Volvo PV544 Sista by Editions Atlas

5/1/2018

The number eighty-three in the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas is the the Volvo PV544 Sista. Volvo's PV range (PV 444; PV544)was a huge commercial success. The very last Volvo PV544 model had been built after an eighteen year production run which saw regular improvements, updated features as well as engine upgrades. The very last production car wore chassis number 440000. It drove on October 20, 1965 from the assembly plant in Lundby (SE) directly to Volvo's own car museum. At the wheel was the test driver Nils Wickström. That very last PV544 was a "Sport" version equipped with the 95 hp engine. It had been painted black even if that color was no longer offered in the official program. "Sista" is Swedish and translates into "last".
Editions Atlas is offering this Volvo now as a 1:43 scale replica. It is of course another spinoff of already known and previously released models. The main difference being that it comes as the original car with the text on both sides. My bet is that we all would have preferred another newly engineered scale model. But the already announced end of the Editions Atlas car collections make it hard to add any new development. This livery is at least a replica of an important moment in Volvo's long history.