Volvo PV60

The Volvo PV60 was a large six-cylinder car, the first that Volvo made after the Second World War. Development began in 1939 and it was shown to the public in September 1944 beside the smaller PV444, but wartime delays meant production did not start until December 1946, and most cars were built in 1949 and 1950. It used a 3,670 cc inline six giving 90 hp with a column-shifted three-speed manual gearbox, and its styling closely resembled a 1939 Pontiac. In total 3506 were built, about 500 of them as trucks or vans called the PV61. The smaller PV444 suited the post-war economy better, so PV60 production stopped in 1950, and Volvo offered no other upmarket six-cylinder car until the 164 almost two decades later.