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Volvo Canadian
Model Year: 1964
Location of Manufacture: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Authenticity Plaque
This plaque identifies this Volvo as having been produced in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is car no. 1 from the first limited series produced in June 1963.
Dashboard
The simple lines of the dashboard in the Volvo Canadian contrast with the brilliant red leather of the passenger seating.
Branding
The Volvo Canadian name brand, as it appeared on this 1964 model.
The 10,000th Volvo Canadian produced in Canada
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1966
The Volvo Canadian featured on this website was the first car produced at the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia plant. The car pictured here is the 10,000th – it rolled off of the assembly line three years after the plant opened.
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The Volvo Assembly Plant
Halifax, Nova Scotia
1971
Volvo chose to open a plant in Canada because the company believed their cars—solid, safe, and well-suited to winter driving conditions—would be strong sellers in the Canadian market. The Halifax area was the ideal location for the factory as it provided a year-round ice free port. It was also the port in North America which was closest to Volvo’s main facility in Goteburg, Sweden.
Canadian workers assembled the cars, which arrived by ship in kit form. Volvo’s Canadian plant closed in 1998.
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View of an assembly line at the Volvo plant
Halifax, Nova Scotia
1971
This view shows Volvo cars in various stages of assembly at the Halifax plant.
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