Volvo’s first car, the ÖV4, leaves the company’s Lundby factory in suburban Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 14, 1927. The letters ÖV are Swedish for ‘Open Car’ and the 28-hp engine was powered by four cylinders, hence the name.
Volvo’s first car, the ÖV4, leaves the company’s Lundby factory in suburban Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 14, 1927. The letters ÖV are Swedish for ‘Open Car’ and the 28-hp engine was powered by four cylinders, hence the name.