Epulo 14, 1927. Sinali tsiku lomwe lingaliro la mtunduwo linabwera, kapena tsiku lomwe kampaniyo idakhazikitsidwa - nkhaniyo imanenedwa kwina. Inali nthawi yomwe Volvo yoyamba idachoka pachipata cha fakitale ya Lundby ku Gothenburg: the Volvo ÖV4.
Nthawi ya 10 koloko m'mawa, Hilmer Johansson, director of the Swedish brand, adapita pamsewu wa Volvo ÖV4 (yowonetsedwa) yomwe imadziwika kuti "Jakob", yosinthika buluu yakuda yokhala ndi zotchingira zakuda, yokhala ndi injini yamasilinda anayi.
Kuthamanga kwakukulu? Kuthamanga kwa 90 km / h. Komabe, mtunduwo udalangiza kuti liwiro loyenda ndi 60 km / h. Zomangamangazo zinamangidwa pamtengo wa beech ndi phulusa, wokutidwa ndi zitsulo zachitsulo ndipo unalipo mumtundu wapadera wamtunduwu.
Hilmer Johansson, akuyendetsa Volvo ÖV4 yoyambirira, mu 1927.
Maloto a Assar Gabrielsson ndi Gustav Larson
“Magalimoto amayendetsedwa ndi anthu. Ichi ndichifukwa chake zonse zomwe timachita ku Volvo ziyenera kukuthandizani, choyamba, kuchitetezo chanu.
Zinali ndi mawu awa pamene oyambitsa awiri a Volvo, Assar Gabrielsson ndi Gustav Larson (m'munsimu), adayika mawu oti apange lingaliro lomwe linatuluka ngati yankho la msika. Kusowa kwagalimoto kokwanira komanso kokonzekera nyengo yachisanu ku Scandinavia komanso kuchuluka kwa ngozi m'misewu yaku Sweden m'ma 1920 kuda nkhawa Assar ndi Gustav.
Kuyambira pamenepo (kuposa) zaka 90 zapita, ndipo panthawiyi, kuyang'ana pa chitetezo ndi anthu sikunasinthe. Kuyambira lamba wapampando wokhala ndi nsonga zitatu, kuwala koyimitsa wachitatu, ma airbags, magalimoto ozindikira oyenda pansi komanso magalimoto oyendetsa galimoto, panali zopanga zambiri za siginecha ya Volvo.
Volvo ku Portugal
Kutumiza kwa magalimoto a Volvo ku Portugal kunayamba mu 1933 chifukwa cha Luiz Oscar Jervell, yemwe adapanga Auto Sueco, Lda. .
Pambuyo pake, mu 2008, Volvo Car Portugal idabadwa, wocheperapo wa Volvo Car Group yomwe kuyambira chaka chimenecho imayang'anira kuitanitsa mitundu ya Volvo.