Key takeaways
- The Volvo 100 Year Edition will be offered on the FH Aero, FH, FH16 Aero and FH.
- Depending on the model, customers can choose diesel, gas or electric powertrains.
- Orders will open in September 2026.
- Volvo has not disclosed the price, production volume or ordering deadline.
- The package changes the truck’s appearance and interior, but introduces no exclusive new powertrain.
The Volvo 100 Year Edition is arriving ahead of the company’s centenary in 2027. Rather than creating a single highly specified collector’s model, Volvo is making the commemorative treatment available across much of its flagship heavy-truck range.
Customers will be able to order it on the FH Aero, FH, FH16 Aero and FH16, in most of the driveline and chassis configurations already offered for those models. That means the anniversary badge will not be tied to one particular vision of the future: depending on the model selected, it can accompany a diesel engine, a gas-powered driveline or an electric one.
A century of Volvo history inside the cab
Cab curtains showing Volvo truck models from 1928 to the modern FH. Photo: Volvo Trucks
The clearest reference to Volvo’s past is not found under the bonnet but behind the windscreen.
Close the curtains and the driver will see a procession of Volvo trucks from across the company’s history. The seats combine a premium leather base with grey textile, anniversary embroidery and tan leather detailing designed to match the striping outside.
Two-tone seat with leather detailing inside the Volvo 100 Year Edition. Photo: Volvo Trucks
There are also 3D-printed speaker grilles bearing the anniversary motif, a thicker black-and-grey floor mat and illuminated doorsteps. LED strips across the console can provide red or white ambient lighting.
Open the door and the truck projects a commemorative welcome light onto the ground. It is perhaps a long way from the practical minimalism of Volvo’s earliest vehicles—but special editions are meant to be noticed.
Volvo 100 anniversary emblem projected onto the ground beside the truck. Photo: Volvo Trucks
“The interior is both modern and premium, as well as an homage to Volvo’s history,” said Jonathan Disley, design director at Volvo Trucks. He said the design had been inspired by the manufacturer’s Swedish heritage as well as the trust and enthusiasm of its customers.
From a reluctant car to Volvo’s first truck
That history did not begin with an FH—or even with a truck.
Volvo’s first production car, the ÖV4, left the factory in Lundby, Gothenburg, on 14 April 1927. According to the Volvo Group’s own account, the occasion did not go entirely to plan. The vehicle initially tried to travel backwards because part of its rear axle had been installed incorrectly.
Once the problem was corrected, the car drove through the gates. Sales were less impressive: only 205 examples were produced.
Volvo nevertheless saw an opportunity in commercial vehicles. Its first truck, the LV Series 1, followed in 1928, using the same engine and gearbox as the company’s early cars.
The Series 1 offered 28 hp and a 1,500 kg payload. Despite those modest figures, the first run of 500 vehicles sold quickly enough for Volvo to produce another 500 as the Series 2.
Strictly speaking, therefore, 2027 will mark 100 years since Volvo began producing vehicles—not 100 years of Volvo truck production. The truck-building centenary will follow in 2028.
The anniversary treatment is available across several FH and FH16 configurations. Photo: Volvo Trucks
The modern FH sits at the other end of the scale
The FH name itself is considerably younger. It arrived in 1993 and has since become Volvo’s flagship long-haul range.
At the top of today’s line-up, the FH16 can be specified with Volvo’s 17-litre D17 engine producing up to 780 hp and 3,800 Nm of torque. That is almost 28 times the power of the company’s first truck, although comparing the two directly is rather like comparing a wooden fishing boat with a modern container ship.
The anniversary edition does not add more power or introduce a new driveline of its own. Instead, it sits on top of the recently updated FH range, allowing customers to combine the commemorative interior and exterior with the specification required for their particular operation.
Volvo also points to the FH range’s recent safety performance. Four versions—the FH and FH Aero in both 4×2 tractor and 6×2 rigid form—have received five-star ratings from Euro NCAP.
Special, but not necessarily limited
White Volvo FH 100 Year Edition tractor unit viewed from the side
Volvo has previously produced an FH 25 Year Special Edition, an FH Aero Euro NCAP Special Edition and an Ocean Race Limited Edition. However, the manufacturer has not described its centenary truck as a limited edition.
No production ceiling has been announced, nor has Volvo disclosed how much the package will cost or how long it will remain available. Ordering begins in September 2026.
For operators, that leaves the commercial question unanswered: how much extra will embroidered seats, historic curtains and illuminated steps add to the price of an already highly specified FH?
For drivers and enthusiasts, however, the appeal may be easier to understand. After almost a century of Volvo trucks, the anniversary edition turns the cab into a small travelling exhibition—albeit one capable of moving the heaviest loads with 780 hp.
