Rare editions of normal hatchbacks

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Do you think you know of any rare performance editions of hatchbacks that others may have not heard before?

I'll start with...

The Mitsubishi Colt Cyborg.

The name has always stuck with me ever since it came out! 173 bhp and 0-60 in around 7 seconds.

Over to you!

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Suzuki Cultus GTi. 4wd. 60 in around 7-8 seconds.

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ecsrobin said:

Mazda 323 GTR.

I wanted to post this one also but didn't want to seem greedy

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ecsrobin said:

Mr Spoon said:

ecsrobin said:

Mazda 323 GTR.

I wanted to post this one also but didn't want to seem greedy

They also did a square earlier version but think it carried the name 4x4.

The GTR was easily the best looking hot hatch of the era.

Nice! Sure does remind me of the Nissan Pulsar GTiR.

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Honda Civic Jordan, all Jordan yellow and only 86 left.

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phumy said:

The MK5 Golf GTi Pirelli.220 sold in RHD form and has the most powerful engine of the Mk5 Gti`s. The mods were, different seats with the tyre tread moulded into the seats, different "Pirelli" wheels, different steering wheel and wheels, oh and of course Pirelli tyres,

They also did some Adidas version did they not?

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s m said:

Retro.74 said:

Citroën Visa Gti. Same engine from the 205 Gti (1.6), a bit like the 205s ugly sister really.

Edited by Retro.74 on Thursday 28th July 08:21

I see your Visa GTI and raise you a Mille Pistes version

Even rarer

Edited by s m on Thursday 28th July 08:28

That's pretty cool.

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Corolla SR. If my memory serves me right, it was only a 1.3 but with a 6 speed box...

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csd19 said:

A rarer version of the MK2 Ibiza is the 1.8 16v GTI, only 3 remaining now and all SORN'd out of 97 registered.

Ooh lovely to drive and great engine, but not surprised there are no road going examples left, my brother’s was the most unreliable thing going, even by VAG standards.

How about

Bravo HGT 20v, 155hp and lovely 5 cylinder warble, but few sold.

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Pieman68 said:

Anybody ever see one of these? VW Polo Harlequin

Think I've seen about two of those out of my lifetime. They look awful in real life.

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mat205125 said:

Newarch said:

Ooh lovely to drive and great engine, but not surprised there are no road going examples left, my brother’s was the most unreliable thing going, even by VAG standards.

How about

Bravo HGT 20v, 155hp and lovely 5 cylinder warble, but few sold.

Always liked these, but think they were auto only weren't they?

This was manual, I think the model that replaced it was the flappy paddle Stilo.

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biggbn said:

Renault 19 16v executive or even rarer, the Chamade version. One of the best handling cars I've owned.

My brother had the Chamade version. I always hooked on the electrical buzz noise from the engine bay.

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Neil1323bolts said:

. Yaris GRMN , had mine for a couple of years , bloody great car with its supercharged engine it was a rare with less than 100 in the uk

Dam you and Autotrader!

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Mildlyinterestd said:

The one we all lusted after on our estate in the early 90s was a friends dad's Talbot Lotus Sunbeam.

What a fantastic thread. I had a Talbot Horizon 1.3GLS for my first car. It was rotten, slow and the engine sounded like a bag of spanners but it looked a bit like this.

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Koolkat969 said:

Citreon DS3 Racing in 2011. Just only 200 were built in RHD so very rare!

That's a cool looking car.

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Citroen ax GT
Toyota starlet rwd
Metro 6r4 - we forget this existed
Metro GTi
Ford Orion... Where did they all go
Escort RS turbo Diana edition

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Section 8 said:

Section 8 said:

Overlooked every time by it’s GTI-R brother was the 143 bhp Sunny GTI

Always reminded me of the Corolla GTi that had the same engine as the Mk1 MR2.

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ecsrobin said:

Have we had the Corolla GTi-16 yet? A friend had 2 and they were great fun with the 4age engine. Pretty sure there was a supercharged variant as well.

Two posts up. Had a hankering for them but apparently a bit small inside.

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First (Giugiaro) Seat Ibiza Sportline. System Porsche engine.

I had the 1.5 with an Ansa exhaust and cut down springs, until I killed it.

They did a bimotor rally version too!

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Hammer67 said:

Heaveho said:

Section 8 said:

I had one of these at the same time as I owned one of the 4 Corolla GTIs I had.

Prior to that particular Sunny, there was a Sunny 1.8 Twincam circa 1989 / 90, much boxier looking thing and rare even then. We had one traded in, seem to remember it went well enough.

Am I right in thinking that Citroen did a ZX Volcane as well as a Saxo VTR and VTS? And the C2.

There's another 3 door model Citroen did a high performance derivative of around the same time, I'm away for a google to remember the name!

Ok, back in the room, the Xsara! How could I forget!

Edited by Heaveho on Friday 29th July 19:40

Sunny 1.8ZX N13 model. Fitted with CA18DE engine 16v twink. I had one for a while and also the B12 ZX Coupe. 127bhp IIRC.
The CA18DE engine also saw service in the S13 200SX in RWD with a turbo and also the FWD Bluebird ZX.
The Sunny GTi N14 had the SR20DE as fitted to Primera GT, Almera GTi etc.
The GTI-R Sunny was 4wd and Turbo. Only 85 UK versions were sold.

There was also the Nissan Sunny ZX turbo as well. Used to walk past one in my local village and had quite a bodykit on it. Looked very pumped up.