1973 - short lived outboard comeback

In 1973, Volvo Penta acquired outboard production from Monark-Crescent and the U-22, Monark and Archimedes became new products in the already extensive Volvo Penta program. To begin with, sales of these outboard engines were acceptable, but towards the end of the 1970s competition from the Japanese became too fierce, sales started to show a loss, and the production in Uppsala was terminated.