Mu myaka mirongo itandatu ishize nibwo ikirango cya Suwede cyatangiriye ku isoko mpuzamahanga hamwe na Volvo Amazon.
Byari moderi ya kabiri ya Volvo nyuma yintambara ya kabiri yisi yose - nyuma ya PV444 - ariko ntibyabujije ikirango cya Suwede guhitamo cyane icyitegererezo cyaba cyaragenze neza mubucuruzi. Hamwe nibintu bisanzwe bizwi, Volvo Amazon yakozwe na Jan Wilsgaard, icyo gihe wimyaka 26 waje kuba umuyobozi wibishushanyo - Wilsgaard yitabye Imana ukwezi gushize. Kubijyanye nuburanga, Amazon yayobowe nabanyamideli benshi b'Abataliyani, Abongereza n'Abanyamerika.
Ku ikubitiro, imodoka yitwaga Amason, izina risubira mu migani y'Abagereki, ariko kubera impamvu zo kwamamaza, amaherezo “s” yasimbuwe na “z”. Mu masoko menshi, Volvo Amazon yagenwe gusa 121, mugihe amazina 122 yari agenewe verisiyo yimikino (hamwe na 85 hp), yatangijwe nyuma yimyaka ibiri.
BIFITANYE ISANO: Volvo ikura hejuru ya 20% muri Porutugali
Mu 1959, ikirango cya Suwede cyatanze umukandara w’imyanya itatu, cyabaye itegeko kuri Volvo Amazone yose, ikintu kitari cyarigeze kibaho icyo gihe - abantu bagera kuri miliyoni bakijijwe babikesheje umukandara. Nyuma yimyaka itatu, hahinduwe "umutungo" (van), uzwi nka 221 na 222, verisiyo yimikino yari ifite imbaraga zingana na 115, hiyongereyeho izindi mpinduka zikomeye.
Hamwe na Volvo 140 yatangijwe mu 1966, Amazon yatakaje umwanya wa Volvo, ariko ntibyabujije kwerekana iterambere: hariho gahunda yo gukora verisiyo ifite moteri ya V8, ndetse hubatswe prototypes eshanu, ariko umushinga byarangiye ntibiteze imbere.
Mu 1970, ikirango cya Suwede cyaretse umusaruro wa Amazone, nyuma yimyaka 14 igice cya mbere. Muri rusange, imideli 667.791 yavuye mumirongo itanga umusaruro (niyo yari Volvo nini cyane kugeza ubu), muri yo 60% yagurishijwe hanze ya Suwede. Nyuma yimyaka 60, nta gushidikanya ko Volvo Amazon yari ifite inshingano zo kumenyekanisha ikirango cya Volvo kumasoko mpuzamahanga, gufungura imiryango yigihe kizaza ku rwego rwisi.
