Volvo Cars timeline

Volvo ÖV 4 is First Produced

Volvo ÖV 4 is the first car built by Volvo. The designation ÖV4 stands for , "Öppen Vagn 4 cylindrar" in Swedish, which means Open Carriage 4... Read more

Volvo PV650 is First Produced

The Volvo PV650 Series is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1929 and 1937. The model name stand for PersonVagn ("passenger car"), 6... Read more

Volvo TR670 is First Produced

The Volvo TR670 Series was a taxicab manufactured by Volvo between 1930 and 1937. The model name stands for TRafikvagn ("taxicab"), 6 cylinders, 7... Read more

Volvo PV 36 Carioca is First Produced

Volvo PV 36 Carioca is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1935 and 1938. The word Carioca describes someone from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,... Read more

Volvo PV51 is First Produced

The Volvo PV51 is an automobile introduced by Volvo in December 1936. It was replaced by the mildly restyled PV53 in 1938. This car remained in... Read more

Volvo PV800 is First Produced

The Volvo PV800 Series (affectionately known as Volvo-suggan or the Sow) was a taxicab manufactured by Volvo between 1938 and 1958. The Sow... Read more

Volvo PV 60 is First Produced

The Volvo PV60 is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1946 and 1950. It was the first car produced by the Swedish company at the end of the... Read more

Volvo PV444/544 is First Produced

The Volvo PV is a series of two door, four passenger car models — the PV444 and the PV544 — made by Volvo from 1947 to 1965. During World War II's... Read more

Volvo Duett is First Produced

The Duett is an automobile from Volvo that was in production from 1953 to 1969. The name Duett was intended to signify to a car that could be used... Read more

Volvo Amazon is First Produced

The Volvo Amazon was a mid-size car manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1956 until July 3 1970 at the company's Torslandaverken — with 667,323 vehicles... Read more

Volvo P1900 is First Produced

The Volvo P1900 is a fiberglass-bodied roadster built in small numbers in 1956 and 1957 by Volvo of Sweden. Volvo's president and founder Assar... Read more

Volvo P1800 is First Produced

The Volvo P1800 is a sports car from Volvo. The project was started in 1957 because Volvo wanted a sports car, despite the fact that their... Read more

Volvo 140 is First Produced

Volvo Cars began manufacturing the Volvo 140 series at Torslandaverken in the late summer of 1966 for MY 1967 and production continued through MY... Read more

Volvo 164 is First Produced

The Volvo 164 was a six cylinder sedan unveiled by Volvo Cars at the Paris Motor Show early in October 1968 for the 1969 model year. The company... Read more

Volvo 200 is First Produced

The Volvo 200 series was a range of luxury mid-size cars produced by Volvo from 1974 to 1993, with more than 2.8 million sold worldwide. Also... Read more

Volvo 66 is First Produced

The Volvo 66 was a Swedish automobile. It sprang directly from the DAF 66, which was originally styled by Michelotti. The compact car was... Read more

The Volvo 300 is First Produced

The Volvo 300 series was a rear wheel drive automobile sold as both a hatchback and (later) a conventional saloon from 1976-1991. It was launched... Read more

Volvo 700 is First Produced

The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size car manufactured by Volvo Cars in the 1980s and 1990s. The 700 series was introduced in... Read more

Volvo 480 is First Produced

The Volvo 480 is a car with an unusual 4 seat, 3-door hatchback body, somewhere between liftback and estate in form, though marketed as a coupé. It... Read more

Volvo 440/460 are First Produced

The Volvo 440 and 460 are versions of a family car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars. They were built at the DAF factory in The... Read more

Volvo 850 is First Produced

The Volvo 850 is a compact executive car produced by Volvo Cars from 1992 to 1997 and designed by Jan Wilsgaard. Available in sedan/saloon and... Read more

Volvo S40 is First Produced

Volvo Cars introduced the first generation Volvo S40 (Saloon) and V40 (Versatility/estate) compact executive cars in 1995. The second generation... Read more

Volvo C70 is First Produced

The Volvo C70 is an automobile manufactured by Volvo Cars in two generations: the first from model years 1997-2002 as coupé and from 1997-2005 as a... Read more

Volvo S70 is First Produced

The Volvo S70 is a mid-size luxury car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1997 to 2000. The S70 was the sedan and the V70 the station... Read more

Volvo S80 is First Produced

The Volvo S80 is a mid-size executive sedan from Swedish automaker Volvo and was introduced in 1998 as a replacement for the rear-wheel drive Volvo... Read more