The Volvo PV is a series of two-door, four-passenger car models — the PV444 and the PV544 — made by Volvo from 1947 to 1965. During World War II 's early stages, Volvo decided that a new, smaller car that could deliver good fuel economy would assure the company's future.

Volvo PV is a model name that Volvo used on a number of automobiles during the company's first forty years: Volvo PV is also the short form for Volvo Personvagnar (dir.trans: Volvo person wagon), the Swedish name for Volvo Cars, as opposed to Volvo LV, or Volvo Lastvagnar (dir.trans: Volvo load wagon), the Swedish name for Volvo Trucks.

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There were many PVs in the first decades of Volvo's existence, but Volvo's story in the USA starts with a few specific ones: the PV444 and its PV544 evolution, and the P445 Duett and P210 Duett.

Sep 23, 2018 · The first Volvo to be officially imported to the U.S. was the 1956 PV444. That two-door fastback featured a floor-shifted three-speed manual gearbox linked to a 1,414cc four-cylinder engine, which featured three main bearings and twin SU carburetors and made an impressive 70hp.

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The Volvo PV51 is a car introduced by Volvo in December 1936. It was replaced by the mildly restyled PV53 in 1938. [1] This car remained in production until the end of the Second World War.

The 444 was the first small Volvo car and the one that really set car production at Volvo moving. In August 1958, the Volvo PV544, the more modern successor to the PV444, was introduced. The changes were the most extensive since the PV444 had been presented in 1944.

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On August 25, 1958, Volvo unveiled a thoroughly reworked PV model named the 544. It wasn't often that economist Assar Gabrielsson made a miscalculation but it did actually happen a couple of times during his years at Volvo.