My XR4i. 30yrs old today via Southways Automotive.

[gobshite]

I had one of the last seiras made as my first car.
K626 une a 1.6 azure blue beast that was prone to snapped clutch cables as I tried to perfect the art of drifting with no power.

Love the fact that the car still has the standard rear Windows, I miss mine far to much

[aka_kerrly]

Now that is cool, to own a car for as long as I've been on this planet and to give it a new lease of life like you have is brilliant. Hopefully it should last another 30 odd years.

From what a mate of mine has said there seem to be a fair number of V6 Sierras in Ireland.

[LeoZwalf]

Very nice Reminds me of my dad's old white XR4x4 which he had from new for maybe 3-4 years. Not sure exactly when that was but I was quite small, I think it might have been a C or D reg.

Before that he had a red W reg XR3 (not "i") and afterwards an E reg Granada Scorpio

[BGarside]

Looks great. Always fancied one of those myself. A true '80s icon

[T66ORA]

LeoZwalf said:

Very nice

Before that he had a red W reg XR3 (not "i")

Chopped this in against it.Took me months to find this spec and colour XR3s sold like hot cakes, before the competition caught up.

[gabbo]

great car

[selym]

gabbo said:

great car

My sentiments exactly.

[T66ORA]

Having owned the car for so long, and knowing a fair bit about them, i did a XR4i history thread a few months back.
If you are interested and missed it?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[bob1179]

Absolutely fantastic!

My dad bought a six month old XR4i when I was lad, I remember him turning up in it and all the neighbours turning up to have a look at it.

He had his three years and chopped it in for a company Montego!

Great car, I love seeing 80's metal being kept on the road!

[steveeeW]

Great write up OP!
This may be some interest to you..

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Was just having a browse on auto trader around my local area, like you do and came across this Ad. Thought I recognised the plate and returned to this thread!

[BoRED S2upid]

Very nice. I would love to do this with a car from almost new and for it to still be in such good condition well done. Update the tread once the engine if finished!

[GreatGranny]

Colleague of a good friend of mine bought a brand new white one in 1982.

My most vivid memory of it was doing 130 in it 4 up and loaded with camping gear on the M56 on the way to Abersoch.
There was a Jag XJ on our tail for a good 10 miles as you pass Helsby.

Great car. He replaced it with a brand new RS500.
Unfortunately no camping trip in that car :-(

[Cemesis]

I saw one of these in White in Alaska and realised that I probably haven't seen one in the UK in 10 years. HowManyLeft says there are around 200 non-4WD's left but I suspect many of those are actually dead but not been properly declared as such to the DVLA

[Normoybr]

Lovely car !
One of my favourite cars as I had a toy one as a boy which my little lad loves to play with now, though he will be lucky to see a real one, a rare sight now days

[DSLiverpool]

I had A931 NOO White one in 1994 - ill get a pic up

[m8rky]

Always a soft spot for the XR4i as it is the fastest I have ever been on public roads as a passenger in one.

[GreatGranny]

m8rky said:

Always a soft spot for the XR4i as it is the fastest I have ever been on public roads as a passenger in one.

Ditto :-)

See my post above.
Not fast by today's standard but back then my dads Mk1 cavalier 2.0 LS felt like it was going to swerve of the road when I maxed it on the M61 at an indicated 115!
The XR4i just felt so stable at that speed.

[T66ORA]

DSLiverpool said:

I had A931 NOO White one in 1994 - ill get a pic up

Not sure if you are aware of the back ground on the "NOO`s" but to bolster XR4i sales in Aug/Sept 83 they registered, around 50/60 cars for mostly for middle management with a high spec, the majority of these car were registered on the 27th Sept 83 and were ran for around 6 months. It looks likely that yours was such a car.Died in 2002 though.


Date of Liability 01 07 2002
Date of First Registration 27 09 1983
Year of Manufacture 1983
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2792cc
CO₂ Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

[DSLiverpool]

T66ORA said:

DSLiverpool said:

I had A931 NOO White one in 1994 - ill get a pic up

Not sure if you are aware of the back ground on the "NOO`s" but to bolster XR4i sales in Aug/Sept 83 they registered, around 50/60 cars for mostly for middle management with a high spec, the majority of these car were registered on the 27th Sept 83 and were ran for around 6 months. It looks likely that yours was such a car.Died in 2002 though.


Date of Liability 01 07 2002
Date of First Registration 27 09 1983
Year of Manufacture 1983
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2792cc
CO₂ Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

Doh I meant 1984 not 94, it cost £5,600 and had a roof no AC, I fitted the black rear number plate trim as you have plus a Blaupunkt CD Discs in individual holders, New York head and a goose neck equaliser with 4 big alpines and a amp - I was young. Will definitely dig pics out

[gaz1234]

I recall someone had an xr4x4 jan speed turbo. apparently u had 2 b oer 30 to drive it!