Future Classic - Volvo T6 Roadster Concept

“The car came to our attention from its owner, Leif Tufvesson,” said Anne Belec, President and CEO of Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA). “And when we saw the pictures, and the level of detail and quality that Leif put into this vehicle, we knew it had a place on the stand at SEMA.” Sitting next to VCNA’s other SEMA entry, the XC70 AT, the two cars are a study in contrast. But Leif is a former Volvo employee, having spent time at the prototype department in Gothenburg, Sweden, and knows that quality is a hallmark of the brand.

It’s the quality and care for the details that makes Leif’s T6 roadster stand out from the crowd of lowered small cars with mega-wattage stereos at the 2005 SEMA show. Built entirely by hand in his garage, with his own tools, painstaking effort went into every part. You won’t find a mail-ordered headlight or a grille from a Prowler on the T6 Roadster. What you will find are OEM Volvo parts including a twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter inline 6-cylinder engine borrowed from an S80. “This engine has a few other tweaks,” says Leif, “that probably bumps the horsepower from 268 to around 300.”

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