Your favourite more than 4 cylinder Rally car?

[GC8]

GravelBen said:

GC8 said:

Not a real GpB car, but FAR closer than most of the cars posted here!

I'm confused... the thread title says 'more than 4 cylinder' and doesn't mention Group B at all?

Not as confused as me Ben!

Misread after a long day...

[GravelBen]

All good! The wing on the back of the 405 is probably worth an extra cylinder or two anyway.

[silentbrown]

Triumph 2.5PI

[GC8]

Tony Pond in the works TR7 V8

[DonkeyApple]

Terzo123 said:

Audi Quattro - Group B - Just because

Not sure why there are any posts after yours.

[rtz62]

I'm asking myself 'why?' But I guess if you are mad enough then hey-ho, away you go!
Anyway, someone beat me to the 6R4, TR8 and Rover Vitesse all driven by a certain Tony Pond, so.....

[drakart]

I'm a bit biased as it's my car, but my M3 powered e36 Compact sounds great. Bit of footage from the first time I drove it. Managed a 6th overall with what turned out to be awful, old tyres!! https://youtu.be/XfKz3PwLKIc?t=96

[alpgta]

Alpine A310 V6.....





I own the 310's younger sibling in the form of the Alpine GTA Turbo - strangely homologated for GroupB.

[menoy]

This always makes me smile

[rohrl]

rtz62 said:

I'm asking myself 'why?' But I guess if you are mad enough then hey-ho, away you go!
Anyway, someone beat me to the 6R4, TR8 and Rover Vitesse all driven by a certain Tony Pond, so.....

It's not even the only one.

These took on the 1970 London-Mexico World Cup Rally.

Note the exhaust pipes on the Silver Shadow coming up through the bonnet and over the roof to raise the ground clearance.

[silentbrown]

rohrl said:

These took on the 1970 London-Mexico World Cup Rally.

Note the exhaust pipes on the Silver Shadow coming up through the bonnet and over the roof to raise the ground clearance.

That's Bill Bengry's car. The family business is still going, AFAIK. http://www.bengrymotors.co.uk/bill-bengry-rally-dr...

[anonymous-user]

Ok, slightly pushing the definition of "rally" car, but if we put the word "raid" in there as well, then this:

[soad]

silentbrown said:

Triumph 2.5PI

Poor caravan!

[alfamonk]

Going way back...Alpine Rallies in the 50s
XK120

DB2

[MrC986]

Whilst my childhood dream was a 6R4 (& I got to drive a Clubmans road going car at the age of 18!), for the whole spectacle/sheer power, it's got to b a Quattro S1 car....I last saw one at Chatsworth House at the rally day a few years ago & the whole turbo/small weapon effect on the over-run is deeply imprinted on my memory I know it's cheesy, "Fire up the Quattro".....

[leftfoot]

Gents as much as I like the firneza it was a four pot!!! The only one with a v8. was a south Africa model and it was never rallied in the UK sorry

[iloveboost]

Gallardo rally car:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opeShcVW7EA

E46 M3 rally cars that look like the most fun you can really have on tarmac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOjYwB-8NH0

[ManOpener]

[mfmman]

leftfoot said:

Gents as much as I like the firneza it was a four pot!!! The only one with a v8. was a south Africa model and it was never rallied in the UK sorry

The car in the pictures has rallied in the UK for couple of years now

[MannyUK]

Toyota Supra MKIII Group A

A true love boat of its time, not very successful but managed a 3rd place on its debut in Africa. The turbo version apparently was pushing 400bhp. This was a straight 6 3.0 turbo (N/A also) car. Brilliant.



Determination in the face adversity

More info here
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/the-toyota-supra-ral...

Edited by MannyUK on Tuesday 1st September 22:53