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LT2000EX
Original Poster
4 posts
11 months
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DouggyMc
474 posts
33 months
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Wow. I havent seen one of those in ages. Someone in the village used to have one about 10 years ago, drove it like Colin Mcrae. I would quite like one but £8K+? No thanks!
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dbdb
1,188 posts
43 months
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It looks to be a superb one and photographed in a beautiful scene too, thanks for posting it.
I can see how they could be worth that money. They are so rare now they must be close to unobtainable in top condition so a less good car will need to be restored which will cost a lot of money.
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dave stew
1,339 posts
37 months
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Looks good fun. Couldn't help but clock that Ascona 400 in Rothmans colours...
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LT2000EX
Original Poster
4 posts
11 months
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Sorry links stopped working, messed up the picture hosting, should be fixed now.
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hedgefinder
1,458 posts
40 months
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8k........ really?? Jesus!
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LT2000EX
Original Poster
4 posts
11 months
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hedgefinder said: 8k........ really?? Jesus! Funny if this car was a Ford with drum brakes on the back and a 60% less powerful Cortina engine people would say it was a bargain at 8k ??
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Gompo
2,793 posts
128 months
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Great story/thread, thanks for sharing. £8k? No surpise.
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bodgerben
74 posts
91 months
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8K - no way, that's a bargain. Just thinking how much my mate spent on a MK1 at the Escort Agency, and it's no Lancer!!
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LT2000EX
Original Poster
4 posts
11 months
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bodgerben said: 8K - no way, that's a bargain. Just thinking how much my mate spent on a MK1 at the Escort Agency, and it's no Lancer!! Just to clarify neither car here would be sold for 8k, I was referring to one being sold in the UK that was discussed on PH and ended up going to Germany even though it was RHD. The blue car pictured here has been subject to a rebuild that 8k would not even scratch the surface off and the white car (mine)would easily fetch more than 8k, as I said in the first post one similar went for 19k Euro recently in Germany. One reason they have made good prices in Germany is that they have reached 30 years old and are now able to acquire historic status assuming they are in good near standard condition.
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psychoR1
627 posts
57 months
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My brother graduated to one of these from a 131sport. The performance difference at the time was huge. No LSD made it interesting and the turbo lag too. We pulled the head off one day and found some big cracks in the valve areas. It still ran OK tho'
Weren't they plugged as the fastest four door at the time?
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dbdb
1,188 posts
43 months
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psychoR1 said: Weren't they plugged as the fastest four door at the time? The Lancer Turbo was very quick for the time and one of the fastest four door cars, but The DeTomaso Deauville was the fastest four door then - it was much faster than the Lancer and would be considered a fast car even now. The XJ12 was also faster than the Lancer Turbo.
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B Huey
4,881 posts
69 months
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I do like these. My next door had a brand new one back in early eighties, a lot like the white one.
I used to think the turbo graphics on the front spoiler were very cool.
He had some nice cars including an E21 323i plus a light met blue Volve P1800ES.
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renorti
329 posts
66 months
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these must be quite rare now, and I think it looks better with age!
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rallycross
4,735 posts
107 months
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nice example of a v rare car now, and nice photos - looks like a fun trip!
The Lancer 2000 was quite a leap forward when it came out, as seen by its success in the road saloon/production based saloon racing series where it arrived and was quicker than all the previous quick stuff like Capri V6, Rover V8 etc.
The Lancer 2000 started an impressive run for Mitsi - then followed Starion 2000 then Gallant Turbo 4wd then Lancer Evo's which all did well in motorsport.
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