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| designer = Jan Wilsgaard | production = 1956–1970 | layout = FR layout | wheelbase = | length = to ; (estate) | width = | height = | weight = | predecessor = Volvo PV444/544 | successor = Volvo 140 Series | class = Large family car (D) | body_style = | engine = | transmission = |aka=Volvo 121/122S/123GT (model names) 〔(John Smith, Profile on the Volvo 120 Amazon, www.volvoclub.org.uk ) Retrieved on 27 May 2013〕 Volvo Canadian GT 120/130/220 (bodystyle codes) 〔 }} The Volvo Amazon is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 1956 to 1970〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Volvoclub.org, 11 July 2006 )〕 and introduced in the USA as the ''122S'' at the New York International Auto Show in April 1959.〔 The Amazon shared the wheelbase, tall posture and high H-point seating of its predecessor, the PV and was offered two-door sedan, four-door sedan, and a five-door wagon body styles. In 1959 Volvo became the world's first manufacturer to provide front seat belts as standard equipment — by providing them on all Amazon models,〔 including the export models〔 — and later becoming the first car featuring three-point seat belts as standard equipment. When introduced, the car was named the ''Amason'' (with an 's'),〔 deriving from the fierce female warriors of Greek mythology, the Amazons. German motorcycle manufacturer Kreidler had already registered the name, and the two companies finally agreed that Volvo could only use the name domestically (i.e., within Sweden), modifying the spelling to Amazon.〔 Subsequently, Volvo began its tri-digit nomenclature and the line became known as the 120 Series.〔 The Amazon was originally manufactured at Volvo's Lundby plant in Gothenburg and subsequently at the company's Torslandaverken plant,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Swedespeed.com, 15 April 2004, Source: Volvo Car Corporation )〕 which began operating in 1964. By the end of production, 234,653 four-door models, 359,917 two-door models and 73,220 station wagons had been produced, of which 60% were exported;〔 for a total of 667,791 vehicles. ==Styling and design== The Amazon sedan's ponton genre, three-box styling was inspired by US cars of the early 1950s, strongly resembling the Chrysler New Yorker sedan and the Chrysler 300C hardtop Coupe. According to designer Jan Wilsgaard, the Amazon's styling was inspired by a Kaiser he saw at the Gothenburg harbour. The Amazon featured strong articulation front to rear, pronounced "shoulders", and slight but visible tailfins. These features became inspiration for Peter Horbury when reconceiving Volvo's design direction with the V70 after decades of rectilinear, slab-sided, boxy designs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=SAE.org, Automotive Engineering Online, Global View, April 2000 )〕 The Amazon's bodywork was constructed of phosphate-treated steel (to improve paint adhesion) and with heavy use of undercoating and anti-corrosive oil treatment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Life Magazine, 4 November 1956 (condensed from Car and Driver) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volvo Amazon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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