When production of the T-Ford was discontinued in the USA, after 15 million
cars had rolled off the assembly line, two visionaries founded what was destined
to become one of the world’s leading manufacturers of equipment for
transportation. In other words, Volvo was born. The year was 1927.
By 1933 Volvo now delivered 10,000 vehicles, the car sector was developing
at an incredible rate. They introduced c new generation of cars with a more
rounded exterior design. However the car was still not available to a majority
of people as the prices were still high.
Just 10 years after the first Volvo was driven the company’s annual
production of cars was 1,804 cars, among these were the 25,000th PV52. And
only 3 years later Volvo delivered its 50,000th car.
Unlike many other company’s during the war Volvos business operations
actually underwent a period of rapid expansion. It acquired a majority
shareholding in Svenska Frygmotor, now Volvo Aero.
Strangely in 1949 Volvo tractors were the main success story particularly
the little T2. In same year saw the 100,000th Volvo car come off the assembly
line.
The Volvo Company introduced the world’s first, small, purpose-built forest
machine, “Bamse”. And in the same year the annual production was up the over
50,000 cars annually.
Volvo strengthened its position in the profitable combine harvester sector
even further in 1960, when it acquired its competitor, Arvika-Thermaenius. 1963
saw a profit turnover of over 2 billion.
Volvo celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 14, 1977. All 62,000
employees were presented with a gift of a Swiss watch. The forst completely new
generation of wheel loads were also introduced this year along with the
introduction of the F10 and F12 which were the biggest news in the trucking
business.
The year 2000 saw the launch of a number of new products. Among these, to
name just a few, were Volvo Trucks’ new FL generation, Volvo Buses’ new B12M,
Volvo CE’s A35D and A40D and Volvo Penta’s launch of the new engine series, 420
and 620. Also a new business area for Volvo's finance operations was formed,
Volvo Financial Services, including customer-financing operations, insurance
business, treasury and real estate operations.
Volvo Parts
Volvo parts can be hard to come by if you looking in the wrong places.
To find Volvo parts we suggest that you contact us and we will do the shopping
for you. You can enter your Volvo part online or over the phone with one of our
customer service people. We enter your Volvo part into our system it will then
send off to breakers over the UK that deal with Volvo parts, this includes Volvo
part specialists. Our service takes all the hassle out of finding you part. All
you do is enter a request and we do the searching for you. Just sit back and
relax.