Start with what the Volvo LCP2000 is: a 3-door station wagon, hatchback with 1279 , built from 1983, in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. What it meant takes a little longer.
The background
The Volvo LCP2000 (Light Component Prototype) is a concept car built by Volvo in 1983. It was a project which comprised many engine options for the testing of different fuel types. In this project Volvo experimented with light weight materials to build the engine, such as aluminium, magnesium and plastics.
The engineering
The engine is 1279 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 707 kg. Drive goes through a 5-speed Manual transmission / manual / Continuously variable transmission. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2540 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Peugeot 205, the Toyota 4Runner, the Honda Civic. Its Volvo stablemates include the Volvo 144 and the Volvo 264 TE.
Owning one today
There is no federal ownership record for the Volvo LCP2000 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.