Thankful to be a part of the Volvo Community!

So, we ran across this website that had some fun and interesting facts about Volvo cars and Volvo history (View that page here: http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Volvo-Cars-182483.html ). It just reminded us once again of how cool it is to be a specialist shop for Volvo. Of all the brands out there, it honestly seems to be one of the only ones to have such a strong culture and following. Some of the ultra luxury cars out there have a select group of fans--sure! But, Volvo is a brand for the middle class that has all of the rich history and dedication to excellence that all of the high-end brands have. We were left with a feeling of thankfulness on this Thanksgiving weekend---Thankful to be Volvo fans and to have the opportunity to serve other Volvo fans every single day.

Thank you again, to all of our customers. Thank you for keeping us in business as an expert for the cars we love.  We hope we can continue to be of great value to all of you. We'll stay dedicated to keeping your cars running efficiently, and we hope you'll continue bringing your vehicles to our Seattle Volvo Repair shop for years to come.

Most of the facts on that site are a little more specifically about certain models, but We wanted to share some of the fun facts we were reminded of:

Who owned the Volvo Car Company between 1999 and 2010?

Ford. Volvo, along with Jaguar and Aston Martin, was added to Ford's Prestige Auto Group in 1999. In 2010, it was sold again, this time to the Chinese "Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.

In what year did the Volvo company start building cars?

1927. The first car was the OV4, also known as "Jakob"

What does Volvo (loosely) mean in Latin?

I roll. Not surprising given that the name was originally owned by a bearing company! We mentioned this one in a post a little while ago.  Kinda fun, right?