
Volvo 240 Turbo #10 R. Francevic Winner ATCC 1986 IXO 1:18

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Specifications
- Year
- 1986
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- Regional Touring Series
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4895102342716
About the Volvo 240 Turbo #10 R. Francevic Winner ATCC 1986 IXO 1:18
TL;DR: IXO's 1:18 diecast Volvo 240 Turbo reproduces car #10, Robbie Francevic's title-winning 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship entry, cast as a sealed one-piece body. New model, new packaging. An unlikely touring-car champion for a racing-history shelf.
A boxy Swedish sedan winning a touring car title against sleeker rivals is exactly the kind of upset story collectors seek out, and Robbie Francevic's 1986 ATCC-winning Volvo 240 Turbo delivered precisely that. IXO's diecast recreates the livery in full.
Sealed-Body Diecast Detail on This Livery
The zinc alloy body gives this boxy sedan real weight in the hand, and being a sealed one-piece casting, every detail plays out on the exterior rather than through opening panels. The racing livery carries car #10's period sponsor markings and number board crisply applied across the upright, slab-sided body, and the shut lines around the doors and trunk read as clean, continuous grooves under close inspection rather than functioning seams. Panel gaps stay tight and consistent across the flat surfaces the 240's shape offers, an easier subject for tight tolerances than a curved sports car body would be. This model arrives new, in its original packaging, ready for display exactly as it left the factory.
An Underdog Touring Car Story
The Volvo 240 Turbo was never the obvious favorite in 1980s touring car competition, up against purpose-built performance sedans from manufacturers with deeper motorsport pedigrees, which makes Francevic's championship win a genuinely notable underdog result worth commemorating on a shelf. On a display built around regional touring car history or 1980s motorsport generally, this livery brings a specific, verifiable competition result rather than a generic race scheme. IXO's sealed-body diecast construction suits a boxy subject whose appeal is livery and shape rather than opening-panel mechanics, and the accessible pricing at this tier makes a genuine championship-winning subject easy to add to a broader touring-car collection.














