Volvo Concept Coupe Sports Huge Touchscreen, Crystal Gear Lever

Volvo has unveiled its brand new Concept Coupe, the first of three cars that will define the brand's design language in the years to come

Taking design cues from the legendary P1800 (as seen in British TV series The Saint, starring Roger Moore), the Concept Coupe has a vaguely retro feel but at the same time is a very modern design

Volvo is especially proud of the car's "floating" grille and "radical" T-shaped running lights on the front. The car's back is defined by quite distinctive C-shaped lights

Even more interesting to us was the car's interior, which features a huge vertical touchscreen (finding inspiration in Tesla's Model S, perhaps) and a handcrafted crystal gearshift — a detail not likely to make it into production cars, but cool nevertheless Read more...