Volvo PV 36 Carioca
Volvo PV36 Carioca | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Volvo Cars |
Production | 1935–1938 |
Designer | Ivan Örnberg |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Luxury car |
Body style | 4-door saloon |
Layout | Front-engine rear-wheel-drive |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 3,670 cc (3.7 L) EC I6 |
Transmission | 3-speed manual |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,950 mm (116.1 in) |
Length | 5,000 mm (196.9 in) |
Curb weight | 1,660 kg (3,659.7 lb) |
Chronology | |
Successor | Volvo PV51 |
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The Volvo PV 36 Carioca is a luxury car manufactured by Volvo Cars between 1935 and 1938. The word Carioca describes someone from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was also the name of a dance that was fashionable in Sweden at the time when the car was introduced.
Visually the car was styled similarly to the then strikingly modern Chrysler Airflow and Hupmobile Model J Aero-dynamic.[1] Volvo styling was heavily influenced by North American auto-design trends in the 1930s and 1940s, many of the company's senior engineers having previously worked in the US Auto-industry.[1]
The PV36 was the first Volvo to offer an independent front suspension, but the car used the same side-valve engine as the traditional Volvo cars that were still produced alongside the modern Carioca. The PV36 was an expensive car, with a price at 8,500 kronor and Volvo didn't build more than 500 cars. The last one wasn't sold until 1938.
References
[edit]- Volvo Personvagnar-från 20-tal till 80-tal by Björn-Eric Lindh, 1984. ISBN 91-86442-06-6 (in Swedish)
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]- Volvo Cars Heritage.
- Volvo Museum.
- Storvolvoklubben (in Swedish)