The year 1985 was a golden year for Volvo in motor sports. “The flying brick” - the Volvo 240 Turbo - won the European Touring Car Championship (ETC) and the German equivalent, the Deutsche Touringwagen Meisterschaft (DTM).
When Volvo launched its 240 family car in 1981 with a turbo engine, it opened up a whole new market for the company. It demonstrated that Volvo was capable not only of building safe, durable cars, but that they could also be fast and fun to drive. With turbocharging, the robust B21ET 2.1 liter engine generated 155 horsepower, which meant the 240 Turbo could do zero to 100 kilometers per hour in 9.0 seconds and had a top speed of 195 kph. The 240 Turbo Estate was the world’s fastest estate car.
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