The CAR Top 10 - Tenuous Motorsport Links

[gshughes]

I quite like these back page features in CAR each month - the latest is a top 10 cars with tenuous motorsport links - Clio Williams, Stilo Schumacher, Civic Jordan etc. What are the thoughts of the flip side to these? What is the opposite of tenuous anyway? I can think of the Makinen Evo, and then I'm struggling.

I saw an Integrale with the signature of presumably a rally driver on the back the other day, but couldn't work out who it would be, Markku Alen perhaps?

[Disco You]

Care to post the whole list for those of us who don't buy the magazine?

[EDLT]

The opposite would be Radicals, Caterhams and group B homologation specials.

[DanielSan]

C4 Loeb and C2 Loeb have to be the most tenuous.

[Bear Phils]

Stilo Schumacher??

[jammy_basturd]

BMW MINI Cooper.

[nicanary]

jammy_basturd said:

BMW MINI Cooper.

Works. never been near Cooper car co..

[gshughes]

Sorry, I should have put the list up at the start, it is:
1) Renault Clio Williams
2) Fiat Stilo Schumacher
3) Honda Civic Jordan
4) Vauxhall Brabham Viva
5) Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel
6) Rover 200 BRM
7)Citreon C4 By Loeb
8) Mercedes A Class Hakkinen Edition
9) Porsche 924 Sebring '79
10) Pontiac Grand Prix

Did any racing drivers lend their name to a road car which they genuinely helped develop? We could have the Ford Mondeo Stewart Edition (if his autobiography is to be believed or the Honda NSX Senna if internet lore is to be believed (I have heard that in reality he didn't have much input).

[AndyLB]

Wasn't there a schumacher seicento?

[jammy_basturd]

Lotus Clarke Type 25 Elise is kind of tenuous.

[Dusty964]

Have a good long look at the Infiniti .FX Sebastian vettel edition.

Then have a look at the differences between the special edition and the standard one.

Then look at the price difference and laugh out loud

[nicanary]

1. 4 - I think Jack Brabham did have a tuning business. He used to sell Triumph Heralds fitted with Climax engines, and I believe his tuning shop did develop the Viva mods.

1. 6 - the Rover 200 BRM was fitted with engines tuned at Mike Spence's place when he was a works driver, but not at BRM in Bourne. Which proves the point of the thread.

[nicanary]

nicanary said:

#4 - I think Jack Brabham did have a tuning business. He used to sell Triumph Heralds fitted with Climax engines, and I believe his tuning shop did develop the Viva mods.

1. 6 - the Rover 200 BRM was fitted with engines tuned at Mike Spence's place when he was a works driver, but not at BRM in Bourne. Which proves the point of the thread.

My post is rubbish - the Rover had nothing to do with Mike Spence. I was thinking of the Elan BRM. And my hash key isn't working.

[NM62]

OP - To go with your non tenuous link of Tommi Makkinen EVO VI

Subaru Impreza McRae
Subaru Impreza Terzo ( 3 constructors titles if memory serves )
Subaru Impreza Catalunya
Subaru Impreza RB5 ( Richard Burns and No 5 )
Subaru Impreza RB320
Subaru Impreza WR1 ( Petter Solberg )

Toyota Celica GT Four Sainz

[iva cosworth]

Erik Carllsons name put on SAAB 900s and 9000s BITD

[iva cosworth]

BMW M3 E30 Ravaglia and Cecotto editions

[jonnylayze]

I think Erick Carlsson was a development driver for SAAB so maybe one of the less tenuous.

As posted above, I believe the Jack Brabham Vivas were worked on at Brabham's garage.

Lotus did quite a lot with the Lotus Cortina and rather less with the mk2 Cortina Lotus

Lancia Thema 8.32 was very discreetly badged but could, legitimately have been sold as a Lancia Ferrari.

Conversely, Fiat Cinquecento Abarth was just a big front bumper and a leather steering wheel iirc.....

[okie592]

Bear Phils said:

Stilo Schumacher??

Don't be hating!



Not a bad car, get different bumpers and wheels and a PLAQUE!!!!!!!!!!! One of 500 in the uk, that's rarer than a veyron!

Not a bad car truth be told handles well, quick comfy and quite good too look at and some good features I like

I wouldn't buy one with my own money this was given to me

[DrTre]

gshughes said:

I saw an Integrale with the signature of presumably a rally driver on the back the other day, but couldn't work out who it would be, Markku Alen perhaps?

Am not aware of any ltd editions with signatures, but it's possible.

[SO27]

What about the inevitable future models?

Fiat 500 Alonso
MG 6 Plato

Less likely: MP4-12C Button