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The Volvo C70 is a two-door, four-passenger compact manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 1996 to 2013 across two generations. The first generation C70 was available as both a coupé (1996–2002)〔https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/models/c70-coupe/1996〕 and softtop convertible (1997–2004).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Search )〕〔https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressreleases/49845/volvo-c70-convertiblec70-1997-20131〕 The second generation C70 was available as a retractable hardtop convertible (2006–2013). ==First generation (1997–2004)== Volvo unveiled the first generation C70 at the 1996 Paris Motor Show,〔https://www.media.volvocars.com/de/de-de/media/pressreleases/49843/volvo-c70-coup-1996-20021〕 followed by introducing it on the european market as a 1997 model, and a year later as a 1998 model in North America. — with 2.0 (sold mostly in Italy), a low-pressure turbo (2.4L) and a high-pressure turbo (2.0L and 2.3L), 5-cylinder, turbocharged petrol engines and manual and automatic transmissions. Peter Horbury〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = MotorWeek Program #2533 )〕 designed the exterior and Mexican designer Jose Diaz de la Vega led the interior design team. The C70 broke Volvo's decades-long styling tradition of boxy, rectilinear designs and was Volvo's first luxury coupe since the 780. According to Peter Horbury, Volvo's design chief from 1991 to 2002, with the C70, Volvo threw away the box, but "kept the toy inside!" "Our vision was to design a convertible that would meet the needs of a family of four looking for comfortable blue-sky motoring in a vehicle also providing stylish looks, performance and faultless driving and road-holding."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Swedespeed.com )〕 In a development program of 30 months〔 and working with a Volvo 850-derived platform,〔 Britain’s TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) co-designed the car's basic design and suspension tuning with Volvo. Manufacture of the C70 was a joint venture〔 until the two companies experienced disputes that threatened to interrupt production; TWR did not contribute to the second generation C70. Volvo's first modern convertible, the C70 was manufactured in Uddevalla, Sweden on a separate assembly line from the 70-series sedan and station wagon. The four-seater convertible featured an electrically heated glass rear window, automatic (pop-up) rollover hoops system ROPS,〔https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressreleases/5304〕 seat belt pre-tensioners, boron steel reinforced A-pillars, front and side airbags, and a safety cage — a horseshoe-like structure around the passenger compartment.〔 The cloth convertible top, initially available in four colors,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = UK Yahoo Cars, Andy Enright, Nov 15 2005 )〕 was fully automatic, operated by a single, dashboard-mounted button.〔 The top stored automatically under an integral rigid tonneau cover in a system pioneered in modern convertibles with the fourth generation Mercedes SL. The C70 convertible exhibited two negative traits endemic to convertibles: poor rear visibility〔 and pronounced ''scuttle shake'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Volvoclub.org.uk )〕 a characteristic whereby the structural design of the bulkhead between engine and passenger compartment of a convertible suffers sufficiently poor rigidity to negatively impact ride and handling, allowing noticeable vibration, shudder or chassis-flexing into the passenger compartment. Early special editions featured two-tone leather interior with wood trim and a SC-901 (1998) Dolby Pro Logic I stereo with 3-disc integrated changer unit (via a cartridge) 400 watts of power and 11 high end Dynaudio speakers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volvo C70」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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