When racing/rally cars were racing/rally cars

Lancia Delta S4

Brabham BT55

Jaguar XJR9

Yeah shame group B died but I guess they were losing too many spectators.

The S4 is gopping. The other Deltas were lovely though.

205 T16 is a little beast, and the Quattros were ace.

As for track stuff, CSLs are where it's at:

Beaten to it

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cynic-al – Member
Yeah shame group B died but I guess they were losing too many spectators.

And crews too. Wasn't it one of the Lancias going off with the death of at least one crew that really shut the book on Group B?

Isn't that the Celica with the trick valves to bypass the restrictor?

RS200

Metro 6R4

Isn't that the Celica with the trick valves to bypass the restrictor?

No, that was the model-year after, the ST205. The ST185 (above) won plenty without cheating 🙂 The trick was pretty cool though, ti was actually a restrictor mover which pushed the restrictor out of the way allowing more air to bypass it but only when the engine was bolted up together, so it was very hard to spot normally.

Dad had three uR Quattros, the last one a full Treser conversion (very 80s but very good). He nearky got a Quattro Sport (the short one for rallying) but mum put her foot down – dammit! Great cars!

RS200 & 6R4! 😀 My 80's childhood dream cars….saw em both at Cirencester RAC rally though -result – unlike this one

mmmmmmmm group b .. . . .got to love the 6r4 – vicars car turned into a fire breathing hell hound . .. . my mates dad had one when i was a kid and used to rag it around resolven mt – you could hear it in the next valley !

I present:

The Williams Renault FW14 (most advanced F1 car ever?) from 1991 ish

The Lotus 25 (first to use a monocoque I think)

McLaren Can Am

Lancia Stratos. Sideways. I win. 😉

I got to see Group C sports cars at Silverstone last year. Amazing sound and only approx 2s a lap slower than that years F1 race.

renault alpine. all other cars are gay.

They took the Lancia S4 to Estoril back in the day. It would have placed 6th on the F1 grid if it were eligible…

And of course the best looking F1 cars ever both happen to be Lotuses! 🙂

If you're going to do the Group Bs justice, then you can't forget this!

Juha Kankkunen – cool name, cool car 🙂

Sorry.. craziest racing car ever..

Porsche 917.

Still holds records today. It was so powerful it scared the sh*t out of most of the top drivers of the day. Many refused to drive it.

EDIT: I think it still holds the record for being the fastest and most powerful series racing car built.

Sorry, but WTF is a Toyota doing on this thread?

I'd love one of those Deltas, but have you seen the new ones? Now that's really "gopping"!

There's one here, but I'm not spoiling the thread with it: http://www2.diariomotor.com/imagenes/nuevo_lancia_delta_02.jpg

Well I like this 😉

Oh! Oh!

I think I'm on a roll here! –>

Sorry, but WTF is a Toyota doing on this thread?

GTFOOH! A very successful rally car, driven by many of the top drivers of the time. After initial problems in 92 it wiped the floor with the competition.

can't believe no-ones posted the impreza from the days of colin mcrae!

'd love one of those Deltas, but have you seen the new ones? Now that's really "gopping"!

There's one here, but I'm not spoiling the thread with it:

Holy Crap!! What a total disappointment!! Gopping is an understatement!

And here is one of the prettiest race cars ever:

Celicas are now chaviots of the lowest order. No matter what the won, I hate them.

Like a 6R4 on crystal meth 🙂

Like a 6R4 on crystal meth

Is that Pikes Peak?

Sorry, but WTF is a Toyota doing on this thread?

i was thinking the same.
it's hardly a head turner is it.
anything after the group b cars is just a showroom car with a fat exhaust.

Celicas are now chaviots of the lowest order. No matter what the won, I hate them

Disgraceful Surf-Mat, absolutely disgraceful. As the owner of one and staff at an owners club I'd have to disagree with that entirely, though there are some amongst us that don't help matters! Not too keen on your jelly-mould one if I'm honest!

As for showroom car – of course its a homologation model, doesn't make it less of a rally car, just one of its time and with some restrictions!

it's hardly a head turner is it.

Actually yes, it usually is, and in a pleasant way too. I've lost count of the number of people who've approached me to talk about it when I've gone shopping in it etc, across the age ranges from kids to retired folk. It obviously appeals more to some of the less chronologically experienced but the majority of the owners I know are mid 30s and perfectly normal people! Still, it makes me happy to own, I don't own it for other people to like!

there is always somebody posting an inbred in a "show me your bling thread"

Arsene Wenger: "Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home."

Love the old stuff, my favourite modern (well less than a century old) is the 250GTO SWB.

Silver Arrow

That GT40 was lovely. Taken at Leguna Seca on the corkscrew I believe. 😉