Volvo just celebrated the 40th birthday of the iconic 240 series sedan/coupe/wagon, and now the Swedish automaker is getting ready for another big anniversary in its history. On September 1, 1944, the ...

Drivers of a certain age will most likely associate Volvo with its boxy wagons of the 1980s and 1990s. But its earlier cars were anything but boxy, and one that used curves to great effect was the ...

World War II was raging in Europe when Volvo introduced the PV444 at an exhibition in Sweden in 1944. Sweden was a neutral country, and auto manufacturing continued there throughout the war, although ...

Looking forward to the peace on the horizon toward the end of the war, Volvo's customer magazine, Ratten called the PV60 and PV444 "Volvo's doves of peace," and said that the cars would "make the ...

In this From the Archives feature, we take a look at theVolvoPV-444, which was available in two-door fastback coupe and wagon (PV445) variations when it first arrived in the U.S. in 1956. This review ...

Safety was at the core of Swedish automaker Volvo's founding principles. Volvo started as a subsidiary of Swedish bearing manufacturer AB SKF and produced its first car, the open-top ÖV4 (nicknamed ...

A must-see for any Volvo nut or European car enthusiast, the Volvo Museum sits in an industrial park just outside the brand's hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. Displays recount Volvo's history from its ...

Think of the most overly-Swedish thing you can possibly think of. Iconic furniture outlet stores, Draken fighter jets, Fika parties, and those little meatballs everyone seems to think are made from ...

Driving the Swedish automaker’s classic cars gives you newfound appreciation for Volvo’s historical approach to creating cars. The first Volvo arrived on U.S. shores in 1955, and the safety-obsessed ...

In 1958, I was selling advertising for Road & Track magazine. Once a month, I’d have lunch out in the San Fernando Valley with a very nice young woman who was advertising manager for Gene Klein, the ...

The Volvo PV444, a model that revitalized the company and became a resounding sales success in the immediate post-war years, is celebrating its 70th birthday this month. The PV444 was actually one of ...