RE: Ford Sierra XR-8: You Know You Want To
Discussion
paulmaurice99 said:
I grew up there and remember these being launched, they were considered really special. The local touring car series was huge fun to watch, with this vs the Nissan Skyline vs GTV6 3.0 and all manner of other stuff.
My dad would pick me up from school on Friday afternoon and we'd head down to local kyalami track, free entry for Friday practice. Happy days!
The XR6 engine found itself in all sorts of local cars such as Toyota hi ace, VW minibus and various pickups. VW did a Golf GTI engined mk1 Caddy too..,
Remember the Coucher article from a few years backMy dad would pick me up from school on Friday afternoon and we'd head down to local kyalami track, free entry for Friday practice. Happy days!
The XR6 engine found itself in all sorts of local cars such as Toyota hi ace, VW minibus and various pickups. VW did a Golf GTI engined mk1 Caddy too..,
333i, XR8 and GTV6 3-litre
will261058 said:
I remember reading a road test on one of the mags prob Car, Fast Lane or Motor back in the 80s. I enjoyed it since I had an XR4X4 at the time.
Same here I remember reading about it in a book about sierra`s as I owned a XR4X4 so I was interested In it, I know the sierra was never a world beater but I enjoyed mine and my uncle also had a XR4i that I enjoyed blasting around in from time to time.I remember swapping my 2.9 XR4X4 for a ST24 Mondeo and I was so disappointed in the ST24 so I sold it after 8 months...I learned to appreciate the Mondeo as a car though eventually and ended up owning three of them in the end.
cerb4.5lee said:
will261058 said:
I remember reading a road test on one of the mags prob Car, Fast Lane or Motor back in the 80s. I enjoyed it since I had an XR4X4 at the time.
Same here I remember reading about it in a book about sierra`s as I owned a XR4X4 so I was interested In it, I know the sierra was never a world beater but I enjoyed mine and my uncle also had a XR4i that I enjoyed blasting around in from time to time.I remember swapping my 2.9 XR4X4 for a ST24 Mondeo and I was so disappointed in the ST24 so I sold it after 8 months...I learned to appreciate the Mondeo as a car though eventually and ended up owning three of them in the end.
- I think I read the same article too - I guess the closest we got to the SA car was the XR4i, 2 less doors and neatly half the engine size but 75% of the poke. I had Janspeeds on mine so it did sound pretty decent - a fair bit more economical as wellvanschpunk said:
Funny this has popped up, when i just bought a Mercury Merkur XR4Ti just yesterday lol
(For anyone not clued up on them, its a lhd yank spec sierra xr4i, with a 2.3 turbo engine also found the the fox-body Mustangs)
Pictures? Love those, never actually seen one in the flesh!(For anyone not clued up on them, its a lhd yank spec sierra xr4i, with a 2.3 turbo engine also found the the fox-body Mustangs)
I remember getting my XR4i aged 20, first powerful RWD car I had owned after years of racing and driving FWD cars. Me and a mate took it to a factory estate in New addington which we knew would be deserted and taught ourselves to oversteer in one Sunday evening! Bizzarely, we never actually span it, but slides varied between none and full lock monsters. No LSD so it was scrappy but what a hoot!
rayyan171 said:
nagsheadwarrior said:
The South Africans knocked up some wonderful things!
Perana Capri in yellow for me please.
IIRC the South African Land Rover Defender had a BMW engine in it. 2.8l M52 from the E39 series Perana Capri in yellow for me please.
iva cosworth said:
Monty Python said:
iva cosworth said:
Didn't know only 250 of these made.
Assuming it's the same car,it's been in the UK for quite s few years.
I thought it might have been this one:Assuming it's the same car,it's been in the UK for quite s few years.
http://www.sierra-xr8.co.uk/default.htm
but the wheels are different (unless they've been changed back).
http://youtu.be/jGIl0MdqH5g
A video of the VDS Kadett. 9 second fwd superboss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoY_vXX3Rn4
We also got a VW campervan Syncro 4wd. Epic vans. I remember a film crew watching in amazement as their landrover was pulled off a 4storey dune that it got beached on. My brother-in-laws campervan trotted up the dune with luggage and 8 passengers inside, hooked up the stricken landy and towed it a mile toe the camera location over all the other dunes. We went down such a steep decline that the stretch tent posts slid forward and through the front windscreen :0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1iiqgkILQ
Syncro in action. These are rarer than rocking horse poo now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoY_vXX3Rn4
We also got a VW campervan Syncro 4wd. Epic vans. I remember a film crew watching in amazement as their landrover was pulled off a 4storey dune that it got beached on. My brother-in-laws campervan trotted up the dune with luggage and 8 passengers inside, hooked up the stricken landy and towed it a mile toe the camera location over all the other dunes. We went down such a steep decline that the stretch tent posts slid forward and through the front windscreen :0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1iiqgkILQ
Syncro in action. These are rarer than rocking horse poo now
Djtemeka said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1iiqgkILQ
Syncro in action. These are rarer than rocking horse poo now
At 35 secs in I couldn't work out whether that VW was crossing the river or floating away! Syncro in action. These are rarer than rocking horse poo now
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