Bodywork

Bodywork




The design of the P23 builds on the same principle of the basic design of the S70 bodywork. Front and rear crumple zones to absorb the collision forces. The passenger compartment has the obligatory safety cage, with reinforced door sills, posts, cantrails and doors.
There are lengthwise reinforcement beams on both sides of the front section of the transmission tunnel. These have the task of preventing the engine from entering the passenger compartment in event of a collision.
Compared to the S70 the proportion of galvanized steel has been reduced from 80% to 70% whereas the proportion of HSS steel has been increased from 30% to 40%.
A car body with very high torsional stiffness -18.6 KNm/degree (-13718.6 lb.ft./degree) (S70 has 11.6 KNm/degree (8555.7 lb.ft./degree)).
A stiff body has a positive effect on active safety, sound levels, crash safety (above all side on collisions) and more. This also contributes to the P23 being approved for high trailer weights.
The front door members are also important as part of the reinforcement in the passenger compartment. The members are made of boron steel.
The tailgate and hood are made of aluminum.
The underbody treatment is carried out using "class 5"material which has less environmental effect.
All exterior panels except the roof are galvanized and those components are made of aluminum (Hood and tailgate).