- company name: AB
Volvo or Volvo
- official start date:
April 14, 1927
- the word volvo in
Latin means "I roll"
- the circle and arrow
in logo is alchemist's symbol for iron
- combine the word
volvo and the circle/arrow, the logo stands for rolling
strength
- key figures in
founding Volvo: Assar Gabrielsson, who headed the
financial side of the venture and Gustaf Larson, who
headed the product research and development.
- 1924 Gabrielsson and
Larson were serious about building cars of their own and
in September design work began.
- a total of 10 test
vehicles (9 convertibles and 1 hardtop) were built to
convince financiers to lend them money
- SKF, a ball bearing
manufacturer and employer of Gabrielsson and Larson while
they were designing the first Volvo, provided funding,
facilities to build cars and gave the company a name, AB
Volvo
- initally1000 vehicle
were built, 500 convertibles, 500 hardtops
- first model was the
ÖV4, nicknamed Jakob
- Volvo believed in
building quality cars, so they designed their own
components, had them built by others and assembled cars
by experienced car builders.
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If you are
interested in learning more about the history of Volvo, go to
their home page at http://www.volvo.se.
Source: http://www.car.volvo.se/businessinfo/history/
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