Make Volvo
Model Volvo S40
Drive Front Wheel Drive
Chassis No 98-001
Built By TWR
Date Built 1998
Current Status MUSEUM

History

Built in 1998 and used by Rickard Rydell to win the British Touring Car Championship. At the end of the season the car was shipped to Australia and won the Bathurst 1000 driven by Rydell and Jim Richards.

The following season the car remained in Australia and was driven in the Australian Super Touring Championship by Jim Richards and at Bathurst by Richards and Cameron McLean.

In 2000 the car returned to Europe and put on display in Volvo's Göteborg museum where it remains to this day.

Pictures

Jim Richards Richards / Rydell @ Bathurst, 1998 Rickard Rydell @ Snetterton, Jul 98

Race History

Volvo #40 Volvo S40 - Volvo Racing Australia
Jim Richards
Volvo Winner #40 Volvo S40 - Volvo S40 Racing
Jim Richards / Rickard Rydell
Volvo Winner #4 Volvo S40 - Volvo S40 Racing
Rickard Rydell
Volvo #3 Volvo S40 - Volvo Dealer Racing Australia
Jim Richards
Volvo #3 Volvo S40 - Volvo Dealer Racing
Cameron McLean / Jim Richards