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Volvo PV444  

1950-1955, Sweden

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
50-55: i4/8V 6.5:1 1414cc.(86ci)

40DIN-hp

@4000rpm

28.3 hp/l 1bbl 69lb-ft. (93Nm)

@2200rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
1.4l40hp: ?kph/?mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

? l/100km? mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 5.00-16
transmission/drive wheel: 3-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 4370 x 1580 x 1560 mm (172.0 x 62.2 x 61.4 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2600 mm - 1280/1300 mm (102.4 in - 50.4/51.2 in)
some calculations: base aera: 6.90 m² (74.3 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.03 m² (~21.9 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 10.77 m³ (380.1 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 990 - 1010 kg (2183 - 2227 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 24.8 - 25.3 kg/hp (54.6 - 55.7 lb/hp) 40 - 40 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: ?
production: 440,000 (all PV444 and PV544)

   

The PV444 was Volvo's first car after WWII and Volvo's first uni-body car. the PV444 was first shown in 1944, and the production started in 1947.
In 1955 it received a facelift, in 1958 it received another and the car was renamed to PV544.

Pictures taken in 2003 in Braunschweig, Germany
 
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Pictures taken at the "Musikbox und Strassenkreuzerfestival 2010" in Verl, Germany
 
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