Has to be 80's (i.e. over 20 years old so I can get classic insurance)
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Forget Kylie, show me some 80's hot hatches!!!!
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6r4 dribble drool
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I saw one competing in a sprint a few years ago - looks and sounds awesome. Quicker than the Pikes Peak quattro (although that was probably because of the tight circuit...)
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Parents had a MG metro, grandad had a metro GTi, I'd be letting the side down if I didn't buy/build a 6r4.
Thats my justification for my latest man project/idea and I'm sticking to it!
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Surely there is only one 80's hatchback worth considering
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Think this is going in my RSS threads.
That Metro engine powered the Jag XJ220 IIRC, and the Integrale is just gorgeous even today.
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There can be only one:
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Great handling and sooo much fun to drive. Never felt like you were going to loose control.Posted 2 years ago # -
Kylie who?
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The daddy that started the whole hot hatch genre
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or
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6R4's cost as a mint as will their insurance.
And Quattro's ain't hatchbacks!
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That Metro engine powered the Jag XJ220 IIRC
It did indeed, twin garret T3's as well
Turbo-lag-erific!
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A mate of mine had a 205 GTI a few years ago.
I was in France when I got a text message that just said GTI RIP.
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6R4's cost as a mint as will their insurance.
I'm 23, plenty of time to save up
I'm waiting for someone to build a kit car version, surely theres as much market for that as the lancia wedge of cheese?
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I always wanted one of these, think the phase II started 1986?
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Never going to lose control in a Pug??????
as long as you didnt lift in a corner loads were crashed by people who didnt know how to drive.Mk 2 Golf 8v the best of the bunch.
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Did citoren ever make anything noteworth in that era? I presume the saxo was a re branded 106, so what was the equivalent 205 gti?
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So close
Mk 2 Golf 8v the best of the bunch.
but needed to read:
Mk2 Golf 16v
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Pigface - Member
6r4 dribble droolM8 used to have one (ex-Roger Clarke? rally car), and being as he scared me silly in his normal car, i'm so glad I never got a go in it (you needed ear defenders to ride in it).
As for insurance, apparently a auto-trader insurance policy is the way ahead to cover you for silliness.
Used to cost him £200 for a part worn tyre....their speciality was a figure of 8 burn out.Posted 2 years ago # -
thisisnotaspoon - Member
I'm waiting for someone to build a kit car version, surely theres as much market for that as the lancia wedge of cheese?
Yep - zero.
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BX Gti
AX GT
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Gotta be
Although I only had this one
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i think you'll find that the hot hatch thing was actually started by cars like these
and
no they're not hatchbacks but they were the first of their kind and started the revolution that made cars what they are today.
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Gordini
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I bet its bigger than zero, think how many cateram knocks off there are, theres already lancia stratos (alfa based) kits, rs200 kits (scooby based) and a few others, so theres obviously a big market for kit cars and a market within that for rally cars, and the 6r4 is just abous as iconic as they get (allong with original quatros, RS200s, delta integrales, stratos etc).
In the meantime its a difficult decision;
Which 80's hatch untill 106 rallye's become classics................
And JP15 or fisher fury for the weekend.............
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Anyone got a picture of the R5 Turbo homologation special (looks like the 6R4)?
Actually, I still have a thing for the Clio V6...Posted 2 years ago # -
Karinofnine - hell yes!
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Never going to lose control in a Pug?????? as long as you didnt lift in a corner
That might explain why my mate crashed his twice, second time writting it off. Funnily enough on a fast corner.
I guess I was a better driver than him as I never came close.
Or was I just slow!!
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I always wanted one of these, think the phase II started 1986?
A mate used to have one of these back in the day. Its turbo was vicious. Mind you the 11 turbo was appalling for turbo lag!
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Maybe not quite 80's, but an awesome car nonetheless...
If that doesn't tickle your fancy, how about the RS200?
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Hmmmmm, clio V6 with 6r4 bodywork, that could be a bit special.............................
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An 80's "very" hot hatch......
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Yup, RS200's got to be the best car so far on this list - although if you prefer your mid engined turbo rally cars a little more French, you could always have -
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/dbimages/0693283001238587784.jpg
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Personally, I don't see how a car designed purely for racing, and only ending up on the road for homologation purposes can count really? Moreover, hot hatches were meant to be "cheap" and cheerful, an everyman kind of sportscar if you like - stuff like the RS200 doesn't really fit that bill, does it?
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