harnesses and a
leather-wrapped titanium roll cage. The dashboard is also wrapped in black
leather and what looks like fabric, the steering wheel is the ever-gorgeous
Momo Prototipo and the gauges are new and bespoke for the P1800 Cyan.
The Volvo P1800 Cyan offers a simple but
very beautiful environment to the driver, making little effort to hide its
race-car vibe. “We have focused on creating an interior that reflects the car
décor of the sixties in a modern version. We have kept the clean and
driver-oriented interior of the original car, carefully moving it forward with
modern materials and technology,” said Ola Granlund, Head of Design at Cyan
Racing.
The chassis has been completely
reengineered by Cyan to make it properly rigid with the strategic use of
high-strength steel while the bodywork is made out of carbon fiber. Cyan added
a rack and pinion steering instead of the original steering box, lightweight
aluminum uprights, double wishbones, two-way adjustable dampers with Cyan
hydraulics, and an independent rear suspension. The result is a two-door coupe
that tips the scales at 990 kg, which is pretty insane.
Lift the bonnet and you’ll find the same
2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine as used in the title-winning Volvo
S60 TC1 race car. Cyan updated the unit for a more linear operation and has
paired it to a bespoke dog-leg five-speed manual transmission from Hollinger.
The power output is rated at 413 HP and 455 Nm of torque.
Cyan Racing will build the restomod Volvo
P1800 in very limited numbers. Prices start at around US$ 500,000, which is no
doubt, a huge amount of money, but then again, this is no ordinary build.
