Kwakumashumi amathandathu eminyaka eyadlulayo apho i-brand yaseSweden yazisungula kwimarike yamazwe ngamazwe kunye neVolvo Amazon.
Yayiyimodeli yesibini kaVolvo emva kokuphela kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II - emva kwe-PV444 - kodwa loo nto ayizange ithintele uphawu lwaseSweden ekubhejeni kakhulu kwimodeli eya kuba nempumelelo yorhwebo engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Ngeempawu eziqhelekileyo, iVolvo Amazon yayiyilwe nguJan Wilsgaard, ngoko owayeneminyaka engama-26 ubudala owathi kamva waba yintloko yoyilo lophawu- uWilsgaard wasweleka kwinyanga nje edlulileyo. Ngokumalunga ne-aesthetics, i-Amazon yathonywa yimizekelo emininzi yaseTaliyane, yaseBrithani naseMelika.
Ekuqaleni, imoto yayibizwa ngokuba yi-Amason, igama elibuyela kwiintsomi zamaGrike, kodwa ngenxa yezizathu zokuthengisa, "s" ekugqibeleni yatshintshwa "z". Kwiimarike ezininzi, iVolvo Amazon yatyunjwa nje i-121, ngelixa i-nomenclature 122 yayigcinelwe inguqulo yezemidlalo (kunye ne-85 hp), yasungulwa kwiminyaka emibini kamva.
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Ngo-1959, i-brand yaseSweden yayinelungelo elilodwa lomenzi webhanti lezihlalo ezintathu, eyaba yinyanzelo kuzo zonke i-Volvo Amazons, into engazange ivakale ngelo xesha - abantu abaqikelelwa kwi-1 yesigidi basindiswe ngenxa yebhanti yokuhlala. Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, ukwahluka kwe "estate" (van) kwaqaliswa, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-221 kunye ne-222, inguqulo yayo yezemidlalo yayinamandla angama-115, ngaphezu kolunye utshintsho oluphawulekayo.
Ngokuziswa kweVolvo 140 ngo-1966, iAmazon yaphulukana nokuduma kuluhlu lweVolvo, kodwa loo nto ayizange iyeke ukubonisa uphuculo: bekukho izicwangciso zokuphuhlisa inguqulelo ngenjini yeV8, kwaye kwakhiwe iiprototypes ezintlanu, kodwa iprojekthi. iphelile hayi ngaphambili.
Kwi-1970, uphawu lwaseSweden lwayishiya imveliso ye-Amazon, iminyaka eyi-14 emva kweyunithi yokuqala. Iyonke, imodeli ye-667,791 yaphuma kwimigca yemveliso (yayiyimveliso ephezulu yeVolvo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku), apho i-60% yathengiswa ngaphandle kweSweden. Kwiminyaka engama-60 kamva, iVolvo Amazon ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayinoxanduva olukhulu lokwazisa uphawu lweVolvo kwiimarike zamazwe ngamazwe, ukuvula iingcango zekamva lophawu kwihlabathi jikelele.
