RE: Turbocharged '80s legends | Six of the Best

[carlo996]

Was drooling over this yesterday. You can keep your modern cars tbh…

[AW111]

liner33 said:

Definitely an 80 turbocharged legend

[nismo48]

What a fabulous collection of iconic cars there.
I'd take em all if I could

[liner33]

AW111 said:

LOL ah no , nothing legendary about them

[marine boy]

I do love 80's turbos, 1st super car ride was in a F40, found the experience much more violent in an impressive way than my 2nd super car ride in a McLaren F1

Own a 1989 Porsche 930 which is proper hard to drive fast, smoothly but very rewarding on the few occasions I'm brave enough to try

2-car dream garage would be a F40 and SWB Quattro, I'd add my 930 to make it up to a 3-car dream garage

[AW111]

liner33 said:

AW111 said:

LOL ah no , nothing legendary about them

When they came out - 1st factory turbo, fuel injected - was a bit special.
Then the other manufacturers did it better, and by the end of the decade (factory) turbo bikes were gone for good.

Has any other technology come and gone so fast?

[liner33]

AW111 said:

When they came out - 1st factory turbo, fuel injected - was a bit special.
Then the other manufacturers did it better, and by the end of the decade (factory) turbo bikes were gone for good.

Has any other technology come and gone so fast?

An oddity not legendary and not as quick as a 750 n/a bike

[dinkel]

A Skyline is a work of art: makes every Italian supercar of the day feel limp...

[LotusOmega375D]

Wasn’t the Honda CX500 the ride of choice of the motorcycle courier? Hardly an exciting candidate for turbo power.

[ZX10R NIN]

RUF
F40
GTR
Espirit

[g7jhp]

80's turbocharged...

Ferrari F40


Ruf CTR Yellowbird


Lotus Esprit Turbo SE


Sierra R500 Cosworth


Renault 5 Turbo 2


Peugeot 205 Dimma

[SS427 Camaro]

The last of the probably 30 R5 GT Turbos that I have owned since 91. I bought this “ tweaked “ Glazier white one for £1,300 quid from Nth London in 2011, I never used it on the road as it sat in my unit until I stupidly sold it in September 17 as a non runner for £52 hundred quid. It sold last summer for £18 grand…..

[G-wiz]

The F40 has more icon-ness, in it's window handles alone, compared to all those other cars combined.

[SS427 Camaro]

g7jhp said:

80's turbocharged...

Ferrari F40


Ruf CTR Yellowbird


Lotus Esprit Turbo SE


Sierra R500 Cosworth


Renault 5 Turbo 2


Peugeot 205 Dimma

Can’t belief how Crap that Esprit advert is. Shooting a car like that in front of that hideous Munster Hall type gaff, shows a total lack of thought by whoever chose this location…..

[pheonix478]

F40 no question. And then the RUF. You can keep the rest.

[Cold]

SS427 Camaro said:

g7jhp said:

80's turbocharged...

Ferrari F40


Ruf CTR Yellowbird


Lotus Esprit Turbo SE


Sierra R500 Cosworth


Renault 5 Turbo 2


Peugeot 205 Dimma

Can’t belief how Crap that Esprit advert is. Shooting a car like that in front of that hideous Munster Hall type gaff, shows a total lack of thought by whoever chose this location…..

You mean Ketteringham Hall, the then home of Team Lotus with all its associated F1 shenanigans? That thoughtless location?

[ImFeelingSaucy]

Cold said:

You mean Ketteringham Hall, the then home of Team Lotus with all its associated F1 shenanigans? That thoughtless location?

Beat me to it!

[Wab1974uk]

The F40 will always be the Daddy of 80's cars. Probably out of all the super / Hyper cars that have come since.

[s m]

SS427 Camaro said:

The last of the probably 30 R5 GT Turbos that I have owned since 91. I bought this “ tweaked “ Glazier white one for £1,300 quid from Nth London in 2011, I never used it on the road as it sat in my unit until I stupidly sold it in September 17 as a non runner for £52 hundred quid. It sold last summer for £18 grand…..

For me that is definitely an 80s turbo legend

Edited by s m on Monday 25th March 09:49

[Geoffcapes]

Mention the word 'Integral' in the first paragraph and then don't include the iconic Integrale anywhere in the article.

What a blunder!