{"id":47765,"date":"2020-10-02T09:32:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T09:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=47765"},"modified":"2020-10-28T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T10:35:12","slug":"70-years-of-volvo-pv444-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/70-years-of-volvo-pv444-b\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Years of Volvo PV444 B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Volvo in Sweden began mass production of automobiles with the PV444 B in 1950.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, the history of the Volvo PV444 began in 1944, when the company’s co-founder Assar Gabrielsson started the development of a low-cost car for everyone. The proverbial robustness of Volvo should of course be preserved. At the same time, the PV444 was the first car with a self-supporting body in the brand’s history. While the meaning of the abbreviation ‘PV’ was known for a long time (personvagn, Swedish for passenger car), according to official data the number stood for 4 cylinders, 40 hp and 4 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production target exceeded 55 times<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 1944, Volvo announced the new entry-level model at a price of SEK 4,800, which subsequently led to around 2,300 advance orders. It took another three years until production really started. During this time, the number of advance orders grew to more than 10,000. The total production was originally designed for a maximum of 8,000 vehicles, but this had to be increased due to the high demand. Although the price quoted didn’t cover production costs, Volvo stood by its contractual commitment, but increased the sales price to SEK 6,050 for the second model year. The continuing shortage of materials after World War 2 and the fact that production was largely done by hand meant that only 1,920 units were built in 1947 and only 2,176 in 1948. To anticipate: By the end of production in 1958, around 200,000 PV444s of all versions had rolled off the production line and, together with the modernized PV544, a total of over 440,000 copies were built until 1969. By the time the PV444 was launched, Volvo had only sold about 2,000 vehicles across all model ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n

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