Kwakuyiminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha edlule lapho uhlobo lwaseSweden lwazethula khona emakethe yamazwe ngamazwe ngeVolvo Amazon.
Bekuyimodeli yesibili yakwaVolvo ngemuva kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe II - ngemuva kwe-PV444 - kodwa lokho akuzange kuvimbe inkampani yaseSweden ukuthi ibheje kakhulu imodeli ebingaba nempumelelo engakaze ibonwe kwezohwebo. Inezici ezazijwayeleke kahle, iVolvo Amazon yaklanywa u-Jan Wilsgaard, owayeneminyaka engu-26 kamuva owaba yinhloko yomklamo womkhiqizo - uWilsgaard ushone enyangeni nje edlule. Mayelana ne-aesthetics, i-Amazon yathonywa amamodeli amaningana ase-Italy, aseBrithani naseMelika.
Ekuqaleni, le moto yaqanjwa ngokuthi i-Amason, okuyigama elibuyela ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki, kodwa ngenxa yezizathu zokumaketha, i-"s" yagcina ithathelwe indawo "z". Ezimakethe eziningi, iVolvo Amazon yavele yaqokwa njenge-121, kanti i-nomenclature 122 yayigcinelwe inguqulo yezemidlalo (ene-85 hp), yethulwa eminyakeni emibili kamuva.
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Ngo-1959, uhlobo lwe-Swedish lwagunyaza ibhande lesihlalo elinamaphuzu amathathu, elaqala ukuba yimpoqo kuwo wonke ama-Volvo Amazons, into eyayingakaze izwakale ngaleso sikhathi - abantu abalinganiselwa esigidini esisodwa basindiswa ngenxa yebhande lesihlalo. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, kwaqaliswa ukuhluka kwe-"estate" (van), eyaziwa ngokuthi i-221 ne-222, inguqulo yayo yezemidlalo yayinamandla angu-115, ngaphezu kwezinye izinguquko ezibalulekile.
Ngokwethulwa kweVolvo 140 ngo-1966, i-Amazon yayilahlekelwa ukuvelela ohlwini lweVolvo, kodwa lokho akuzange kuyeke ukukhombisa ukuthuthuka: kwakunezinhlelo zokuthuthukisa inguqulo ngenjini ye-V8, futhi kwakhiwa ama-prototypes amahlanu, kodwa iphrojekthi. agcinanga phambili.
Ngo-1970, uhlobo lwaseSweden lwashiya ukukhiqizwa kwe-Amazon, eminyakeni eyi-14 ngemuva kweyunithi yokuqala. Sekukonke, amamodeli angu-667,791 aphuma emigqeni yokukhiqiza (bekuyi-Volvo ephezulu kakhulu yokukhiqiza kuze kube manje), lapho u-60% wawo udayiswe ngaphandle kwaseSweden. Eminyakeni engu-60 kamuva, iVolvo Amazon ngokungangabazeki yaba nesibopho esikhulu sokwethula uhlobo lweVolvo ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe, nokuvula iminyango yekusasa lomkhiqizo emhlabeni wonke.
