Volvo Cars has invested recently in two promising Israeli technology start-ups through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, the company’s venture capital investment arm.

While some people spend their summer vacations on a beach sipping fruity drinks, Portland Volvo Cars Internet Sales Manager, Colin Mack, recently spent time in Europe attending several Volvo events. Traveling with his dad, they first visited the municipality of Best, in the Netherlands, to an event celebrating the 25^th anniversary of the Volvo 850 T-5R. 

In the early morning of June 6^th, 1944, many Americans heard initial reports of The Invasion – what would become known as D-Day, on American radio networks. The allied invasion of Europe was shrouded in such secrecy that even the press of the day had significant doubts as to the veracity of the reports, which were heard by shortwave listeners of German radio broadcasts aimed at foreign audiences. 

Today, we’ll take a look back to what, at the time, was considered an unlikely outcome. The year 1985 would become a golden year for Volvo in motorsports...
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