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What did Ford do to Volvos?

Updated: 9/17/2023
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Ford sold Volvo to a Chinese company in 2010, for a loss of over 4 billion dollars. They were also known to have lifted several features off of Volvo for use on Ford vehicles. Most notably is the use of the I5 engine in the Ford Focus.

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