Volvo’s name means “I roll” in Latin, chosen when it was a ball bearing manufacturer. It was sold to Zhejiang Geely Holding in 2010 and was the first to produce cars with laminated windshields and roll cage design.
The name of the automaker “Volvo” means “I roll” in Latin. Before Volvo started making cars, it was actually a manufacturer of ball bearings and decided on the name to refer to the nature of its products.
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Although Volvo’s headquarters are in Sweden, where the company was founded, Volvo is now a Chinese company: Ford Motor Company, which acquired Volvo in 1999, sold it to Zhejiang Geely Holding group in 2010 .
Volvo’s first car model, the Volvo ÖV 4, was nicknamed “Jakob” because it was first sold on the day of the year associated with the name Jakob in Europe.
Volvo was the first company to produce cars with laminated windshields and the roll cage design now commonly found in vehicles.
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