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Volvo 240 Turbo #21 P. Stureson DTM Winner Wunstorf 1985 AUTOart 1:18

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Volvo 240 Turbo #21 P. Stureson DTM Winner Wunstorf 1985 AUTOart 1:18 88592 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Volvo 240 Turbo carries Per Stureson's number 21 livery from a 1985 DTM race win at Wunstorf, a boxy sedan that punched well above its looks.
Volvo 240 Turbo #21 P. Stureson DTM Winner Wunstorf 1985 AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Volvo
Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
88592
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About the Volvo 240 Turbo #21 P. Stureson DTM Winner Wunstorf 1985 AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: This AUTOart 1:18 diecast recreates Per Stureson's number 21 Volvo 240 Turbo, winner of a 1985 DTM round at Wunstorf. The boxy Volvo sedan's turbocharged touring car campaign remains one of the more surprising success stories of 1980s German racing.

Few sedans looked less like a race winner than the boxy 240, yet Volvo's turbocharged touring car program proved genuinely competitive against far sleeker German rivals through the mid-1980s DTM seasons.

AUTOart's Approach to a Boxy Touring Sedan

The 240's flat panels and squared-off proportions are, in some ways, an easier subject for diecast tooling than a heavily flared touring coupe, since accuracy depends on getting straight lines and consistent gaps right rather than complex curved surfacing. AUTOart's zinc alloy body reproduces that slab-sided shape with the tight, even panel gaps the brand built its early reputation on, and the model carries real weight in the hand befitting a full-size sedan even scaled down. The number 21 livery and period Volvo racing graphics are printed cleanly across the flat body panels, where any misprint would be immediately obvious.

A Turbocharged Underdog in the DTM

Per Stureson's win at Wunstorf in 1985 came during Volvo's turbocharged 240 campaign, a program that took an unglamorous family sedan and turned it into a genuine points-scorer against purpose-built German touring cars. That underdog quality is a large part of the 240 Turbo's lasting appeal to collectors, since it represents a manufacturer succeeding through engineering rather than aerodynamic drama. For anyone assembling a DTM-era shelf, the Volvo brings a visual and narrative contrast that the more common German liveries don't.

Displaying the 240 Among Its Rivals

At 1:18, the 240's tall, boxy greenhouse gives it a noticeably different silhouette from the low, wide touring coupes it raced against, and that contrast is exactly what makes it worth including in a mixed DTM display rather than a distraction from it. Set beside BMW or Mercedes rivals from the same seasons, this Volvo tells the story of an unlikely competitor that earned its wins the hard way.

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