{"id":19810,"date":"2019-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/volvo-pv-36-carioca-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T18:57:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:57:31","slug":"volvo-pv-36-carioca-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/volvo-pv-36-carioca-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo PV 36 Carioca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Volvo cars are best known for their proverbial ruggedness. In recent decades, the Swedish brand has earned this reputation especially through solidly built sedans and station wagons. But today’s Volvo drivers often don’t know much about the company history before World War 2. Originally, Volvo was the name of the experimental department set up at the ball bearing manufacturer SKF in 1915. Twelve years later, Gustaf Larsson and Assar Gabrielsson ensured that Volvo became an independent manufacturer of automobiles.

In 1935, the young company presented a very modern sedan for the upper middleclass with the PV 36 (in some sources also written as PV36). The design was heavily based on streamline styling from American vehicles. How many influences the Swedish designer Ivan \u00d6rnberg brought back home from his former employer Hupmobile in Detroit in 1933 can only be guessed. In any case, there are various optical parallels, for example to the Chrysler Airflow. Next to the smooth shape especially the covers for the rear wheels are an obvious detail. Due to the fact that Volvo had found a good export sales market in Brazil at that time and there the Carioca dance was particularly popular, this name soon became a nickname for the car. The drive was a 3.67 liter inline six-cylinder engine with 59 kW\/80 hp. These arrived at the rear axle via a three-speed manual gearbox. Volvo claimed a topspeed of 120 kph (74.5 mph).<\/p>\n\n\n

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