Some principles never change. And after 80 years of safety advances from Volvo, the philosophy expressed by the company's founders is more appropriate than ever: "Cars are driven by people. Therefore the guiding principle behind everything we make at Volvo is - and must remain - safety"(Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson)
In August 1958, the Volvo PV544, the more modern successor to the PV444, was introduced. The changes were the most extensive since the PV444 had been presented in 1944.