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1993-1995 Volvo 940 GL sedan [image from wikimedia.org]
Volvo means "I roll" in Latin, conjugated from
"volvere", in relation to ball bearing. The Volvo brand has long
been associated with safety and quality, and targeted to the affluent consumer
willing to pay a premium for that image.
The Volvo 900 series is a range of mid-size car that were
manufactured from 1990 to 1998. The 900 series was introduced in 1990 to
replace the 700 series from which it derived. This series, ending with the
940, S90 and V90 were the last of the rear wheel drive cars from Volvo.
AB Volvo, a Swedish manufacturer of cars, trucks, buses,
and construction equipment, was originally incorporated as a subsidiary of AB
SKF, a ball bearing manufacturer. In 1924, Assar Gabrielsson, a SKF Sales
Manager, and Engineer Gustav Larson, the two founders, decided to build a
Swedish car. The first car, the Volvo ÖV 4 series, known affectionately as
"Jakob", rolled out of the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg in 1927.
Their vision was to build cars that could withstand the rigors of Sweden's
rough roads and cold temperatures, a feature of Volvo products ever since.
In 1999, Ford Motor Company acquired Volvo Cars. Due to
financial troubles, Ford sold Volvo to China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
in 2010, parent of Geely Automobile.
[text edited from www.en.wikipedia.org]
Volvo 940 GL sedan [image from wikimedia.org]
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Seen in Episode 03
On the first day Sun-Mi arrives in England, her aunt takes
her on a brief driving tour of several famous London landmarks, including
Trafalgar Square and the Tower Bridge.
The car is never seen again, and is conspicuously absent from the
aunt’s car park in the Episode 4 scene where Hyung-Chul arrives to take
Sun-Mi to the airport.
Circling Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery in the
background.
Crossing Tower Bridge.
Crossing Tower Bridge, again.
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