A £40000 V6 Metro?

Dogbreath said:
And which one would be better through a forest stage? ;)

Awesome car, my favourite of the Group Bs. Oddly enough they were sold new for less than that after group B was finished (35k IIRC). I wonder how old the people are that think it's hideous and worth £500? Just boys I suspect, who never saw it in action :D
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I'm *only* 23 and I'd give a nut for it.


Gib_Gib said:
But to own that car and then rally it would mean risking it, I say stick it in a museum where it is safe, go crash some soul less scooby
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Pffffft. Google for slowly sideways (I think that's their name) - they do 'demonstration runs' before the main rally on national events...And they take NO quarter. Group B/4 machinery too...

To be perfectly honest, I'm frankly disgusted at a lot of you. You have the temerity to claim that you have an interest in cars? :rolleyes:

badbob said:
I remember the top gear special with the Ford Escort rally car against a new car (I believe under £10K) and the new one trumped it..the Ford was rolling all over the shop.
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You mean the new Focus RS against the gravel spec 1800 mk2...On tarmac?

:rolleyes:

*n
 
Dogbreath said:
Just the one? :D

Some interesting cars in PPC this month, reminded me of you as soon as I saw the cover ;)
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Hehe ;)

*doffs cap*

RR representin' in PPC...Been waiting for this issue to come out since Ed Hall first asked for some ratty cars on the forum.

*n
 
housemaster said:
The people who think it's a kevved up Metro are simply ignorant of the facts my friend.

As I am sure you know it was a bespoke design from Patrick Head at Williams no less for the purposes of winning the Group B Rally Championships. It may well have failed, it may have well been poorly concieved as turbo power grew, but it is a proper competition car with a place in history and to those who actually watched it compete, as I did on several occasions, will hold a place in memory if for nothing more than the noise it made through a forest in Grizedale or Kielder, in the days when the RAC Rally was special.
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Wasn't it based on a maestro floorpan ?

And though it may only be the clubman model, I'm sure it'd still pwn most cars, and be ready to take any mod you car to throw at it... think XJ220 that can turn :cool:
 
At the risk of sounding like an old fart (god im only 30!) you kids have no idea, the chance to own something which is a part of history, and which even 20 years on could surprise a modern sports car, is something which money that cannot buy.Take you uber Kraut mobiles, they are boring, fantastic machines, but ultimately boring cars.

Now this 6r4 and card of its ilk are something else, they have character,soul and something special about them,nobody will be remembering todays M3 20-30 years on tbh.

I wonder what some like a 205 T16 is worth nowadays:cool:
 
wohoo said:
At the risk of sounding like an old fart (god im only 30!) you kids have no idea, the chance to own something which is a part of history, and which even 20 years on could surprise a modern sports car, is something which money that cannot buy.Take you uber Kraut mobiles, they are boring, fantastic machines, but ultimately boring cars.

Now this 6r4 and card of its ilk are something else, they have character,soul and something special about them,nobody will be remembering todays M3 20-30 years on tbh.

I wonder what some like a 205 T16 is worth nowadays:cool:
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BMW's & mercs boring compared to this? Don't make me laugh, at least they look like cars instead of a joke. So what that it's a group B car, there are faster production cars out.

I'd like a group B car yes, but not a metro, out of all B class cars that'd prolly be the worst of them all (imo). Would prefer a B group car like the Mazda RX-7 4x4 or the Audi Sport Quattro S1 or Mitsubishi Starion 4WD for example and they would be rly worth that much imo, but an MG metro? Come on, 1500 € max no 40 k quid. I'd even get an Citroën BX 4TC above it.
 
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snowdog said:
BMW's & mercs boring compared to this? Don't make me laugh, at least they look like cars instead of a joke. So what that it's a group B car, there are faster production cars out.
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You're clearly just out for a argument here. Visual aesthetics aside (and thats a matter for personal taste), BMW/Merc/audi/whatever are no where on the excitement-o-meter compared to the 6R4.
I hate to repeat myself for the third time, but I can actually compare a very fast road car (in this case an RS6 - by all benchmarks a very rapid car) to a GroupB 6R4 and there's no comparison. Not even close.
 
Snowdog, you seem to think the cost of the thing and what you could get for the same money has a relevance to the type of people who would be interested in this car. You are sitting on the moon looking at the sun and hoping to see a pin head in a field in England. You could not miss the point ANY more. It may not be for you and that is fine, each to their own, but your statements are fatuous in the context of this discussion. It’s not all about speed or bang for the buck when you are a genuine car enthusiast, provenance, personal passions and emotion all come into it. You obviously have no interest in the 6R4 and that is absolutely fine, as I have said each to their own, but to try and equate its ‘value’ or ‘abilities’ to modern cars puts you back onto the moon staring at the sun.
 
Quote Wikipedia:

"Having won more road races than any other model in history, the E30 M3 is considered by many to be the world's most successful road race car!"

Give me this anyday....

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Cheers :)
 
BigDannyO said:
Erm, no... this car has practically nothing in common with your Nan's Metro
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Apart from it's a chav metro, it's fugly and you could get something much, much nicer for the money. And probably faster too.
Seriously, the paper bag isn't enough, I need eye bleach, it's SO nasty.
there really isn't a way in which I could express how hilarious I find the prospect of this car, it's a nans car.
if you want a hot hatchback, start with something nice.

I'm fairly glad this happened to one of them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crOnPYJcI_w
Just hope the driver was okay.
 
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I really would not call it a "chav metro" if I were you

As countless people have explained it's not in any shape or form

If you don't like it, fine. If you can't see why we like it and would happily spend £40k on it then fine. Just don't call it a chav car
 
pitchfork said:
Apart from it's a chav metro, it's fugly and you could get something much, much nicer for the money. And probably faster too.
Seriously, the paper bag isn't enough, I need eye bleach, it's SO nasty.
there really isn't a way in which I could express how hilarious I find the prospect of this car, it's a nans car.
if you want a hot hatchback, start with something nice.
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Your previous posts are testament to the fact that you really know very little about cars I suggest, something the above selection of words nearly placed into a cohesive paragraph reconfirms. It takes all sorts as they say, an ill informed opinion is still and opinion after all.
 
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