10/29/2026
“When you sit in a car like this, you realise the strength in having a design heritage,” says Volvo Cars chief design officer, Thomas Ingenlath, as he prepares to weave a bright-orange 1975 Volvo 242DL through the Gothenburg traffic. “Developing a brand in an evolutionary way is totally different from starting with a blank page.”
Read more from Thomas Ingenlath, our chief design officer on his plans to deliver history and culture into the next century: https://monocle.com/business/transport/thomas-ingenlath-on-the-future-of-volvo/
Monocle article from the November 2026 issue no. 198. Writer Michael Booth. Photographer Thomas Ekström.