Volvo PV 36 Carioca

Volvo PV36 Carioca
Volvo PV36 Carioca
Overview
Manufacturer	Volvo Personvagnar
Production	1935-1940
Body and chassis
Class	concept car[dubious – discuss]
Body style	2-door coupe
Layout	FR layout
Powertrain
Engine	inline-6
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

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 1930s and 1940s, many of the company's senior engineers having previously worked in the US Auto-industry^[1].

References

^ ^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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[Motor197711-1] "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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