Best Rally Car Ever

[Gambit]

the mythical RS1700T!

more info here for anyone interested in them

Ford RS1700T: Spotted

The Mk. III Escort is less famous than its predecessor, and much less successful. It's also fantastically rare

www.pistonheads.com

 

[Zach57]

Rally Spain 1999, the commentary is annoying though.

 

[Gaza_r]

The Art of Rally demo went live on Friday.

You can download it here

Game Jolt - Share your creations

gamejolt.com

 

[stevyg]

So much win in this thread.

Yes! They are all my favourite.

 

[Dave..]

All of these,....

 

[DC.]

You must follow Rallyes90s on Facebook too

 

[Dave..]

You must follow Rallyes90s on Facebook too

No I borrowed it from a friends Facebook page
The cars are from my era of following the rallies.
A guy I used to work for had an HSR.

 

[Zach57]

this is a good YouTube channel

 

[brocks]

Hard to beat an Escort Cosworth on anti lag on full chat in a forest stage, equally any WRC spec Impreza for the glorious soundtrack!

 

[Dave..]

this is a good YouTube channel

That was great. The mk3 Escorts looked very ugly beside the Quattro and Manta’s.

 

[Zach57]

That was great. The mk3 Escorts looked very ugly beside the Quattro and Manta’s.

I don’t think the Mk3 Escort looks good beside anything
The RX-7 IMO is the best looking car there.

 

[Gambit]

thought this maybe belonged in here.... only 37 being made, would be something spectacular owning one

Behold the limited-run Kimera EV037 Martini 7

Just 37 of these beautiful tributes to the Lancia 037 Group B icon will be made...

www.pistonheads.com

 

[gary87]

thought this maybe belonged in here.... only 37 being made, would be something spectacular owning one

Behold the limited-run Kimera EV037 Martini 7

Just 37 of these beautiful tributes to the Lancia 037 Group B icon will be made...

www.pistonheads.com

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Martini colour scheme makes things look racier too doesn't it?!

 

[TheDaniel]

It's the only colour scheme for it! Looks amazing. Love that!

 

[i30N_Paul]

The G.O.A.T. Thread closed!

 

[cauld1]

Define greatest of all time, as it wasn't even the most successful in period!

 

[DC.]

Polo R WRC must be up there with the GOAT.

 

[cauld1]

Possibly, 4 consecutive championships is impressive, albeit a fairly forgettable car imo.

Lancia Delta beats it with 6 consecutive (ok slight differences in the cars but all deltas and all group a from 1987 to 1992)

 

[salster]

for the average working man, there is only one winner, the classic Mk2 Escort.

 

[cauld1]

So that rules out pretty much any of the 100k plus mk2s builds competing now

I'd much, much rather have an Abarth 131

 

[FM155]

The Quattro was an aural masterpiece, pure sound and fury. The bangs from the blow off valve went right through you, much like the escort cossy wrc's of the late 90's and early 00's. The Quattro's broke a lot though, I think in 1985 we only saw Michele Mouton over 3 or 4 stages on the COI before she retired, Malcolm Wilson didn't make it through the first stage in his older A1. They both retired again in the Ulster that year too. TBH, I think they are all brilliant, loved the Group B stuff in period, the Group A stuff got good too and then the WRC and R5 / Rally 2's, even the Rally 3 Fiesta's are great too.
If I had the money for something historic, I think it would be an Abarth 131, but the reality is that with the spares availability of Escorts, they are probably cheaper to run on events. I'd have whatever I could run, at the moment, the MX5 is all I can justify and even that isn't cheap, at all.