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Second Volvo Car plant outside Sweden: Assembly (1965–1972) Manufacturing (1972–present) XC40, V60, C40, EX30 (2025-) [5] Worldwide Debut model: Volvo Amazon: Previously named Volvo Cars Europe Industry (1965–2007) Halifax Plant Volvo Halifax Assembly (VHA) 3: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: 1967–1987 [2] Debut model: Volvo 144: Assembly ...
In 1954, Volvo built a new truck assembly plant in Gothenburg and, in 1959– [9] 1964, [57] a car assembly plant in Torslanda. [9] The first truly branched away plant of Volvo was the Floby gearbox plant (100 kilometers to the northeast of Gothenburg), incorporated in 1958.
Volvo’s President Gunnar Engellau, Doctor of Engineering Gustav Larson (one of Volvo’s two founders, the other co-founder, Assar Gabrielsson, having died two years before), and Swedish king Gustaf VI Adolf were on hand for the inauguration. The first car manufactured was an Amazon, while the PV544 was never built in Torslanda.
In the early 1970s, Volvo acquired the passenger car division of the Dutch company DAF, and marketed their small cars as Volvos before releasing the Dutch-built Volvo 340, which went on to be a big seller in the UK market in the 1980s. In 1986 Volvo sold 113,267 cars in the US marking a record year for the company.
Volvo LV63 Truck 1929 Volvo L495 Titan Truck 1965 Volvo F88-49T Truck 1970. When Volvo manufactured its first automobiles in 1927, the first truck was already on the drawing table. In early 1928, the LV series 1 was presented to the public. Though by modern standards it was merely a truck, it was an immediate success and 500 units were sold ...
Volvo assembly plant in Bayers Lake Industrial Park, opened in 1987. The Volvo Halifax Assembly Plant located in Halifax, Nova Scotia was opened on 11 June 1963 by Prince Bertil. [1] It was the second assembly plant Volvo opened outside of Sweden and the third non-domestic auto plant in North America after Fiat and Rolls-Royce.
The S60 was built on Volvo's P2 platform, [11] which was shared with other Volvo models like the S80, V70, XC70 and finally the XC90.. The Volvo S60 was released in 2000 (2001 model year) being the company's new generation sports sedan.
Volvo 120/130 Series: 26,310 produced in Ghent between 1965 and 1969 [1] Volvo 144: 205,510 produced in Ghent between 1968 and 1974 [1] Volvo XC60: Volvo Gent's top seller in 2011. Volvo Car Gent (until 2007 known as Volvo Cars Europe Industry N.V.) is an automobile manufacturer located in the port district of Ghent/Gent in western Belgium. By ...