SOTW fodder

[only1ian]

Its Wednesday and I'm playing what would make an interesting car for SOTW!

Always wanted to drive one of these and now it's in shed land:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3490600.htm

Always thought they looked good and ahead of their time especially In British racing green and with tan leather make it very tempting!

Anyone any experience of the zxi v6?

[EDLT]

Not many around, is it the same engine that went into the MX3?

[0a]

This instead:

£650 / 106k miles

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3555135.htm[url]

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[NickGibbs]

Good spot! Could that be called the world's only V6 compact hatch (outside of the US)?

[aka_kerrly]

NickGibbs said:

Good spot! Could that be called the world's only V6 compact hatch (outside of the US)?

Depends what you class the Golf VR6 as.

[DanielJames]

aka_kerrly said:

Depends what you class the Golf VR6 as.

or various alfas

[350Wedge]

The 605 is mine, tis a great car. Will be sorry to see it go

[only1ian]

Yes same engine as in the mx3 which is a car I've driven and it was alot of fun of thirsty! Nice note, smooth and stupidly strong!

[only1ian]

The 605 looks nice especially the interior

[350Wedge]

only1ian said:

The 605 looks nice especially the interior

Interior is mint and very comfortable, its a nice place to be on a long journey.

[benzito]

350Wedge said:

only1ian said:

The 605 looks nice especially the interior

Interior is mint and very comfortable, its a nice place to be on a long journey.

that does look tidy,. Rare aswell I imagine

[350Wedge]

benzito said:

that does look tidy,. Rare aswell I imagine

only 23 left.

[andrew311]

only1ian said:

Anyone any experience of the zxi v6?

Driven a couple. A good mate has one as his daily passed down from his dad. He doesn’t look after it particularly well, still pull strong and nothing engine wise has ever went wrong so I suspect the rest of the car will rot before the engine fails.

They’re about 150bhp from memory? So not what you’d call quick by modern standards but has enough go. Main draw backs are economy and small petrol tank. I have a 2.L 3 series of the same age and it’s quicker and better on juice.

They seemed to come what must have been pretty fully loaded at the time, full electrics, aircon, and a sunroof!

[NickGibbs]

DanielJames said:

aka_kerrly said:

Depends what you class the Golf VR6 as.

or various alfas

Oh yeah. Engage brain. Always liked the look of these 323s - anyone had experience of the V6?

[only1ian]

Could you get a good 1998 BMW 3 series with 8k miles nearly a full years tax and test, all the toys and a v6 for £750??

It was a run out model the 1999 was a completely different shape.

[CDP]

NickGibbs said:

Good spot! Could that be called the world's only V6 compact hatch (outside of the US)?

MG ZS 180?

This one's dangerously close to shed money and doesn't look at all bad:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3543125.htm

I'm quite tempted.

[CDP]

While this one's not a shed it does represent one of the Rover lost oppotunities:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3563264.htm

The 75 and TF might have had stronger reputations if they'd used the T series turbo in the four cylinder variants or something derived from it; limiting the K to the smaller bore and more reliable 1600. I wonder if they couldn't get that engine through emissions?

[only1ian]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_K_engine

160bhp and a certain well known German car manufacturer involved in the development!