Best rally car?

snotty badger

bigbenj_08 wrote:

Escort Cossy was the last proper car ford made. A-Mazing.
In the words of JC - "why don't Ford make cars like this anymore... why why why why why?!"

Ford don't make the rally versions

And I wish Loeb would just get bored and quit! lol

Good to see Marcus Gronholm still has the magic even if he did crash out!

Get back behind the wheel of a Focus and get shot of Latvala please!

The Northern Monkey

Ford don't make the rally versions

wasn't talking about the rally versions :P

snotty badger

Good! Just with being in a rally car thread and that!

Th3 Firestarter

andituk wrote:

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Oooooh Yeeeeahhh!

dave_hill

ratty2k wrote:

Wasn't strictly the car that got group B banned, more the spectators in Portugal.

Portugal was one factor, but it was actually Henri Toivonen's death during the Rally de Corse the same year that put the final nail in the Group B coffin.

If it's group B cars you're after, don't forget that there was also the Toyota Celica (which was due to be replaced by a 600bhp MR2 in 1987, but it never appeared because of the rule changes) and Renaults' R5T.

Oddly, Citroen also had a group B car, the 4TC, which was based on the BX. It only ever competed in 3 rounds of the championship, highest placing being the Rally of Sweden in 1986.

Fascinating factlet for petrolheads - the engine that was built for Rover's 6R4 was a normally-aspirated, 24-valve, 3-litre V6 developing about 300bhp. The same engine, bored out to 3,5 litres and fitted with with twin turbochargers to give 540bhp was used to power the Jaguar XJ220

miss notax

This....



Our rally car 8)

tlw1

Quattro for me.

Was lucky to drive one on a rally track a few years ago - it was fantastic!