September 4, 2001: Volvo has just announced that they will be premiering the PCC2 at the Frankfurt Auto Show later this month. OK fine, I know this is not entirely related to the Cross Country, but who knows, maybe next year they will release a PXC... just keeping you informed =).

PCC2 Side Detail	XC Side Detail

Judging from the photo we have of the car, there's actually one thing I'd like to see implemented and that's the side marker placement.

Most noticeable on the Volvo Ocean Race edition, the rub strip on the Cross Country doors end too abruptly at the front. Alternatively, the side marker placement on the PCC2 is integrated nicely into the side strips.

For more information on the PCC2, here's an excerpt from their press release:

At the Paris Motor Show 2000, a bolt of blue lightning struck from the Volvo Cars stand. Now it’s striking again at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2001. The Volvo Performance Concept Car II shows

that a future high-performance car from Volvo could very well be an estate car.

Just like the first Volvo Performance Concept Car, a refined Volvo S60, its successor is equipped with one of the world’s most advanced continuously adjustable chassis, electronically controlled four-wheel drive and a 300 bhp powerplant.
What is unique about the Continuously Controlled Chassis Concept, so called FOUR-C, is its ability to collect huge amounts of information about the way in which the car moves and to respond instantly by adjusting the damper characteristics to suit.
Every alternate millisecond,that is to say 500 times per second,the system’s microprocessor monitors the pre

PCC2 Concept Car (click for detail)

cise position of each wheel, assessing its degree of grip and so on,and alters the damping characteristics of each individual wheel accordingly.

Same taste, different shape

Under the bonnet of the Laser Blue car is a potent version of the Volvo 5-cylinder 2435 cc engine, producing 300 bhp and no less than 400 Nm of torque and mated to a 6-speed compact fourshaft manual gearbox developed in-house.
“Last year, we wanted to provide a taste of what a future high-performance saloon car might look like. Now we’re exploring the future in a different direction, this time with the Volvo V70 estate car,” says Peter Horbury,head of design at Volvo Cars.
“Both models have a discreet yet powerful racing aura that communicates refined sportiness. We demonstrated back in 1994 that a family car could more than hold its own against the fiercest of competition, when we entered the British Touring Car Championship with a Volvo 850 estate car,” adds Peter Horbury.

-Volvo Media Relations

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