S80 High Performance Concept

It seem’s that Autocar wasn’t wrong back in February 2007 as there is confirmation from Gothenburg that a new performance saloon from Volvo could be in the product plan for sometime in the next two years.

At a low-key preview held in advance of the Frankfurt motor show last week, the Swedish car maker gave the motoring press its first look at a concept car bound not for the halls of the Frankfurt Messe, but for the SEMA tuning show due to be held in Las Vegas, USA, in October.

That glittering concept car is called the S80 High Performance Concept and we understand that if the reception is positive enough; Volvo could be persuaded to put the cut-price, environmentally friendly, all-wheel-drive rival for the Audi S6 into production.