You may remember Lief Tufvesson as the ex-Volvo employee turned SEMA regular who arrives in Las Vegas nearly every year with another new custom Volvo hot rod of some sort. The T6 Roadster and V8 Speedster are his most noteworthy creations, but he's arrived early this year with the Hot Rod Jakob, so named because it's design has been modeled after the first run of Volvos produced back in 1927 that also carried the nickname "Jakob". Tufvesson's company Caresto is behind the project, which began all the way back in 2005.

This new age Jakob is powered by a modern turbocharged inline five-cylinder engine that puts out 265 horsepower and 273 pound feet of torque. While that's three cylinders short of what you'd expect to find powering a traditional hot rod, the Volvo T5 unit doesn't have much weight to move thanks to a chassis made entirely of carbon fiber except for the engine's steel subframe, and a body skinned in hand-beaten aluminum that hides from view the suspension and exhaust hardware. Those wheels are 10x22" AEZ Forge rims up front, 8x19" versions in back and are supposed to mimic the look of the original wooden-spoked ones. They're also wrapped in custom-milled Pirelli rubber that feature Volvo's iron symbol.

I just jizzed in my pants.

that thing is fookin SWEET

Thats hot

thats freaking sweet





RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...

LOL it has a suitcase on the bumper

awesome

wow, that thing is perfect






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wow awesome. Same engine I have in my s70. Very nice. Those tires and rims are amazing along with everything else.

Eternal (LuxuryTax) wrote:LOL it has a suitcase on the bumper

thats exactly what i thought. I wonder if its just a compartment or if you could really snap your suitcase into it. Might get a little dirty on the way to the office though.

beautiful!

I'm at a loss for words.





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