Afrilu 14, 1927. Ba ranar da ra'ayin alamar ta fito ba, kuma ba ranar da aka kafa kamfanin ba - an ba da labarin a wani wuri. A lokacin da na farko Volvo ya bar ƙofar Lundby factory a Gothenburg: da Farashin ÖV4.
Da karfe 10 na safe, Hilmer Johansson, darektan tallace-tallace na alamar Yaren mutanen Sweden, ya ɗauki hanyar Volvo ÖV4 (wanda aka haskaka) wanda za a san shi da "Jakob", mai canzawa mai launin shuɗi mai duhu tare da baƙar fata, sanye da injin silinda hudu.
Matsakaicin gudun? Guda 90 km/h. Koyaya, alamar ta ba da shawarar cewa saurin tafiya ya kasance 60 km / h. An gina aikin jikin a kan itacen kusoshi da toka, an lulluɓe shi da foil na ƙarfe kuma ana samunsa cikin wannan haɗin launi na musamman.
Hilmer Johansson, yana tuƙin ainihin Volvo ÖV4, a cikin 1927.
Mafarkin Assar Gabrielsson da Gustav Larson
“Mutane ne ke tuka motoci. Shi ya sa duk abin da muke yi a Volvo dole ne mu ba da gudummawa, da farko, don kare lafiyar ku.
Da wannan magana ne mawallafa biyu na Volvo, Assar Gabrielsson da Gustav Larson (a ƙasa), suka kafa sautin ƙirƙirar ra'ayi wanda ya fito a matsayin martani ga rashin kasuwa. Rashin mota isasshe mai ƙarfi da kuma shirya don tsananin hunturu a Scandinavia da babban haɗari akan hanyoyin Sweden a cikin 1920s sun damu Assar da Gustav.
Tun daga wannan lokacin (fiye da) shekaru 90 sun shude, kuma a wannan lokacin, mayar da hankali kan aminci da mutane bai canza ba. Daga bel ɗin kujera mai maki uku, zuwa hasken tsayawa na uku, zuwa jakunkuna na iska, gano masu tafiya a ƙasa da motocin birki, an sami sabbin sabbin sa hannun Volvo da yawa.
Volvo a Portugal
An fara shigo da motocin Volvo zuwa Portugal a cikin 1933 godiya ga Luiz Oscar Jervell, wanda zai samar da Auto Sueco, Lda. Wannan zai zama kamfanin iyayen kamfanin Auto Sueco Group, wanda shekaru da yawa ya kasance wakilin keɓaɓɓen alamar a cikin iyayenmu. .
Daga baya, a shekara ta 2008, an haifi Volvo Car Portugal, wani reshen kamfanin Volvo Car Group wanda daga wannan shekarar ne ke kula da shigo da samfurin Volvo.