RE: Six Of The Best? Forgotten Hot Hatches

[LuS1fer]

prg1 said:

soad said:

I'm yet to see a Beetle RSi on the road.

Lady down the road from me used to have one. For a beetle it has a lot of presence.

When is it going to open them?

[minimatt1967]

LuS1fer said:

When is it going to open them?

[Blim_bug]

Sline said:

I really would love one of those beetles does anyone have any good interior shots of one?

I've got a few - not great photo's though:

[melvster]

Lovely interior, god i want an RSI very badly.

[glendon]

Defo has to be the 145 for me, had two, a 1.8TS and a Cloverleaf, they really are loads of fun to chuck about with their super quick steering and fantastic engines. Even now when I see one, I still think they look effortlessly cool.

[Blim_bug]

It seems that my RSi is a bit of a Marmite car - people either love it, or hate it.

Luckily I'm in the former category!

[melvster]

Blim_bug said:

It seems that my RSi is a bit of a Marmite car - people either love it, or hate it.

Luckily I'm in the former category!

How many came to the UK? they very rarely come up for sale so i am guessing they are as rare as hens teeth.

[Blim_bug]

melvster said:

Blim_bug said:

It seems that my RSi is a bit of a Marmite car - people either love it, or hate it.

Luckily I'm in the former category!

How many came to the UK? they very rarely come up for sale so i am guessing they are as rare as hens teeth.

My guess is 4 or 5 - I think the press car was the only UK purchased car, the others I believe were imported from Germany (mine included).

They do come up for sale occasionally, including a twin turbo'd version which was priced at £40k last time I saw it for sale.

[sparkyhx]

Blim_bug said:

It seems that my RSi is a bit of a Marmite car - people either love it, or hate it.

Luckily I'm in the former category!

I'm in the latter, nothing to do with RSi just the whole beetle thing.

The original was hateful and the new one hideous. Mini all the way for me (old and new)

Edited by sparkyhx on Tuesday 18th October 14:43

[toon10]

soad said:

I'm yet to see a Beetle RSi on the road.

First modern Beetle I've seen with a man behind the wheel. Not sure that will catch on?

[Hellbound]

It's probably already been mentioned;

VW Lupo GTI



And a bit of a luke warm hatch this, but very 'hoon-able' around town;

Ford SportKa



Actually these two may be a little small for proper 'hatch' status. Although they're still hatchbacks ...

[melvster]

I am not a fan of the KA but i understand it is quite a fun car, the Lupo on the other hand, in GTI form looks brill, especially in black.

[neutral 3]

The BX...........Sooo underated !! I ran a Blue J Reg J943-PRE BX Turbo Diesel great car, my ex horror of a wife had it scrapped ...Yes really !! I miss it lots !!

[pSyCoSiS]

That BX is very quirky and has some damn impressive performance figures for it's time.

Beetle RSi probably the best of the bunch, for me anyway!

[Oddball RS]

joz8968 said:

Oh yeah! They were, weren't they! Even better lol

They had a lot of stock of the 4 pots, the run out vans even had them fitted.

[minimatt1967]

Oddball RS said:

They had a lot of stock of the 4 pots, the run out vans even had them fitted.

Only with solid discs though, where as the MG and MG Turbo Metro's are blessed with vented discs.

[iantek]

MGZS 180. Had one and it was great fun, practical and a lovely sound from the V6. I'm stickin' up fer it!

[s_zigmond]

Do these count?




Not sure SVX is a hatch though (cant remember)?

Edited by s_zigmond on Wednesday 19th October 12:53

[YesItsARover]

iantek said:

MGZS 180. Had one and it was great fun, practical and a lovely sound from the V6. I'm stickin' up fer it!

Good man!

[marculos]

alfa sud sprint veloce for me .. still miss her, handling was great, torque steer was amusing, loads of soul and a great engine noise .. looked something like this

http://www.velocetoday.com/images/september06/Sud6...