VOLVO celebrates its long and innovative commitment to safety and the environment in the motor industry with an historic display of four of its concept cards, from 1972 to 2005, at the 75th Geneva motor show, which is open to the public from March 3-13, 2005. 3CC (European show debut - 2005); SCC (Safety Concept Car - 2001); ECC (Environmental Concept Car - 1992); VESC (Volvo Experimental Safety Car - 1972. In addition, Volvo will also have a safety simulator on its stand (in hall six), an environmental display based on a V70 estate, and a crashed S40 saloon showing how Volvo designs impact forces to be absorbed by the car's structure.

3CC - 2005: Fresh from its show debut in Detroit in January, Volvo's latest concept car, the 3CC, will be seen by the European public for the first time at the Geneva show, and demonstrates Volvo's vision of sustainable mobility for the future, as well as Volvo safety innovations for smaller cars. The 3CC is a sleek and environmentally efficient car with a powerful, zero emission electric powertrain, great aerodynamics and a lightweight, high-strength steel space frame.

Its electric power comes from 3,000 lithium batteries identical to those used in modern laptop computers, packaged in a thin sandwich floor which could adapt to house the most appropriate powertrain in the future, whether it is petrol biogas or a hybrid electric. Despite being a smaller car, Volvo could not compromise on safety for the 3CC, so developed the unique 'Volvo safety ride down concept' to absorb collision forces in a frontal impact by controlling the forward motion of the occupants.