Rare editions of normal hatchbacks

[Fastdruid]

Ford Mondeo Titanium X Sport 2.5T

They sold about 1400 with the 2.5T between 2007-2010 but the Sport was only available for two years with the 2.5T.

Fastest, hottest version of the Mk4 Mondeo and with a bodykit and sports suspension.

How many left says 54 registered.

[Bodo]

Pieman68 said:

Anybody ever see one of these? VW Polo Harlequin

Seen many of these, they were quite popular in Germany. McDonald's even raffled 500 of these!

Anyhow, this may become an edition for the Dutch market:

[Funk]

Pieman68 said:

Anybody ever see one of these? VW Polo Harlequin

Alas yes.

[Quhet]

Speed Badger said:

How about the Civic Type R Mugen 2.2, only 20 made and probably one of the most ultimate, although forgotten Type R's.

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonhea...

One of those lives quite close to me. I didn't know this edition existed so just assumed it was a tastefully modded 'standard' Type R so this is good to know!

[anarki]

Subaru Rex Combi Turbo 4WD

[sherman]

Pieman68 said:

Anybody ever see one of these? VW Polo Harlequin

One used to live in my home town so saw it often.
Rare Peugeots like the GTI-6 306 were also common as Peugeot Eccose of Max power fame was only a few miles away.

[carinaman]

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?

No. That's the next model with the squared off front and squared off styling, the model that the Schumacher edition came in that shape was Auto/Selespeed though I think the Schumacher edition and later ones were available as a manual.

Edited by carinaman on Thursday 28th July 13:58

[entropy]

Toyota Corolla Compressor - very rare supercharged VVTLI engine from 190hp < 200+hp

Peugeot 206 GT - 140hp GTI with larger front and rear bumpers to homologate with the WRC car.

[RazerSauber]

Bodo said:

Golf Country, built at Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Graz.

I used to live just round the corner from one of these in a sort of mint green colour. Rare and interesting thing.

As far as the Calibra goes (We're stretching the definition of hatchback here) there was the Cliff Motorsport edition, Keke Rosberg edition, Tickford Calibra and the run out LE models that are all rare and only getting rarer thanks to tin worm.

The Nova SR is a rare and sought after model too, I think.

[-TorqueR]

Alfa Romeo MiTo SBK; only 200 ever made, a unique numbered plaque with just 24 to the UK if I recall.

[nismo48]

Not sure if it counts..Datsun 160J SSS

[anonymous-user]

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.

[MattyD803]

Quhet said:

One of those lives quite close to me. I didn't know this edition existed so just assumed it was a tastefully modded 'standard' Type R so this is good to know!

Be wary though, there are plenty of regular FN2 Civic Type R's and indeed the more common 'Mugen 200' models which are fitted with the same upper spoiler and bumpers and hence look almost identical, but these are nothing more than aesthetic bolt on's to standard vehicles. (Mugen 200s had the LSD though).

However, a genuine 2.2 Mugen R (M20) is a very rare beast indeed (only 20 ever sold for the UK market) - I can't imagine you'll see many pottering about to be honest.

Edited by MattyD803 on Thursday 28th July 14:17

[MattyD803]

Pieman68 said:

Anybody ever see one of these? VW Polo Harlequin

The VW dealer local to where I grew up (Citygate Colindale, London) had a huge push on these back in 1996 - I used to walk past the dealership every day and I distinctly remember seeing a row of 10 or so, parked up side by side at one point, almost certainly for some sort of marketing / media push. (IfI recall correctly, even the dealership building was also shrouded in multi colour panels for the duration of this campaign).

At the time, I understandably assumed that whilst these were funky, these were nothing overly special. A friend told me they were 'using up body panels at the factory at the end of the run'....which I later found out to be nonsense....but for those 10 cars to have been in one location does represent almost 10% of the entire stock that VW ever sold in the UK!

[MDMA .]

carinaman said:

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?

No. That's the next model with the squared off front and squared off styling, the model that the Schumacher edition came in that shape was Auto/Selespeed though I think the Schumacher edition and later ones were available as a manual.

Edited by carinaman on Thursday 28th July 13:58

And the 2.4 inline 5 cyl engine too

[trails]

Can't remember if it was the three or the five-door that was rare...or both?!

[Skyrocket21]

309 Goodwood, Europe or France got a 16 valve version not Goodwood spec. The 205 T16 is rare, £150k plus 200 made to conform to Rally Regs. Seat Leon mk1 VR6 4x4 Cupra another Euro special.

[Pieman68]

trails said:

Can't remember if it was the three or the five-door that was rare...or both?!

Lad at our motorclub had a Goodwood

We had a simple 309 GTi that we rallied (not that simple once we dropped the Mi16 lump into it)

[edgyedgy]

Anyone suggested the Vauxhall Cavalier Calibre mk2 yet? I know it’s not a hatchback but SR130 running gear in mk2 cav saloon with Tickford/Aston Martin body kit were definitely rare.

[donkmeister]

I've seen a few references to the Nissan Pulsar GTiR up there, but there was actually a Nissan Sunny GTiR too. I couldn't find numbers, but I've seen several Pulsar GTiRs yet never a Sunny GTiR so I suspect the UK badged version is rarer than the JDM one.