1927-1929 I roll...
Convinced that a Swedish-built quality car had a given place in the market, the dream of Messrs Gabrielsson and Larson came true on the 14th of April 1927 when the first Volvo, the ÖV4, rolled off the assembly line. It was a four-door open tourer with a four-cylinder 2-litre engine. During the first year, 297 cars were sold, from a calculated 300 (a closed version was added later in the year) and Volvo was off on the biggest venture in Swedish industrial history. Realising from the start that heavy vehicles and export sales were vital factors for survival, trucks were introduced already in 1928 and the same year the first market company, in Finland, was established. Shortly after, a six-cylinder model – the PV651 – was added to the range, providing the technical basis for cars and trucks alike, and company also entered the important taxi market. When 1929 became 1930, Volvo had produced close to 3,000 vehicles, half of which were cars. The wheels of Volvo had begun rolling, materialisi