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Regardless of their shared Swedishness, car makers Volvo and Koenigsegg couldn’t be more different. One makes safe, the other makes widows.

Koenigsegg engineer Mattias Vöx is bringing the two companies closer together with this stunning, one-off Volvo P1800 remake and other 600bhp mentalist.
A Koenigsegg engineer used to working on the world’s most expensive car has turned his attention to a Volvo – with stunning results.

Mattias Vöcks began with a classic 1960s Volvo P1800 and these incredible images show how his modern reworking will look when it goes on show at the SEMA tuning show stateside, in November.

While the overall design of the classic car has been maintained, the many wheels and ultra-low suspension give the concept a very different stance.

every tyres need to be fat too - he’s planning on fitting the 4.4-litre V8 engine from the Volvo XC90 and S80 and has had to stretch the nose 70mm forwards to make it fit.

Not content with the 315bhp it normally churns out, Vöcks also plans to fit a turbocharger, almost doubling its power to a projected 600bhp.

Driven hard – away from the show stands – it should be capable of 0-60mph in less than five seconds.

We don’t doubt his ability to turn out a stunning car – at the 2006 SEMA show he presented an incredible 1967 Volvo Amazon estate.