When discussing 80's hot hatches..

[MrMoonyMan]

One would first think of this;



and of course later this;



a little later you would think of this;



But you may have forgotten about this little masterpiece;



130 bhp at a screaming 6800 rpm in a little 3dr hatch that weighed in at about 900kg


What a great un-appreciated car.

No real reason for this post, just sitting here wishfully thinking of adding another car to the mix - really any of those would do. Yes, a hot hatch...mmmmmmm

[MrMoonyMan]

jup said:

Clio? 80's? Really?

Okay, I'm pushing the point a bit far there, say late Eighties / very early nineties..

[MrMoonyMan]

GravelBen said:

6800rpm? pffft! A mate of mine had an '85 Civic Si which was quite happy to wind out to 8000. Before the days of Vtec but 1.6 DOHC 16v, not sure how much power it had but it really went very well.


This shape of civic:

Nice, having spent a fair bit of time in one 8k does not surprise.

BTW - can't see that pic on this 'work' laptop - presume you mean this though?



Good fun too but not quite as manic I found..

[MrMoonyMan]

Excellent work with the pictures guys - knew I could rely on you lot to get to it on the pics front.

PurelyRetro said:

...Yes thats the Xr3 ...

Ah yes, the venerable Essex wagon. How could I have not thought of that!? - Well in all honesty it is because I must be one of the few people on here who has yet to experience any particularly interesting Fords bar the XR4x4. I must fix this and have a play in a XR3i / RS some time..

matt uk said:

...stuff about Citroens...

Bang on, both the Visa and the AX were great little cars with fantastic nimble handling. The 8v engine was a screamer too I recall. Did they ever do a 16v Visa? I half think they might of - although it may be that I have seen one with an engine conversion..
Shame the GTI AX was never as good as the GT it replaced.

G51CAV said:

Would have to be the 16v Astra GTE for me!

I started driving in a Mk2 1.2 Merit Astra, think it goes wthout saying that I lusted after a GTE or even an SRi for a long time, even now I still think one might be worth a punt!

Le Mans Visitor said:

..Astra pictures..

Thank you

norman156 said:

..turbonuttercarporn..

Great car, nut ultimatley out of the reach of many then and still today. Both the Intergrale and the Quattro's..

Tyre_Tread said:

How about the fastest of all posted so far (it was when I started to type this post):...Gtti...

Again, not a car I've had the pleasure of. but I can imagine they are a hoot, although compare to some of the other cars here I just can't imagine it being on my drive and wanting to look at it every other minute.

RossB_eg4 said:

..sexy white Civic..

Nice! The VTEC ones were great although I found that up until you get onto the second cam the standard, and cheaper, 1.6 16i was all over it. If not ahead of it.

GravelBen said:

A lad in an EG Civic VTi (maybe VTiR) (with lexarse lights, big shiny wheels etc) decided to have a drag off the lights against my old '90 2.0NA Legacy wagon once....

Interesting, I can't imagine a n/a sooby doing that well. Especially as the Vti versions of the Civic had a fair bit more power than the 16i's. Wonder if it was a badged up 1.3?

mat205125 said:

Ah yes, that picture is much better. Long live the P-slots!

Morningside, Lusifer and Swerni -

TURBO's, the Eighties and cars that weighed nothing - yes.

Soon followed by which was another car that wanted to kill you even more than the AX did..

[MrMoonyMan]

anonymous said:

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Is it just me or did some lucky so and so get the deal of the century with that? Surely they're not that cheap? How did I miss that?

[MrMoonyMan]

Good point, I wasn't but good point none-the-less. They go for £15/20k upwards IIRC..

But for £1500 that looks like a really nice rare car. Non?