Eighty Years of Sixes
History 101: The story of Volvo’s six-cylinder engine.
It was in 1929 that Volvo first offered six-cylinder engines. Bidding adieu to the four-cylinder 2.0-liter engine found in the first Volvo series of cars, the six-cylinder was bigger, smoother and much more powerful. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the DB engine, the first six-cylinder engine offered on a Volvo.
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Taking Safety to New Heights
The V70’s integrated booster seats keep child safety a priority.
Volvo lost its signature boxiness years ago in place of a sleeker, meaner appearance. Fortunately, the practical family safety remains. With its innovative two-stage integrated booster seats, Volvo’s V70 wagon takes child safety to the next level. Literally.
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Memories of Volvo Roll On
The PV444/544 lives on in the hearts of Volvo lovers everywhere.
Ask anyone over 45 or any car club enthusiast and the majority will tell you that the models that best exemplify the Volvo brand are the PV444 and PV544. Far from having the racy lines of the exotic European sportscars of its day, the humpbacked PV444 was the first popular car in Sweden after World War II and quickly became the model that gained Volvo a slice of the American market.
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