With scant information on the Volvo Concept Universe technical details, we take a closer look at the Concept Universe design in these videos released by the company. The only figure we actually get is the apparently 8,000 hours of work it took to build the concept. Apart from the new Scalable Platform Architecture (SPA), this is Volvo’s vision of a future luxury sedan model.

The video affords us a very good look at the Volvo Concept Universe style and the front end has a much longer nose than we had first expected. While the coupé rear is now virtually ubiquitous on all sedan models, Volvo’s attempt is elegant and refined which is what you’d expect for the luxury label it’s set to carry.

Without an engine or gearbox, and as the documentary-style video points out you can neither sit in this or drive it, we assume the Concept Universe is well away from production. The thing Volvo wants us to concentrate on right now is the exclusivity of the model - it’s hand-built entirely from scratch. We get the impression it will have been an expensive investment for Volvo so far and we’ll be interested in seeing where they take this concept in the future.

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