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Volvo 444 from 1955 - Sweden also builds good cars

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Created on June 1, 1955

Reading time 6min

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Günther Gebhardt

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Volvo 444 (1955) - Stattliche Erscheinung

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Volvo 444 (1955) - Gut laufender Export ins Ausland

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Volvo 444 (1955) - den "nordischen Mercedes" nennt man in Skandinavien den Volvo 444

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Volvo 444 (1955) - Der geräumige Innenraum ist sinnreich konstruiert

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Volvo 444 (1955) - Der Motor, wenn man die kompakte Motorhaube nach vorn öffnet

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Volvo 444 (1955) - Ein großer Kofferraum

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Volvo 444 (1955) - Radaufhängung

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Volvo 444 (1955) - Prototyp eines Kunststoffwagens auf Basis des Volvo 444

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Volvo 444 Prototyp (1955) - Volvo Prototyp eines Kunststoff-Cabrios

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Summary

Assar Gabrielsson created a Swedish automotive industry out of nothing. While the Volvo was still an unknown entity in Germany in the mid-fifties, it was already enjoying success after success in its home country. This report shows the perspective of journalist Günther Gebhardt from Hobby on the car, which was still unknown to him at the time.

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'Not a sports machine - a roof on wheels!
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Estimated reading time: 6min

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Assar Gabrielsson created a Swedish automotive industry out of nothing - a car with a five-year warranty! This test was not actually part of hobby's planning. It 'fell into our laps', so to speak. Hand on heart: how many of our hobby readers - unless they live abroad - have ever heard of this Scandinavian car? In the course of vehicle development, we have automatically become accustomed to slightly underestimating the unknown car-producing countries alongside the 'great powers' of automobile construction - the USA, England, Germany, France and Italy. However, on a trip to Scandinavia we were able to see for ourselves that this is a premature judgment, at least in the case of Sweden.

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