Phwoooooarrrr (x2)!

[DanBoy]

'Ave some of that!

[tiga84]

Blinding. Saw a Rallye for the first time in ages only yesterday, same colour. Also someone down the road from me is smoking a 'fly yellow Grale EVO2. Nice.

[NiceCupOfTea]

'grale looks lovely, don't like those square headlights on a MK.2 GTi though...

Give me a nice standard Mk.2 16v 3 door in that dark metallic grey

[lotuslad]

I hope you're not referring to the number plate on the Lancia!

[The Wiz]

Ah yes a Golf Rallye .... first red one I've seen ... usually grey or black.

[DanBoy]

NiceCupOfTea said:

'grale looks lovely, don't like those square headlights on a MK.2 GTi though... Give me a nice standard Mk.2 16v 3 door in that dark metallic grey

'Tis a Golf Rallye, chum! The Holy Grail of Golfs!

Supercharged G60 engine, four wheel drive...

[AC79xxx]

NiceCupOfTea said:

'grale looks lovely, don't like those square headlights on a MK.2 GTi though... Give me a nice standard Mk.2 16v 3 door in that dark metallic grey

, it's not a GTi but a Rallye G60

[Twincam16]

Lovely. Was the Golf Rallye actually used in rallying at all? I watched it quite a bit during that era and I don't remember it at all.

[Plotloss]

Theres an Integrale that parks in our works car park overnight, chap must live somewhere locally.

Its bloody lovely.

[AC79xxx]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

That's if you can still get the parts.

A chum of mine had his Rallye pranged by a hit and run a while back. It took him the best part of 6 months to track down a front bumper.

O/T - Bedford, I'll be booking the flights tomorrow so let me know the hotel details in due course, cheers.

[Plotloss]

[OT]
AC

Have you had any joy on flights?

The only ones I have found so far are well over £100 which isnt on.

[/OT]

[AC79xxx]

Plotloss said:

[OT] AC Have you had any joy on flights? The only ones I have found so far are well over £100 which isnt on. [/OT]

Nope, not had a chance to look yet. If there's no flights direct to 'dam I may go via Rotterdam or elsewhere.

[Marki]

Twincam16 said:

Lovely. Was the Golf Rallye actually used in rallying at all? I watched it quite a bit during that era and I don't remember it at all.

i have a feeling it was the victim of a rule change or something like that .

[Mr E]

My mate is toying with the idea of a 'grale Evo.

I told him to stop thinking and do it.

Yes, it will break.
Yes, it will be expensive.
Yes, it's worth every penny.

[AC79xxx]

Mr E said:

My mate is toying with the idea of a 'grale Evo. I told him to stop thinking and do it. Yes, it will break. Yes, it will be expensive. Yes, it's worth every penny.

They're not that bad to run. Certainly a lot cheaper than either my E30 M3 or the 993.

[AC79xxx]

Mr E said:

My mate is toying with the idea of a 'grale Evo. I told him to stop thinking and do it. Yes, it will break. Yes, it will be expensive. Yes, it's worth every penny.

They're not that bad to run. Certainly a lot cheaper than either my E30 M3 or the 993.

[Twincam16]

Marki said:

Twincam16 said: Lovely. Was the Golf Rallye actually used in rallying at all? I watched it quite a bit during that era and I don't remember it at all. i have a feeling it was the victim of a rule change or something like that .

Probably something to do with superchargers. I have a feeling they were banned post-Group B, mainly because the Delta S4 had one alongside its turbocharger (and ilegal Nitrous Oxide hidden in the fire extinguishers and fed through the roll cage)

[z_chromozone]

Twincam16 said:

Marki said: Twincam16 said: Lovely. Was the Golf Rallye actually used in rallying at all? I watched it quite a bit during that era and I don't remember it at all. i have a feeling it was the victim of a rule change or something like that . Probably something to do with superchargers. I have a feeling they were banned post-Group B, mainly because the Delta S4 had one alongside its turbocharger (and ilegal Nitrous Oxide hidden in the fire extinguishers and fed through the roll cage)

They had a fair few goes, but failed to get any real power out of the G blown engine compared with the opposition running turbos.

No surprise that the Evo beat it.

I have a Golf mag article written by one the the development team some where.

Z

[NiceCupOfTea]

Sorry, that's a new one on me!

Still don't like it as much as the Mk.2 GTi 16v...

[Ahonen]

Twincam16 said:

Lovely. Was the Golf Rallye actually used in rallying at all? I watched it quite a bit during that era and I don't remember it at all.

Yes, it was used as a Group A car in around '89 but, as someone just said, they couldn't get enough power (possibly because the supercharger had to use the same restrictors as the far more efficient turbos) and it remained a slightly half-hearted effort on the WRC stage.

Won the German championship a couple of times though - against decent opposition.

There was another version built off the Mk3 as a prototype for another homologation special. That would've been a real flyer in the Integrale/quattro mould, but VW canned it on cost grounds after one prototype.