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Volvo PV 36 Carioca

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Volvo PV36 Carioca
Volvo PV36 Carioca 4-Door Sedan 1935
Overview
ManufacturerVolvo Personvagnar
Production1935-1940
Body and chassis
Classconcept
Body style2-door coupe
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engineinline-6
Dimensions
WheelbaseTemplate:Auto mm
LengthTemplate:Auto mm
Curb weightTemplate:Auto kg
Chronology
Predecessorunknown
SuccessorVolvo PV51
Carioca from the Volvo museum

Volvo PV 36 Carioca was a luxury car built by Volvo 1935-1940. 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 consciously to resemble the then strikingly modern Chrysler Airflow[1]. Volvo styling was heavily influenced by North American auto-design trends in the 1920s and 1930s, many of the company's senior engineers having previously worked in the US Auto-industry[1].

References

  1. ^ a b "Volvo: The Swedish Individualist". Motor. vol 152: nbr 3919: pages 34 - 39. date 26 November 1977. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)


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