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Nov 7th, 2015, 12:00 | #1 |
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30 years since the Volvo 240 Turbo reigned over the race tra
1985 was a golden year for Volvo in motor sport. “The flying brick” - the Volvo 240 Turbo - won the European Touring Car Championship (ETC) and the German equivalent, the Deutsche Touringwagen Meisterschaft (DTM)
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Great to see the 240 powering past the V12 Jags up the hill when they did the Bathurst round :-) Volvo are entering the championship again next season by the way .
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Ahh the 500 "EVO" models that never existed and led to them being banned for the next season.
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I remember being on an S1 course at Daventry back then. The performance aspect of Volvos was always downplayed as much as possible.
If you want to go fast buy a Porsche, was one comment from an instructor. Then they made the T5.. |
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