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  • Volvo Personvagnar AB
Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish luxury automobile manufacturer founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. It is currently owned by American Ford Motor Company. The name Volvo, derived from the Latin for "I roll" (or "I drive" in a modern sense), was thought to be a good trademark for a ball bearing as well as for an automobile. Volvo was originally formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF. It was not until 1935 when Volvo AB was introduced on the... full article at wikipedia
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  • VOLVY.PK
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Last edited by jmmcleod14 Nov 10, 2008
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