Friday 9th September 1949
The Volvo PV445, basically a PV444 chassis on which a speciality body could be mounted, was introduced. From 1949 to 1953, the PV445 formed the base for small lorries, vans, estate cars and a few beautiful drophead-coupé convertible) cars. None of these were built by Volvo, but by independent coachwork firms. In 1953, the famous Duett (variant DH) was introduced, based on the PV445. This became legendary, and is the ancestor of today’s exclusive, comfortable, safe and powerful Volvo estate cars.
