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Volvo 240 Turbo Grey IXO 1:18

Volvo 240 Turbo Grey IXO 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Volvo
Model Manufacturer
IXO
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
18CMC089
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About the Volvo 240 Turbo Grey IXO 1:18

TL;DR: IXO's 1:18 diecast Volvo 240 Turbo in gray is a sealed one-piece casting of the road-going performance saloon. Diecast construction suits the boxy shape, offering a street counterpart to the marque's genuinely successful period touring car racing liveries.

Behind the Beckers team's ETCC entries sat a genuine road car, and this gray example represents that everyday starting point rather than the race-liveried variants collectors often seek first.

Diecast Casting of a Road-Going 240 Turbo

Without any racing livery to reproduce, this model's honesty depends entirely on panel accuracy and paint quality, and diecast holds the 240's straightforward boxy shape with genuinely sharp, consistent edges. The sealed body keeps shut lines tight around the doors and boot, a single continuous casting appropriate for a subject whose appeal lies in understated, honest engineering rather than dramatic styling. Gray paint carries clean, even coverage under direct light, a genuinely period-appropriate colour for a Swedish executive saloon of this era, and zinc alloy gives real weight befitting Volvo's reputation for solid, durable construction.

A Street Counterpart to Racing Liveries

Displayed alongside Beckers' race-liveried 240 Turbos from the same range, this gray street version fills out the fuller picture, the everyday car behind the competition history. Its compact saloon footprint suits easy shelf placement, and for collectors building a themed Volvo shelf, having both racing and street versions of the same underlying car offers genuinely useful context most single-livery collections lack.

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