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Volvo 240 Turbo #1 P. Stureson IPS Motorsport DTM 1986 Minichamps 1:43

Volvo 240 Turbo #1 P. Stureson IPS Motorsport DTM 1986 Minichamps 1:43 400861701 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Volvo 240 Turbo wears P. Stureson's #1 IPS Motorsport livery from the 1986 touring car season. A distinctive boxy saloon racer that stood apart from the era's more common German rivals.
Volvo 240 Turbo #1 P. Stureson IPS Motorsport DTM 1986 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
Volvo
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
400861701
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About the Volvo 240 Turbo #1 P. Stureson IPS Motorsport DTM 1986 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Volvo 240 Turbo reproduces P. Stureson's #1 IPS Motorsport livery from the 1986 touring car season. Boxy Swedish saloon styling combined with genuine turbocharged touring car racing pedigree make this a distinctive alternative to the German marques that usually dominate this era.

The 240's upright, unmistakably angular body seemed an unlikely basis for a competitive touring car racer, yet Volvo's turbocharged racing programme proved genuinely effective against established European rivals through the mid-1980s.

Rendering an Unmistakably Boxy Racer

Few touring cars of any era look quite like a race-prepared 240, and that upright, sharply creased bodywork is actually a gift to a diecast manufacturer working at 1:43: flat panels and straight lines hold their crispness far more easily than a sculpted, curved body would at this scale. Minichamps' build captures the 240's flared arches and roof-mounted aero addenda cleanly, and the IPS Motorsport livery's bold graphics are applied with sharp, well-defined tampo printing across the car's large, flat surfaces. Diecast construction gives the compact model genuine weight, and the wheel and tyre combination reflects the wider, race-spec fitment the 240 needed to handle its turbocharged power. At roughly 10cm, it sits easily beside contemporary German and other European touring cars from the period.

A Distinctive Alternative Among 1980s Touring Cars

German marques tend to dominate discussions of 1980s touring car racing, which makes a genuinely competitive Volvo entry a valuable point of contrast on any themed shelf. The 240's success against more conventionally sporting shapes speaks to just how effective Volvo's turbo engineering was during this period, an underdog story that a collection built purely around the usual suspects would otherwise miss entirely.

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