Volvo Amazon

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • The Volvo Amazon is a mid-size car manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1956 to 1970 and introduced in the USA as the 122S at the New York International Auto Show in April 1959.
    The Amazon shared both the wheelbase from its predecessor, the PV, as well as its tall posture and high H-point seating - while offering three model configurations: 2-door sedan, 4-door sedan and wagon. In 1959 Volvo provided front seat belts as standard equipment on all the cars, including the export models, becoming the world's first manufacturer to take this step - later becoming the first car featuring three-point seat belts.
    When introduced, the car was called the Amason (with an 's'), which derives from the fierce female warriors of Greek mythology, the Amazons. Kreidler, German manufacturer of motorcycles had already registered the name, and the two companies agreed Volvo could only use the name domestically (i.e., within Sweden), modifying the spelling to Amazon. Subsequently, Volvo began its tri-digit nomenclature and the line became known as the 120 Series.
    The Amazon was originally manufactured at Volvo's Lundby plant in Gothenburg and subsequently at the company's Torslandaverken, which began operating in 1964. By the end of production, 234,653 four-door models, 359,917 two-door models and 73,220 station wagons had been produced, 60% of them for export - for a total of 667,791 vehicles.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 22

  • @jacquespoirier9071
    @jacquespoirier9071 8 років тому

    a volvo high quality affordable car

  • @sunairjet
    @sunairjet 10 років тому +2

    Vacker som svensk sommar

  • @richnation8423
    @richnation8423 11 років тому +2

    sorry ..this is like porn to me....i've owned 122's since the late 70s. 2 presently in restoration

  • @h.s.ch-98k79
    @h.s.ch-98k79 10 років тому +2

    I love volvo amazon♥♥

  • @OMENASOSEAPLFA
    @OMENASOSEAPLFA 3 роки тому

    I WISHD ID HAD 4 AMAZONS 1959-1963

  • @kellydobbs7455
    @kellydobbs7455 2 роки тому

    Wonder if this is my car

  • @sverduijn1
    @sverduijn1 5 років тому

    Amazing that it can actually go faster then a truck. Well, Volvo drivers don't like to drive too fast.

  • @ILikeEngines
    @ILikeEngines 10 років тому +1

    "Protected from rust". Yeah right. They started to rust in about 10 to 20 years.

    • @andieslandies
      @andieslandies 10 років тому +4

      British and American cars of the same era started to rust in about 10 to 20 minutes!

    • @ILikeEngines
      @ILikeEngines 10 років тому

      *****
      Inside a heated garage. Should have wrote that.

    • @XxmattitudexX
      @XxmattitudexX 9 років тому

      the entire car was dipped in rust proofer before it was painted at the factory.
      i just got a 67 wagon in california with original paint nothing more then surface rust .

    • @ILikeEngines
      @ILikeEngines 9 років тому

      It's less rain over there than here. Wich results in less rust.

    • @XxmattitudexX
      @XxmattitudexX 9 років тому

      ILikeEngines compared to a 10 yr old Ferrari i saw that was being cut in half and had rust inside all the sections of tube frame also in California.

  • @Max-Television
    @Max-Television 5 років тому

    Shame we do no longer have “no speed limits on the highway”

  • @xanderstone8991
    @xanderstone8991 6 років тому

    fn vad jag vill ha tillbaka vänstertrafiken

  • @fredcheesemonkey
    @fredcheesemonkey 9 років тому

    Fuck, I thought this was in Engrish.

  • @vetar3372
    @vetar3372 8 років тому

    Høres ut som en Tandberg reklame!

  • @cjhdeen
    @cjhdeen 11 років тому

    im planning to buy one of these

  • @Doctor_Robert
    @Doctor_Robert 9 років тому

    Inger Stevens @ 0:27 ??