The European automotive environment has its own hierarchy. And it is headed by states with a developed economy, transport infrastructure and a large population. This, of course, Germany, Italy and France. True, several other European countries can also offer a good selection of quality cars of different brands. One of them is Sweden. Due to the small number of people living in this Scandinavian country, the Swedish car industry does not play the first fiddle in Europe. At the same time, there are hardly those among us who have not heard of Volvo or Saab.
Some models of the popular brand with a memorable diagonal stripe on the grille have been recognized as the safest on the continent. And the exterior design of the Volvo is no less chic than that of the Mercedes. An interesting fact is that both well-known Swedish companies grew out of diversified aviation enterprises. And both, with a certain frequency, then curtailed the production of passenger vehicles, then started again. However, such a tradition was inherent in all Swedish auto enterprises, of which there were about three dozen over the years. You will see how the production of local models went and what interesting things the Swedes could offer in the video from the Autotrends channel.
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