A lot of our readers were outraged when the Volvo changed between Twilight and New Moon, saying it wasn’t true to the book.  Stephenie Meyer addressed that issue, among others, at the fansite junket back in June.  Here’s what she had to say about both Edward’s Volvo and Bella’s truck.

TF: We have a little silly question.  It’s not super silly.  What about the movie Volvo  [not being] like the book Volvo?

Fansite: We had to go there.

TF: We really have to go there because, you know I’m over it now, but what about that?

SM: Um, I…you know the reason that Edward drives a Volvo is to be inconspicuous and because the whole—you know, people see a Volvo and think you buy them for safety and it’s kind of a joke, like it’s the way to blend in because the last thing in the world he needs is a safe car.  So when I was doing the cars, my brothers are car freaks—you know— and I asked them.  I said, “Okay, if you were gonna drive a Volvo but you’re a car enthusiast” and they’re like: “Ugh!” And I’m like: “No, what are you gonna drive?”  And they’re like: “Well, there’s the S60 R.  Very limited, not a lot of people did it.  It looks like a sedan but it’s built for racing.”  And so I was like: “Oh that’s perfect!  That’s perfect!”  They don’t make them anymore, and so that was kind of a problem.  They couldn’t you know…

Fansite:  But they don’t make Bella’s truck anymore though, either.

SM: And Bella’s truck is a ’67 in the movies.  It’s a ’53 in real life.  They look nothing the same, and it kinda killed me because I loved the old body-styling, in the 60s it got very square.  In the 50s it was all round and kind of bubbly and it was really cute.  And so that one actually—that one was harder almost than the Volvo, but I am very car attached so yeah, I had…I mean I didn’t have—Back in the day, I really didn’t have a lot of say over anything with Twilight.  They were great about telling me what was going on but I wasn’t part of the conversation, and so with the cars it was already a done deal, they already had the three sets of them and I kind of went “oh…”

Fansite:  Everyone’s just like: “It’s not silver.  It’s a mom-mobile.”

TF: It’s not a sexy vampire car!

SM: Well actually, it’s kind of a fun car.  They went with the darker grey to kind of differentiate.  I’m interested to see if it evolves again.  I’m not sure if it will, we’ll see.

Stephenie also discusses how she would like to continue the Saga, whether she thinks religion plays into the story, as well as why Edward wanted to wait until he and Bella were married to get intimate. Head over to Twilight Series Theories to read the transcript! It’s a great read!