Cyan Racing’s Volvo P1800 restomod just lately touched down on U.S. shores and Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire just lately had the chance to place it by way of its paces.

Cyan Racing determined to take the attractive Volvo P1800 and remodel it right into a car that’s simply at residence in a museum as it’s being trashed up a canyon highway. It’s not low cost, nevertheless, with costs beginning at $700,000 within the U.S.

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Powering the P1800 from Cyan is a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder that’s based mostly on the powertrain of the race-winning Volvo S60 TC1. This engine delivers 413 hp and 336 lb-ft (455 Nm) of torque and revs all through to 7,700 rpm. Whereas it’s a trendy engine, Farah notes that Cyan Racing has completed a superb job of creating it appear like an engine from the Sixties. He’s additionally very complimentary of the engine’s distinctive four-cylinder howl.

Mated to the two.0-liter is a five-speed handbook transmission with a dog-leg first gear. Cyan Racing says it provides a “crisp gear change” and Farah agrees, noting that it’s a pleasure to shift. He’s additionally an enormous fan of the steering really feel and in addition praises the brakes, regardless of them not being power-assisted.

Additional including to the driving expertise of the P1800 is absolutely adjustable entrance and rear suspension that features aluminum uprights, double wishbones, and two-way adjustable dampers. It stays poised over probably the most troublesome of highway surfaces and each Farah and his co-host verify it does have very good dampening.