Capris - no Volvos

Last month I was fortunate to be able to visit the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. I have no personal preferences towards Volvo but a chance to visit such a museum cannot be ignored. The museum is a large complex with an extensive array of cars, trucks, buses, tractors, industrial machinery, marine engines and even aircraft. The company was founded in 1915 as a subsidiary of the SKF Ball Bearing Company with the first car being produced in 1927. Volvo means I roll in Latin.
In 1999, Volvo sold its car division Volvo Cars to Ford Motor Company for $6.45 billion. The Volvo trademark was shared between AB Volvo, where it is used on heavy vehicles, and the unit of Ford, where it was used on cars. In August 2010, Ford completed its sale of Volvo Cars to the Chinese motor manufacturer Geely Automobile (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group) for $1.8 billion. AB Volvo continue to manufacture trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine & industrial engines. Volvo has always been pioneers in safety features including the first car company to use the 3 point seat belt.
Here is a small sample from the museum.

 

Safety features include the 3 point seat belt and a new tyre concept.



These tank engines would go well in my Capris.



Old and new!



These are just a few of the exhibits and I have not even shown any of the industrial machinery or marine engine sections. There is also a cafeteria and souvenir shop.
A great place to visit if you are in that part of the world.

Capri - Trip 2014

Well, it is time to get back onto the blog after nearly a month away visiting some amazing places in Northern Europe. My Capris haven't seen any action over the last month but I thought I might share some photos of cars & other vehicles I saw while away.
The van on the left is a full scale coffee machine doing a brisk trade at the site of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. The rubbish truck on the right operates in the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Small is big in many of these cities.


I was really fortunate to be able to visit the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden and I will post a lot more pictures in a future blog. The old Citroen was in Helsinki.


This fully enclosed mobility scooter was amusing to see in Bergen, Norway. I guess it gets pretty cold there so the old folks need to keep warm. The unusual taxi was beside our ship in Rostock, Germany.


Two extreme vehicles in Bergen, Norway.

 

Being a keen Subaru Forester owner for many years, I was pleased to see that the Forester is alive & well in St Petersburg, Russia.