The company AB Volvo had no activities until 10 August, 1926 when the SKF Sales Manager Assar Gabrielsson and Engineer Gustav Larson, after one year of preparations involving the production of ten prototypes, set up the car-manufacturing business Volvo AB within SKF group. The first car was the Volvo ÖV 4, on 14 April, 1927 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo
Producing mechanical motion by means of 8low pressure) steam goes back over 2000 years, but early devices were not practical. Centuries after, the Spanish inventor Jerónimo de Ayans y Beaumont patented in 1606 the first steam engine. In 1698 Thomas Savery patented a steam pump that used steam in direct contact with the water being pumped. The first commercial true steam engine using a piston, and was used in 1712 for pumping in a mine and was made by Thomas Newcomen.
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I have a pair of dockers pants made in Cambodia, a white shirt made in Thailand, and my slippers were made in China. They are made everywhere.
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As you are the first to be served you will have the choice of whateevr it is you have been queueing for.
The first Volvo was made in Sweden.
Volvo is made in Sweden.
Volvo is Swedish.
870 stand for the 850 en V70classic series. There isn't a Volvo 870 as such. Volvo enthousiasts just use the number 870 when they are referring to a Volvo 850 '92-'97 or a V70(classic) first generation made until 2000.
Which Volvo? Volvo is still producing cars, trucks, buses, marine, etc.
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The first volvo car rolled off the production line 1927.
Sweden
Volvo had the first safety belts in 1849. But then Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seat belt - not the first but the modern seatbelt - now a standard safety device in most cars. Nils Bohlin's lap-and-shoulder belt was introduced by Volvo in 1959.
The answer below is incorrect. Volvo engines are made by Volvo. Ford oversees the company but agreed not to make any manufacturing changes when the deal was made. Yes I believe Ford bought out and started Making Volvo engines in the 2000's
no but i thank volkswagen should own Volvo
the C30 was designed in Sweden and most parts are made in Sweden however the C30 is assembled at the Volvo factory in Belgium