Volvo to build car targeted at women - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

DerBlitzkrieger · 12-18-2003, 09:24 PM

Volvo has decided to let a group of women design a car for women, including the following features:

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No hood. The front end is designed as one large section, meant to be lifted only by the mechanic. The reasoning is women don't want to be bothered with maintenance, and the car is designed to be virtually maintenance free (oil change every 50,000 kilometers, or about 31,000 miles). When the car needs servicing, it sends a wireless message to a local service station, which will contact the owner and schedule an appointment.

Storage space. The car has wide, gull-wing doors that allow easy access to the space behind the driver's seat. The rear seats are fold-up, theater-style, which allows more storage space. The emergency brake is electric, freeing storage space between the front seats.

No gas cap. The car has a race-car-style fueling system in which the gas nozzle goes in through an opening with a roller-ball valve to prevent gas and fumes from escaping. Window-washer fluid is poured into a reservoir next to the gas tank.

Easy to clean. The car has dirt-repellant paint and glass, as well as machine-washable seat covers. The seat covers and carpets come in a variety of styles for a customized interior.

Easy to park. The car has a sensor to tell the driver if the car will fit in a parking space. It also can take over the steering to parallel park.

heres the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...vo-cover_x.htm

Sounds like a great idea for Volvo to make money when people can't open the hoods when something with their 'maintentance free' car goes wrong and they need to get it fixed at the dealership. If women are tired of being treated poorly at dealerships, why belittle them further by giving them a dumbed down car? Why not educate the ones who want to work on them on their own? I dunno. This seems really stupid and insulting on one hand, and makes me laugh. And there is no other hand. All this bitching about striving for equality of the sexes and then they go and want THIS. WOMEN are designing this!

Moonduck · 12-19-2003, 07:41 AM

Front end collisions are going to be EXPENSIVE with a one pice hood/fender/etc assembly. Making the vehicle harder to maintain is simply asisnine, yet there will be people out there that will leap at the idea. Sad.

Spyder_Venom · 12-19-2003, 07:44 AM

HAHAHHAHA, thats the funnest thing I have heard HAHAHA...

wait a second, its not a joke?

Scorps · 12-19-2003, 08:56 AM

That thing is going to screw up to much.......why not give it a eletric motor everything else is

DEI37 · 12-19-2003, 10:15 AM

Sounds like a stupid ass idea to me. Can't believe that they really want something like that. If this is the future...we've got serious problems.

DerBlitzkrieger · 12-19-2003, 12:03 PM

the only thing remotely cool about this is the new fueling system. thats something everyone should have.

sadistikdreams · 12-19-2003, 05:18 PM

...and they shall call it "The Vulva"!

wakelagger · 12-19-2003, 06:45 PM

bah dum pssssh...sadistikdreams will be here all week.

seems like a pretty proprietary set-up where volvo will make tons of money under the guise of helping the misinformed.

TM875 · 12-19-2003, 07:20 PM

gee...I thought Volvos were made for women already...

Kurant · 12-19-2003, 08:43 PM

Hahaa, the topic sounds funny.

A car aimed at women, I thought it was going to be a car built to run over wives and stuff when they complain.

Randy Moss already has one of those, BTW.

Stare At The Sun · 12-19-2003, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by TM875
gee...I thought Volvos were made for women already...

sadistikdreams · 12-20-2003, 12:18 AM

ladies and gentlemen, i present to you,

The Volvo Emblem (logo?)

(notice the Mars symbol?)

peacy · 12-21-2003, 03:26 AM

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Originally posted by TM875
gee...I thought Volvos were made for women already...

Hmmm... That's what you think...

I'm no female, but I wouldn't change my Volvo for anything...
(OK, there're couple of cars I would go for, but generally they cost at least 5 times more than my Volvo...

)

MSD · 12-21-2003, 07:55 PM

There's no possible way that's real. Where is the tag saying they stole it from The Onion? Seriously. I want to know how this got past the editors.

PoteMatic · 12-21-2003, 08:01 PM

Well it is probably the besst idea volvo has ever had from a money making point of view...

krwlz · 12-21-2003, 08:05 PM

Female perspective on this perhaps?

I also think its a moronic idea. But hey, thats just me.

12-19-2003, 07:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
Spyder_Venom Psycho Location: MN	HAHAHHAHA, thats the funnest thing I have heard HAHAHA... wait a second, its not a joke? __________________ The local track whore

12-19-2003, 08:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	That thing is going to screw up to much.......why not give it a eletric motor everything else is __________________ A.K.A. PainTrain

12-19-2003, 10:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	Sounds like a stupid ass idea to me. Can't believe that they really want something like that. If this is the future...we've got serious problems. __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.

12-19-2003, 05:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	...and they shall call it "The Vulva"! __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

12-19-2003, 07:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
TM875 Addict Location: Amish-land, PA	gee...I thought Volvos were made for women already... __________________ "I've made only one mistake in my life. But I made it over and over and over. That was saying 'yes' when I meant 'no'. Forgive me."

12-19-2003, 07:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	Front end collisions are going to be EXPENSIVE with a one pice hood/fender/etc assembly. Making the vehicle harder to maintain is simply asisnine, yet there will be people out there that will leap at the idea. Sad.

12-19-2003, 12:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
DerBlitzkrieger Tilted Location: under the bridge	the only thing remotely cool about this is the new fueling system. thats something everyone should have.

12-19-2003, 06:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
wakelagger Insane Location: Toronto	bah dum pssssh...sadistikdreams will be here all week. seems like a pretty proprietary set-up where volvo will make tons of money under the guise of helping the misinformed.

12-19-2003, 08:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
Kurant Junkie Location: Don't worry about it.	Hahaa, the topic sounds funny. A car aimed at women, I thought it was going to be a car built to run over wives and stuff when they complain. Randy Moss already has one of those, BTW.

12-20-2003, 12:18 AM	#12 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	ladies and gentlemen, i present to you, The Volvo Emblem (logo?) (notice the Mars symbol?) __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

12-21-2003, 07:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	There's no possible way that's real. Where is the tag saying they stole it from The Onion? Seriously. I want to know how this got past the editors. Last edited by MSD; 07-09-2004 at 09:45 PM..

12-21-2003, 08:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
PoteMatic Registered User	Well it is probably the besst idea volvo has ever had from a money making point of view...

12-21-2003, 08:05 PM	#16 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	Female perspective on this perhaps? I also think its a moronic idea. But hey, thats just me.