Could Volvo Be Secretly Working On A Pickup Of It's Own?

Normally our spy photographers are pretty on it when it comes to identifying the cars they’re snapping shots of, thick camo be damned! However, this oddly extended Volvo XC90 test mule has them, and us, stumped. The Volvo SUV has had its wheelbase lengthened and a steel platform has been built over the back. This seems to indicate that the Swedish automaker could potentially be testing the pickup truck waters. We know, it’s a crazy idea, a Volvo truck. Building a semi-truck and a pickup truck are two very different undertakings.
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atc98092 - 1/27/2017 10:49:42 AM

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Autoblog has a much better guess, in that it could be a new version of the Popemobile. Mounting the weight so high up would have little to do with a normal pickup. Same with the extended wheelbase. It doesn't add up without additional structure behind the rear wheels. The only trucks I've ever seen with the rear axle pushed all the way to the back of the chassis is a tow truck. But again, the additional weight this vehicle has, mounted so high up, doesn't fit with a tow truck either.