Volvo S40 BTCC Super Touring Car w/ 2.0L N/A 5-Cylinder Engine: Intake Sound & Accelerations!

This video is about one of the iconic super touring cars of the late 90s when the Class 2 category was at its peak. These regulation were defined by the FIA for national touring car racing in 1993 and it was based on the "2 litre Touring Car Formula" created for the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in 1990. The Volvo S40 was one of the weapon built and developed by TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) for the 1997-1999 British Touring Car Championship replacing the Volvo 850 Estate and later being used in the Swedish Championship (STCC) for 3 consecutive years. Rickard Rydell managed to win the 1998 BTCC title behind the wheel of this S40. The car is powered by a 2-litre, naturally-aspirated 5-cylinders engine, with individual throttle bodies, which was able to produce up to 290 bhp (around 320 during the final STCC seasons) and rev up to 8,500 rpm. The minimum weight of the car was set at 975 kg. Enjoy it!

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- Camcorders: Canon Legria HF G30 & GX10 + Canon DM-100 Microphone, Sony AX-53 + Audio Technica Microphone, Sony FDR AX700 with Audio-Technica Microphone
- Event: Festival of Speed 2022
- Where: Goodwood, England

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[tylerpalmer]

This was, by far, my favourite era of BTCC. Also quite possibly my favourite class of racing, period.

[neilwilliams]

So difficult to believe that this car is over 20 years old... The super tourers were so far ahead of their time...

[lambertomainardi]

Remember driving this car in TOCA Touring Car Championship on my PS1 back in the days... what a car, and what a game!

[TheEryk]

NA race engines makes so beautiful mechanical intake sound. Audi A4 BTCC had that at its best.

[jaysuneakle]

I love the headlights and front and back boxy shape of this era of European cars.

[PSA]

Those where the days, and Volvo spent a fortune by any standards to try and get that engine to it's competitors level, but actually ended up getting ahead of them. The "stock" racing classes can quickly become extremely expensive when they have to work around the rules.
Besides BTCC and STCC, they also raced the S40 at Bathurst in Australia 1998 (both whole race and short clips on YouTube) and Rickard Rydell drove the wheels of it, as usual.

[AnilPrabha]

Brilliant. Memories from my school days. Btcc back then was amazing. Thanks for making this video. :)

[tomwebb]

Ahhh those were the days, BTCC golden years. Toca Touring Cars on the PC Pentium 1!

[bolkoschuseil]

5 cylinder, NA and a car which really based on a street legal version - great times these were! Thanks Bozzy for this footage!

[beachesmountains]

USED TO DROOL OVER THIS CSR WHEN I WAS A KID !! LOVED THE SOUND OF 5 CYLINDERS!!!! MORE MANUFACTURERS SHOULD USE THEM !!!!

[still_guns]

BTCC's Super Touring years were the best days of BTCC

[pistons]

Sure would love to see the Volvo 850 wagon BTCC. That car is iconic!!!!

[Hungry_Hungry_Hippo]

5 cylinders are just such a pleasing sound

[Aleiza_]

OMG, this car sounds glorious!!!! 5 cylinder 😍

[richardhammer]

The golden age of BTCC, watched every race at Oulton Park in the 90s!

[kristjanveski]

Touring cars are the best. Makes me fall in love with nearly every car and dream of building a street sleeper

[mcrichton]

Those were cool days for the BTCC. The V6 Ford Mondeos sounded really cool too

[andrewmillington]

Had a poster of this on my wall when I was younger. Brings back some great memories of late 90s BTCC watching these go over Clay Hill at Oulton Park!

[christofferengstrom]

BTCC was magical during this time. The starting field and the drivers were top class and the stands were full. My friend and I sat at home in Sweden and watched it on TV and cheered on Volvo. Really miss that time.

[usernameisrequired]

I loved how you got these super clean nice looking cars turned into budget (of some sort) track cars