Best rally car of all time

Damn it, you got me.

Hi all.

Yours,
Michelle Mouton

no, her spelling is worse.....

Another 'old school' favourite.......


Henri Toivonen was pretty handy in one...

Michelle is luuuuurvely. She patted me on the head once. I like to think that is the area where my bald patch is growing. Mind you she also scowled at me once aswell. Have you ever been scowled at by an angry woman who has just spent the last few hours fighting a Quattro?

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Well out of curiosity i will ask why? as if you examine the statistics the Xsara shapes up quite well to the Stratos with equal amount of constructors championships,and in terms of overall championships Citroen is second to Lancia but with a superior amount of drivers championships.Indeed if you count Peugeot,s constructors championships in with Citroens as a PSA group amount of championships they actually beat Lancia.
Based on your dismissal of the Xsara with its strong and enduring WRC showings then i guess you must also dismiss the Subaru Impreza.
With regard Loebs utter dominance of the drivers championship well his record speaks for itself and he has had some stiff competition but best driver with the best team is always going to win.

So what is the "point of it all" if not to win drivers and constructors championships which Citroen have admirably achieved as indeed have Lancia.

This i disagree with entirely, especially when you look back a few years, and see who makkinen was up against when he won his four titles, or kankkunen when he won his titles, rohrl etc. It was a golden age of rallying if you like, up until it ended up with just two manufacturers, and the depth of talent has to a certain extent disappeared, although this year shows promise.

As to the xsara, i dont like it, but if it's your opinion of the best rally car of all time, then thats fine by me, it is after what i wanted, peoples opinions

After about 1998 nothing really interests me, after the homologation specials dissapered they all look a bit boring to me. Homologation cars are what rallying was all about for me, being able to buy for real a close cousin of the stage hero.

Integrale obviously, but I have a real affection for the Celica Carlos Sainz ST185 rally car, for me THE last sexy rally car, period. I was luck enough to own one, and it was proportioned and pumped up in all the right places force rally car, and the rally cars did quite well I recall....

Of the 80's and 90's

There are lot rally cars i have seen but this one is mine always best car. you can also see mine best rally car @ http://blstb.msn.com/i/DF/3FEC3F89E99F173CCCE7DA5C... I always seen this type of car in all rallies but this one is best for me..
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I’ll give you an explanation.
Too many people here seem to be just thinking of rallying as WRC events. Well, rallying is much more than just WRC events, and this is why no WRC or Group B car is entitled to the greatest rally car title, because, they are simply too expensive and beyond most privateers, and Group B in particular, was also too short in duration. As great as the 206T16E2 was as a rally car, it lasted just two seasons. The Citroen Xsara/C4 is undoubtably the greatest WRC car, the 206T16 probably the greatest Group B car and the Intergale the greatest of the Group A cars.
But, the Escort has to be the greatest of all time, because of it’s sheer longevity. From a club competitor winning a road rally in the 70’s in his almost standard Mexico or RS2000, to a full on Group 4 BDG from Boreham to todays reborn cars in classic rallying, the Escort is king.
Even when Group B assaulted all our senses in the 1980’s, and later on into the Group A days, if you went to any single venue stage rally in the UK or an Irish or Scandanvian rally...........you would still see upteen Escorts being used. That's 43 years as probably the worlds favourite and most used rally car, from basic club competitors to world champions.

Oh, and the worlds toughest and longest ever rally was won by........an Escort.

are you an accountant?