The expansion of Volvo truck operations was extremely fast in
the mid 1930s. By then the annual production of trucks was
nearly 5,000 units. Obviously, there was sufficient customer
demand to offer Volvo trucks for every type of transport,
including even the most demanding operations. The emergence of
heavy power There was still one thing missing in the Volvo
product programme: a really powerful engine. But by now there
were plans for a heavy city bus and a powerful new truck, which
would even have sufficient engine bhp for snow-plough
operations; both of these were to be introduced in 1937. The
LV290 series of trucks (which would be nicknamed the 'Longnose'
for obvious reasons) was an impressive vehicle, which would
successfully be produced into the 1950s, more or less without
changes. Compared with previous heavy-duty trucks from other
Swedish manufacturers, the LV29 series of trucks (and the
concurrent LV18/19 series) were efficiently produced in large
numbers. The LVs - updated and modernised The basis fo