There must be something funny in the water in Sweden, if this XC70 Cross Country is anything to go by. Built by Claes Blomquist and the Inventor Racing Team to contest the 2004 Dakar Rally, this Volvo on roids features beam axles, leaf springs and a turbo-diesel engine. The running gear is actually taken from a Volvo C303 military truck, as used by the Swedish Army. The engine, meanwhile, is derived from a production common-rail five-cylinder oiler found in road-going Volvos, but modified to produce 150kW and 400Nm. On those huge tyres, it only has a top speed of 151km/h, but that should be ample, given the rough terrain the endurance rally takes in. If only they were all built like that...