Chapter 0: Love or die!!

Sunday program wasn’t my idea, but it liked it very much. Visit of the Volvo museum in Gothenburg. Basically here is a biggest part of the whole factory. Very nice and easy Sunday trip.

As the day before we met in the hotel hall at 9:30 and because somebody dug up an information that the museum is opened from 11, we wanted to spend this gap with something. I immediately checked the city map and proposed a short two kilometer walk across the longest and highest bridge in town. Sun was shining, so we were taking pictures, stopping for nice panoramic views and progressing slowly, like picking up mushrooms along the way, to the museum.

Because of the bus schedule, we could have stayed either one or three hours. Bad hours for fine visitation. First we saw a movie about Volvo history. After this short film everybody had to believe that Volvo is the biggest, most famous, most innovative and most successful company in the world. Volvo was founded in 1927 from a separatist division of SKF, Swedish ball bearing factory. During its history started manufacturing also trucks, city busses, marine engines, aircraft engines, tractors, rally cars, race cars, experimental cars, haulers, graders, excavators, loaders, pavers, compactors, coaches  and I think there isn’t a single thing that Volvo haven’t produced in its history.

Volvo also gave to the world one of the greatest invention of all times like the three-point seat belt in 1959, the duo-prop marine drive with a counter-rotating propeller in 1982 or the rearward-facing child seat in 1967!! I think now you have to be convinced too. I tell you, greatness is addictive. And the greatness of Volvo even more. You just can’t resist.

JOIN VOLVO OR DIE!!!

After a while it was more than clear that I would have to stay. The others left…there is nothing more to see they said, when I was in the second exhibition hall!! So I kept admiring everything what was there, especially several editions of the Truck of the Year and one of the first rally cars. Also standing in front of a jet fighter Viggen with one of the most powerful jet engines ever made was impressive. The engine is of course manufactured and designed by Volvo.

But the most time I spend examining the VVCC with the unique VAAC system. Oh you don’t what it means? You are probably not a Volvo fan as I am, yes? It’s really interesting and revolutionary system which can actually save us from certain death one day.

JOIN VOLVO OR DIE!!!

All right then. I will be nice to you today. Volvo Versatility Concept Car is a study of a powerful 250hp predator with a fuel consumption only 6,5 l / 100 km and exhaust gasses cleaner then the air. That’s why it also has the Volvo Ambient Air Cleaner system.

 A filter cleans the air incoming to the engine and when it gets full it releases the toxic particles from air to the engine where they are burned. And you won’t believe this, but the filter is running and cleaning the air even when the car is stopped, using power from solar cells on the roof!! One VAAC system can clean the air from two dirty cars. Unbelievable!!

Three hours passed like a one and suddenly I was walking home with a feeling, that I am somehow enriched…