NgoAprili 14, 1927. Yayingeyiyo imini yokufika kwembono yophawu, okanye mhla yasekwa inkampani - elo bali libaliswa kwenye indawo. Yayilixesha xa iVolvo yokuqala yalishiya isango lomzi-mveliso waseLundby eGothenburg: i IVolvo ÖV4.
Ngentsimbi ye-10 ekuseni, u-Hilmer Johansson, umlawuli weentengiso kwi-brand yaseSweden, wathatha indlela i-Volvo ÖV4 (egqanyisiweyo) eyayiza kubizwa ngokuba yi "Jakob", i-blue blue eguqulwayo kunye ne-fenders emnyama, exhotywe nge-injini ye-cylinder ezine.
Esona santya siphezulu? Ukuba nesiyezi 90 km/h. Nangona kunjalo, uphawu lucebise ukuba isantya sokuhamba ngenqanawa sasiyi-60 km / h. I-bodywork yakhiwe kwi-beech kunye nefreyimu yokhuni lomlotha, ehlanganiswe nge-metallic foil kwaye yayifumaneka kule ndibaniselwano yombala ekhethekileyo.
UHilmer Johansson, eqhuba iVolvo ÖV4 yokuqala, ngowe-1927.
Iphupha lika-Assar Gabrielsson kunye noGustav Larson
“Iimoto ziqhutywa ngabantu. Yiyo loo nto yonke into esiyenzayo kwaVolvo kufuneka ifake isandla, kuqala, kukhuseleko lwakho.”
Kwakuye ngeli binzana apho abasunguli ababini beVolvo, u-Assar Gabrielsson kunye noGustav Larson (ngezantsi), babeka ithoni yokudala ingcamango eyavela njengempendulo kwi-vacuum yemarike. Ukunqongophala kwemoto ngokwaneleyo kwaye ilungiselelwe ubusika obunzima eScandinavia kunye nezinga eliphezulu leengozi kwiindlela zaseSweden kwii-1920s zixhalabile i-Assar kunye noGustav.
Ukususela ngoko (ngaphezulu) iminyaka eyi-90 idlulile, kwaye ngelo xesha, ukugxila kukhuseleko kunye nabantu ayikatshintshi. Ukusuka kwibhanti lesihlalo esinamanqaku amathathu, ukuya kwesesithathu isibane, ukuya kwii-airbags, ukubona abahambi ngeenyawo kunye neemoto eziziqhoboshayo, bekukho izinto ezintsha zokusayina iVolvo.
Volvo ePortugal
Ukungeniswa kweemoto zeVolvo ePortugal kwaqala ngo-1933 ngenxa kaLuiz Oscar Jervell, owayeza kuthi emva koko enze i-Auto Sueco, Lda. Le yayiza kuba yinkampani engumzali we-Auto Sueco Group, eyayingummeli okhethekileyo we-brand kubazali bethu. .
Kamva, ngo-2008, iVolvo Car Portugal yazalwa, i-subsidiary yeVolvo Car Group eyathi ukususela ngaloo nyaka yayiphethe ukungenisa iimodeli zeVolvo.