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New Volvo C70 both a coupe and convertible

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It's ready to take its place in the sun: the redesigned Volvo C70 convertible. But don't be surprised if it looks like a coupe!

Thanks to a three-piece retractable hardtop, customers of the second-generation Volvo C70 can enjoy wind-in-the-hair motoring without compromise. The new Volvo C70, with its clever disappearing hardtop, will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in mid-September. Sales will begin in the middle of the 2006 calendar year.

"We've succeeded in creating an attractive convertible which, at the mere touch of a button, converts into an equally elegant coupe," says Hans-Olov Olsson, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Car Corporation. "The customer gets two cars in one, with space for four adults." […]

Well, then, seems like it should seat eight.

Anyway, in one of those odd sorts of historical confluences, Volvo's parent company does have some history in this type of vehicle configuration.