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The Volvo 850 Turns 35

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After presenting its first front-wheel drive Volvo model - the 480 - in 1985, Volvo Car Corporation continued its comprehensive product and production-technology transition with its next project, launched on June 11, 1991: the Volvo 850 GLT. The car with four world-firsts - one at the front, one at the rear and two in the middle.
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Volvo Cars Celebrates 4 Million Cars Produced on SPA Architecture

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Volvo Cars has built the four millionth car on its groundbreaking first-generation Scalable Product Architecture* (SPA). Debuting in 2014 with the second-generation Volvo XC90, SPA laid the foundation for the modern Volvo brand of today. It transformed the company’s production by allowing diverse models, powertrains, and technologies to be built on a shared architecture and assembly line, significantly cutting costs.
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