Rare-ish Hatchbacks

[Jcwjosh]

Morning All,

I have recently been thinking about getting a weekend steer something to tinker about with. Having had a lupo gti previously, ideally i want one of these again but in a rare colour blue/grey with low mileage and they just dont come up often..

This got me thinking about other small rare-ish hatchbacks that are a bit special...

A lot of people will mention renault clio cups/swift sports etc but there are so many around. I like Ek9 type r's but not sure they are worth the money placed on them and they are getting on quite a bit.

Any other suggestions to consider/ look at ?

[Cambio]

Talbot Sunbeam Lotus?

[Jcwjosh]

Cambio said:

Talbot Sunbeam Lotus?

They are lovely but a bit more than i would want to spend ! Maybe i should say 10-15k max budget

[InitialDave]

Rover 200 BRM?

Nissan Sunny/Pulsar GTI-R?

[300bhp/ton]

+1 on the BRM and the Pulsar.

AMC Pacer quite interesting too, could be had with a 5.0 litre V8.

[aka_kerrly]

Perhaps a JDM Honda civic ep3 or Integra type r

Edition 30 or Pirelli Golf gti

Leon Cupra R K1 BTCC edition

Alfa 147 gta

Jdm Toyota corolla 3.5 v6

[Jcwjosh]

InitialDave said:

Rover 200 BRM?

Nissan Sunny/Pulsar GTI-R?

Good shout on the Pulsar i remember being a passenger in one as a teenager, a highly tuned one - it was keeping up with superbikes !

[AJB88]

aka_kerrly said:

Leon Cupra R K1 BTCC edition

Cant be all 3 at once.

its either a

Leon Cupra (240bhp) facelift or pre-facelift
Leon Cupra K1 (240BHP) pre-facelift only
Leon Cupra R (265bhp) this is also facelift

BTCC edition were mainly 1.9 PD140

[rallye101]

Golf rallye? G60?

[Jonny_gti]

Mazda 323 GT-R and the 323 GTx are pretty rare
Charade gtti
Punto gt turbo
clio Williams

[SpudLink]

Jcwjosh said:

Having had a lupo gti previously, ideally i want one of these again

If you like VW, what about a Corrado G60?

[aka_kerrly]

AJB88 said:

aka_kerrly said:

Leon Cupra R K1 BTCC edition

Cant be all 3 at once.

its either a

Leon Cupra (240bhp) facelift or pre-facelift
Leon Cupra K1 (240BHP) pre-facelift only
Leon Cupra R (265bhp) this is also facelift

BTCC edition were mainly 1.9 PD140

Good point, I could have been clearer, I believe you could get the K1 body kit fitted to any leon model.

[CHEESYAARAN]

aka_kerrly said:

Perhaps a JDM Honda civic ep3 or Integra type r

Edition 30 or Pirelli Golf gti

Leon Cupra R K1 BTCC edition

Alfa 147 gta

Jdm Toyota corolla 3.5 v6

+1 for the GTA

[Blanchimont]

Clio 182 Trophy.
Megane R26.
Megane 250.
Abarth Punto

[flatso]

Astra GTC

[the cueball]

I had a Pulsar GTiR 15 odd years ago... would love one now to keep special and tinker with at the weekends...

[Dicky Knee]

Peugeot 205 GTI?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1166664

[Castrol for a knave]

Volvo C30 T5.

Same 5 pot as the old ST.

I assume you could have some fun tweaking it.....

[AJB88]

aka_kerrly said:

Good point, I could have been clearer, I believe you could get the K1 body kit fitted to any leon model.

Yeh you can, a K1 though is just a Cupra with the body kit added, K1 was a special edition (not numbered unfortunately) only available in UK and the body kits were added at the docks, usually painted poorly as well. K1 badges have since been discontinued as well.

Genuine K1 and facelift Cupra R are the rarer of the 2.

There is 2x Burgundy (2010) and 2x Kiwi Cupra R in the UK, 1 of the Kiwi ones is a 59 plate which was the UK demo model, it was used as pace car by VW Racing for a while, think its in Scotland now.

I had a 2010 ex SEAT UK press car Cupra R in yellow (easy to indetify as they were all KS10 EF* plated)

[culpz]

Ignis Sport?

Panda 100HP?