Volvo 245 - as practical as an Ikea bookcase and fully practical with folded back seats, it can load up even gigantic 2150 litres! With 188 cm loading length and 136 width you can easily spend 1-2 nights for two for a weekend trip. Because of this high popularity the 245 estate car became more and more a lifestyle station wagon and due to high demand it was built 10 years longer than all other Volvo 240 models. This resulted in a number of 959,151 station wagons.
The 240 series models were also used quite a lot in motorsports such as
German Touring Car Championship DTM
1988, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, USA
European Touring Car Championship (ETCC)
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…