What are the nuances of Volvo's logo? One arrow is aligned with the diagonal line and the other is not.

There is a diagonal line from the lower left to the upper right on the air intake grille of Volvo brand cars, which is the diagonal line in the yellow box in the above picture. It is widely rumored on the Internet that the diagonal line is a symbol of seat belts, because seat belts were invented by Volvo, which produces cars with the concept of safety. After people's guesses and legends, the above statement slowly came into being. It is true that the seat belt was invented by Volvo, but it is wrong that the slash is a symbol of the seat belt. Please don't misunderstand again. ?

Volvo logo

There is a diagonal line from the lower left to the upper right on the air intake grille of Volvo brand cars, which is the diagonal line in the yellow box in the above picture. It is widely rumored on the Internet that the diagonal line is a symbol of seat belts, because seat belts were invented by Volvo, which produces cars with the concept of safety. After people's guesses and legends, the above statement slowly came into being. It is true that the seat belt was invented by Volvo, but it is wrong that the slash is a symbol of the seat belt. Please don't misunderstand again.

Three-point seat belt

1959, Volvo engineer Niels Bolin invented the three-point seat belt, which made Volvo the first automobile manufacturer in the world to adopt the three-point seat belt as the standard configuration, and opened the patent to the whole automobile industry free of charge. This invention saved about one million lives (in honor of Volvo).

However, Volvo produced the first model V4 as early as 1927, which is the car shown below.

V4

Did you find out? Yes, you're right. The first car had that diagonal line, and at that time, no one knew what a seat belt was! Let's take a look at Volvo's brand Logo at 1927, as shown below.

Volvo logo of 1927

Volvo's brand logo consists of three parts. The first part is a circle with an arrow pointing to the upper right corner. The circle in the middle represents the myth of Mars, the ancient Roman god of war. The second part is the diagonal from the lower left corner to the upper right corner. The third part is the spelling of Volvo letters.

Then why is there this diagonal line? In fact, the existence of this diagonal line was due to the technical reasons at that time, which was used to fix the circle representing the mythological symbol of Mars on the grid (the grid could not fix the circle, so it was simply fixed with iron bars. Why not fix it vertically or horizontally? Maybe the designer thinks sideways looks good. If you know the truth, do you have tears? Later models followed this diagonal line and gradually evolved into a decorative symbol, becoming the most obvious symbol of Volvo cars.