Shall we have a PH Top 100 - Best 4wd performance cars

Shall we have a PH Top 100 - Best 4wd performance cars

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MDMA .

8,901 posts

102 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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MrBarry123 said:
Pedant.

tongue out

I accept it won't be AWD all of the time however the requirements list "Must be AWD of some kind" not "Must have permanent AWD". The Haldex system can shift power so that all wheels are powering the car - the car therefore does have an AWD system of some kind.
My mistake. Missed the some kind part. Was going to post G60 based Golfs but didnt as were not AWD ! Now where are my pics ?

G60 limited



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Andy616

446 posts

136 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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MDMA . said:
That would look great in my garage smile
Thanks. Find you own! biggrin

Caddyshack said:
I thought the r32 and r33 had identical gearboxes and attesta pump. My 205 4x4 pug has r33 gtr box and I am certain it is identical to r32 albeit with cooling as mine is an r.
The R33 and R32 gearboxes are interchangeable, it's the transfer boxes that have a pre-loading on both the R33 and R34s. If you pull the 4WD fuse in an R32 it will be completely RWD. If you do the same thing in an R33 or R34 you'll knacker the clutch pack in the transfer box unless you take out the front drive shafts.

Narcisus

8,077 posts

281 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Skoda Superb


EnglishTony

2,552 posts

100 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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jamies30 said:
iphonedyou said:
EnglishTony said:
Escort Cosworth.

End thread.
How can one car end a top 100 thread?
Because in a top 100, it'd be right at the end. Behind 99 Delta integrales if nothing else. smile

Edited by jamies30 on Thursday 28th April 21:19
Save the best till last

tongue out

k-ink

9,070 posts

180 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Twini Mini





Twice the power, Twice the driven wheels.



History:

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/csc-featur...

smile

Edited by k-ink on Thursday 28th April 22:02

jwrigglesworth

26 posts

105 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Try keeping up

jwrigglesworth

26 posts

105 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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I'm spoils for choice but the G wins most days

RicM5

192 posts

207 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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I've owned various M cars S and RS cars and await my M2 next month...... That being said pound for pound you can't beat a good B5 S4 for bang for your buck ..... I'm currently trying to buy this one back that I sold 3 years ago!!!

epom

11,543 posts

162 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet.

cptsideways

13,550 posts

253 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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leexj220 said:
Mitsubishi 3000gt / GTO - Beast!
These are most definately bottom of the pile. dreadful in every respect, not that fast awful in anything other than a straight line, overweight, overcomplicated.

vournikas

11,712 posts

205 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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In my early teens, I had a big A1 size poster on my bedroom wall of this:



I've still not seen another 4WD car that I want as much as a 959.


Slippydiff

14,838 posts

224 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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There seem to be plenty of images of Group B cars in this thread, I don't recall 205 T16 E2's being being "production cars/freely available to the public", nor indeed a Quattro S1/2 ....
But on the basis the OP hasn't thrown his toys out of his pram for these blatant transgressions, I propose this :







Some would contend they looked better in WRC blue with 555 plastered all over them and a Scots bloke behind the wheel, strangely I didn't ....

Available to the public ? Yes (if your pockets were deep enough)

Production car ? Prodrive had quite a production line going back in 1997/8/9, they churned out a good few (34) of them in the process (though the aforementioned Scottish bloke did his best to keep the number of intact cars, low) hehe

Road usable ? H*ll yeh, I drove it on the road on slicks with a handbrake arrangement that was distinctly illegal.




Lockhouse

262 posts

200 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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The Conti GT; Speed or Supersports. Even the normal GT is super quick.

briang9

3,300 posts

161 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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I think either of these might fit the requirements?



patch5674

233 posts

113 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Sorry, but how have we not yet...



ETA: and don't give me any of that "it's not technically permanent 4wd" bks, it is a monumental car

leexj220

6 posts

99 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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cptsideways said:
These are most definately bottom of the pile. dreadful in every respect, not that fast awful in anything other than a straight line, overweight, overcomplicated.
0-60 in 5.2 seconds not that fast?? The later models were much lighter and handled better (especially the mr versions). Plus they still look epic!

samoht

5,727 posts

147 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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A thoroughbred performance car designed from scratch around 4wd, unlike many others - the Panther Solo

(Pic from drive-my.com )
Road tests at the time talked about amazingly good handling.



Black_S3

2,674 posts

189 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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MDMA . said:
993 turbo 4, in arena red -

Colours only matter to women apparently. Love this car!

k-ink

9,070 posts

180 months

Friday 29th April 2016
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leexj220 said:
cptsideways said:
These are most definately bottom of the pile. dreadful in every respect, not that fast awful in anything other than a straight line, overweight, overcomplicated.
0-60 in 5.2 seconds not that fast?? The later models were much lighter and handled better (especially the mr versions). Plus they still look epic!
All cars with AWD are overweight and over complicated.

ducnick

1,790 posts

244 months

Friday 29th April 2016
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Lots of Audi estates and a short wheel base Quattro which wasn't exactly mass market. No one yet has mentioned the original UR Quattro in standard road form.