Suddenly, there it was: the Fake Race Car. The chassis was up on stands, and rigged to the rafters above it was the shell of the 1982 Volvo 242 they’d first bought 15 years ago, in 2010.

That was necessary because under the bonnet now lives a 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder engine as used in the Volvo S60 TC1 race car, paired to a dog-leg five-speed manual transmission from Holinger.

The 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder of the P1800 Cyan is based on the unit found in the Volvo S60 TC1 race car and in flagship guise, pumps out 413 hp and 335 lb-ft (455 Nm).