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The Volvo PV60 is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1946 and 1950. It was the first car produced by the Swedish company after the end of the Second World War. The development of the PV60 had started in 1939 and the car was introduced to the public alongside the smaller PV444 in September 1944. It was originally intended to be introduced in 1940 but it was stopped by the war.〔Fredsduvan, Klassiker, nr 7, augusti-september 2014〕 The large car was powered by a inline 6 that produced . It was attached to a three-speed transmission with the gear shift on the steering column. The vehicle had a wheelbase of and a length of .〔(Volvo PV 60 Technical Specifications ) at Carfolio〕 While the sales brochure described it as "en linjeren vagn i europeisk stil" (a clean line coach in European style) the truth was that it looked very much like a 1939 Pontiac with the front being almost impossible to tell from the original. However the Volvo as 10 cm shorter than the smallest Pontiac.〔 Production couldn’t start until December 1946, but the majority of the cars were built in 1949–1950. In total, there were 3506 PV60s produced, about 500 of which were built into trucks or vans.〔(Volvo History - PV60-1 ) at Volvo Owner's Club〕 The smaller PV444 was more suited for the post-war economy and production of the PV60 halted in 1950. It would take almost two decades until Volvo introduced another upmarket six-cylinder car, the 164. == References== *''Volvo Personvagnar-från 20-tal till 80-tal'' by Björn-Eric Lindh, 1984. ISBN 91-86442-06-6 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 PV 60」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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