The Volvo P1800 Cyan GT is a masterful, lightweight (sub-1000kg) restomod that elevates the 1960s classic into a 414 bhp, high-performance grand tourer
What if Cyan Racing, multiple touring car world champions, had been operating in the 1960s during the reign of the original P1800?
What kind of car would they have cooked up?
A bloody desirable one, that’s what. This 2024 follow-up tones down the original’s track-focused heroics, and instead redials the whole thing back to the original P1800’s schtick: grand touring.
It’s matched to a five-speed Holinger gearbox (and rear-wheel-drive), mounted in the same wider, reinforced and upgraded bodyshell as the 2020 car. Which means it’s a combination of high-strength steel and carbon fibre, with the original P1800’s weaker points ironed out.
Even the titanium roll cage has been redesigned for better comfort. It’s beautifully analogue inside, too, and this first car – built for a client in the US – features a gorgeous green body paired with a sand-coloured interior. Naturally, each car is completely bespoke to each customer.
Which is why each car takes between 12-15 months to build, with the average price hovering around the $600,000 mark. There’s no set number of cars to be built, Cyan told TG, but it’ll be super low volume.
