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\"\"<\/a>Eighty years ago today the Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo produced their first car. On 14th April, 1927, the first \u00d6V4 – nicknamed the ‘Jakob’ left the company’s Hisingen factory in Gothenburg driven by Sales Director, Hilmer Johansson. The \u00d6V4 – \u00d6ppen Vagn 4 cylindrar<\/span> (“Open Carriage 4 cylinders”) – had a 1940cc engine producing 28hp; however, the cabriolet design did not suit the Swedish climate.<\/p>\n

Three years earlier, two employees of ball bearing manufacturer AB SKF, Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson, decided that Sweden needed a car industry. So, they founded Volvo – Latin for ‘I roll’ – as a subsidiary of AB SKF. The company went on to produce their first truck in 1927; in 1934, they manufactured their first bus; and after World War II, a very successful line of tractors.<\/p>\n

For more information about Volvo through the years, see the history page<\/a> on their web site.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eighty years ago today the Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo produced their first car. On 14th April, 1927, the first \u00d6V4 – nicknamed the ‘Jakob’ left the company’s Hisingen factory in Gothenburg driven by Sales Director, Hilmer Johansson. The \u00d6V4 – \u00d6ppen Vagn 4 cylindrar (“Open Carriage 4 cylinders”) – had a 1940cc engine producing 28hp; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t