Saturday, December 1

A Cool Volvo? Thanks Galpin for your Custom C30


If you were at the L.A. Autoshow - you were probably dissappointed. A lot of the same old without many debuts. Generally, a lot of plastic, already-available cars for close to $30K. It left us wanting a restored Chevy Malibu and one of those eight dollar Margaritas they were peddling in the convention center.

But, if you'd stopped by the Galpin booth next to the Garage Envy Ford GT display, you saw something you have never seen before. A customised / hot-rodded Volvo. And not just any safety-obsessed Ikea couch on wheels - but the C30.
Shocking the world with a radical use of flat paint (like the Lexus, flat black, FiveAxis concept but not). This thing was purple, had a Galpiny white racing stripe and massive, color-matched purple wheels with white walls. So, what it looked like was a lead sled from the 50s but on a cutting edge Volvo hatchback. The car appears in Galpin's 2008 calendar but it's still in the Basic Transportation official car - so we're not sure which month. A hatchback that looks fast but not 'import scene fast'? Awesome! What do you think about the fast and furious C30? Comment at will!

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Alex,
First off, I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to you about the comment you left at my blog, but things kept coming up every time I sat down at the computer. Anyway, in response to your question, I think that it really is a great time to hop in a hybrid or at least lose the truck. Gas prices are going up (again) and so they're practically paying money to pollute the environment. But if someone wants to empty out their bank account in order to be driving a sweet set of wheels, it's their choice, even if it is a stupid one.

~Jamie

12:25 AM  
Anonymous Love My Garage! said...

Hmmm. Volvo isn't the first name to come to mind when I think of great customization, but that care is beautiful!

10:01 PM  

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