Shekaru sittin da suka gabata ne alamar Sweden ta ƙaddamar da kanta a kasuwannin duniya tare da Volvo Amazon.
Shi ne kawai samfurin Volvo na biyu bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II - bayan PV444 - amma hakan bai hana alamar Sweden yin fare sosai kan ƙirar da za ta sami nasarar kasuwanci da ba a taɓa samun irinta ba. Tare da sabbin abubuwan da aka sani, Jan Wilsgaard ne ya tsara Volvo Amazon, sannan ɗan shekaru 26, wanda daga baya ya zama shugaban ƙirar ƙirar - Wilsgaard ya mutu wata guda da ta wuce. Dangane da kayan kwalliya, samfuran Italiyanci, Biritaniya da Amurka da yawa sun rinjayi Amazon.
Da farko dai, ana yiwa motar laqabi da Amason, sunan da ke komawa ga tatsuniyar Girka, amma saboda dalilai na kasuwanci, “s” an maye gurbinsu da “z”. A cikin kasuwanni da yawa, Volvo Amazon kawai an sanya shi 121, yayin da aka keɓe nomenclature 122 don nau'in wasanni (tare da 85 hp), wanda aka ƙaddamar bayan shekaru biyu.
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A cikin 1959, alamar Sweden ta ba da izinin bel ɗin kujera mai maki uku, wanda ya zama tilas a kan dukkan Volvo Amazons, wani abu da ba a taɓa ji ba a lokacin - an ceci mutane miliyan 1 godiya ga bel ɗin kujera. Shekaru uku bayan haka, an gabatar da bambance-bambancen "estate" (van), wanda aka sani da 221 da 222, wanda nau'in wasansa yana da 115 horsepower, ban da wasu gyare-gyare masu mahimmanci.
Tare da ƙaddamar da Volvo 140 a cikin 1966, Amazon ya rasa shahara a cikin Volvo, amma wannan bai daina nuna ci gaba ba: akwai shirye-shiryen haɓaka nau'i tare da injin V8, kuma an gina samfurori biyar, amma aikin. ya kare ba gaba.
A cikin 1970, alamar Sweden ta watsar da samar da Amazon, shekaru 14 bayan rukunin farko. A cikin duka, nau'ikan 667,791 sun fito daga layin samarwa (shi ne mafi girman samar da Volvo har zuwa yau), wanda 60% aka sayar a wajen Sweden. Shekaru 60 bayan haka, Volvo Amazon ba shakka shine ke da alhakin gabatar da alamar Volvo a kasuwannin duniya, yana buɗe kofofin makomar alamar a duniya.
