Most suprising race car?

[jacobyte]

God know how anyone has missed this:

From this...



To this...

[baskey]

Suzuki ignis. shocking waste of time as road car but rally demon...

[dinkel]

L100NYY said:

Following on from the brutal race car thread I thought I'd see what road turned race car the PH community found the most suprising?

Glad to be of some inspiration . . .

ADDYBOY1982 said:

baskey said: i'd like to vote for . . . the Volvo 850 estate btcc racers (with inflatable retriever!).

Jan! The estate had better aerodynamics . . .





. . . not really a racecar but racy.

[carl_w]

dinkel said:

. . . not really a racecar but racy.

But isn't that essentially this?

[flat_steve]

AMC Pacer, from this:



to this:




>> Edited by flat_steve on Wednesday 9th November 23:10

[Balmoral Green]

carl_w said:

dinkel said: . . . not really a racecar but racy. But isn't that essentially this?

No, the 131 range was completely different to the 124 range which became the Lada/FSO range when the car was sold to the Soviets after Fiat discontinued it. The original Fiat 124 version was a cracker with its 1.4 twin cam and five speed.

[dinkel]

Speaking of which . . .



. . . 131 Mirafiori. Some nice Abarths as well.

[cheburator]

Lada had a very capable model - the VFTS - Group B homologated. The Russians finished 6th in the Acropolis in the early 1980s. The highest placing of a Soviet block car ever in the World Championship

[cy88]

dinkel said:

. . . not really a racecar but racy.

Wasn't that particular car lotus "re-engineered"? I think it was on TG?

[GrahamG]

cheburator said:

Lada had a very capable model - the VFTS - Group B homologated. The Russians finished 6th in the Acropolis in the early 1980s. The highest placing of a Soviet block car ever in the World Championship

Do you mean whilst there was still a Soviet bloc cos Skoda have done better than that - not least with a third overall with the Felicia in the RAC

[vrooom]

wee 850cc saloon for district nurse...

to this

Full race front runner championship winner and giant killer too.

[cheburator]

GrahamG said:

cheburator said: Lada had a very capable model - the VFTS - Group B homologated. The Russians finished 6th in the Acropolis in the early 1980s. The highest placing of a Soviet block car ever in the World Championship Do you mean whilst there was still a Soviet bloc cos Skoda have done better than that - not least with a third overall with the Felicia in the RAC

Yea - I meant whilst we still had the USSR around...

[chevy-stu]

R988 said:

tinman0 said: i think you mean: into this funnily enough that is what I was going to post, but then I had the evil thought of putting in the porker

[NiceCupOfTea]

RobM77 said:

I race an MG Metro - some people find that amusing It is also surprising for people when they get overtaken on a test day

Rob, was that your green beastie in the Retro Cars feature this month?

How about this? :





or :

[dinkel]

[flat_steve]

cy88 said:

dinkel said: . . . not really a racecar but racy. Wasn't that particular car lotus "re-engineered"? I think it was on TG?

That's the one. Had the equivalent of £100,000 worth of dev in it too. Came this close to buying it last year as well...

[dinkel]

That Lada-Lotus must have had a dozen owners by now . . . and it's about 4 years ago TG showed it?

[cheburator]

from this:



to this