Volvo Cars, formally Volvo Car AB, is a Swedish multinational maker of luxury vehicles headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg, whose marketing centres on safety and its Swedish heritage and design. It was founded in 1927 in Gothenburg as a subsidiary of SKF, with Assar Gabrielsson as managing director and Gustav Larson as technical manager, and its first car, the Volvo ÖV 4, left the assembly line on 14 April 1927; the name is Latin for I roll, a trademark SKF first registered in 1915 for ball bearings. Volvo Cars has been separate from AB Volvo, the maker of heavy trucks, buses and construction equipment, since 1999, when AB Volvo sold its car division to the Ford Motor Company for 6.47 billion US dollars. On 28 March 2010 Ford sold Volvo Cars at a loss to Geely Holding for 1.8 billion dollars, a deal that closed in August 2010. Volvo Cars was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in 2021, and Geely Holding still holds the majority. The atlas lists the models Volvo built while Ford owned the company, from 1999 to 2010.
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Volvo is headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg.
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Volvo was founded upon the concept of safety in 1927, in Gothenburg, Sweden
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The company manufactures SUVs, station wagons, and sedans.
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Volvo is headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg.
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On 28 March 2010, Ford sold Volvo Cars at a loss to Geely Holding for $1.8 billion; the deal closed in August 2010.
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marketed and produced by the Swedish manufacturer Volvo Cars from 1995 to 2012
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The Volvo S60 is a compact executive car manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars since 2000.
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The Volvo S80 is an executive car produced by the Swedish manufacturer Volvo Cars from 1998 to 2016 across two generations.
Volvo V70 (Wikipedia)
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The Volvo V70 is an executive car manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 1996 to 2016 across three generations.
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The Volvo XC90 is a mid-size luxury SUV manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars since 2002 and in its second generation.
Volvo C30 (Wikipedia)
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The Volvo C30 is a three-door, front-engine, front-wheel-drive premium compact hatchback manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 2006 to 2013, in a single generation.
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The Volvo C70 is a two-door car which was manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 1996 to 2013 across two generations.
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The Volvo V50 is the station wagon version of the Volvo S40 small family car ("C-segment") first unveiled at the 2003 Bologna Motor Show, both assembled at Ghent, Belgium.
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The Volvo S70 is a compact executive car produced by Volvo Cars from 1996 to 2000.
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