Spotted: Opel Manta i200/i400
Mad retro rally look Manta looks like a world of wide-arched fun
Passions run high enough with regular cars but when it's one person's vision and taste (or, just maybe, lack of it) expressed in four-wheeled form you can ramp the opinion factor up by a factor of ten.
Why this disclaimer? Well, without further digging we don't actually know much about the history of this wide-arched Opel Manta i400/i200 (ostensibly a Group B i200 wearing i400 body enhancements) and it's clear enough that it's been, for want of a better description, modded. And not, it would appear, in a way that's totally authentic to the car's vintage. For a taste of a more original i200 there's always this instead, a useful page on the background to the car here on the Opel Manta owners' club site.
Now this may well upset a few purists and, yes, we've been known to wear that T-shirt on occasion. But, basically, it's a case of pointing and staring and saying "wow, that looks cool and a whole load of fun." Which is why we thought we'd share it with you. Forgive us our trespasses and all that but, authentic or not, there's clearly a lot of mechanical love been lavished on this car and the end result just looks like it'd be a right hoot to drive.
See the original advert here. No tech info supplied but there's a detailed build spec in the ad.
Excellent work and one of my all time favourite rally cars, I wonder if this turbocharged car sounds as good as an original N/A 400?
E30 M3 - Yes
Lancia Integrale - Yes
Audi Quattro - Yes
Even this Manta is elevated by the presence of them. Any more I've missed?
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