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Mental :LOL: M-Sport (the people that run the Ford World Rally Team if you live under a rock) have taken one of these: And combined it with one of these: To create this: Video: It was built by the new M-Sport Special Vehicles team, who will build you something equally crazy should...

Would look mega on Turinis. Your old one looked great on them. Not sure if I would go for white for daily use, as it's a pain to keep them clean!

I think I'd probably change the wheels personally. I like the red, but think it needs something aftermarket to pull it off really. Looks mega though. Bet it's pretty potent!

Yeah it's a very expensive and time consuming game. I'd definitely recommend giving a targa a go first. Easy enough to get a car together for that and event costs are way lower. If you enjoy it, you could then think about stage events. I definitely want to do more rallies but, with living...

Here is a quote I received for a 1.6 R2 Fiesta, just for reference: Think the above was plus VAT too maybe.

Bit more detail on the MINI:

I think a lot of it is covering transport, accommodation etc etc, so paying for the people running the car as much as the car itself. I know what you mean though, it's not exactly cheap. The idea of just turning up and driving does have appeal though.

This is for the Silverstone Rally School stuff: And this is for the MINI: The above is based on the 2022 championship calendar, but they said they could arrange hire for other events. Not sure what those prices includes but have asked them to clarify, as the SV stuff seems a bit cheaper than...

I'll find them and post tomorrow. Mini varied a lot depending on the event.

Interesting. Another name from rallying history. Why didn't you think the Civic was very easy to drive? I'm surprised there aren't more out there really. The engines are good and they seem quite popular in Europe.

Is it your brother's old car? I was going to ask them for more detail about it, because they just said "2.0 Civic"

Couple more potential options. Silverstone Rally School have a couple of hire cars available - a Micra and a Civic. And you can hire cars from the guys that run the Mini Cooper Rally championship.

Fiesta looks nice, but needs bigger wheels lol They're a great buy though. Really capable and the engines seem pretty ripe for tuning.

How much? Actually, I don't know if I'd want to hire a car from you. It would be too embarrassing to realise how much slower I am :LOL:

If you're doing circuit events, you won't be very hard on tyres, but I would expect there to be some charge for them. I'd happily hire a car for a few SV events, but there aren't many entry-level options out there sadly, and I think some folk are a bit cheeky with the prices. I bet it makes life...

Have you considered targa rallies? Might be a good starting point, as is on a much lower budget and requires a lot of the same skills. If you enjoy it, you could always step up from there. As Paul says, stage rallying has become a bit of an arms race, so it's hard to be competitive without...

The British Rally Forum is about the only one really, but it's not that great anymore. Most of it is done through Facebook now, which definitely has its good and bad points. How much were you quoted for the hire out of interest? I've been wondering about hiring something, but I got a quote on...

It's not a pretty car that.

The Burns car is pretty unique. It's originality, mileage, and connection to him will make it worth way more than most Vs I would have thought. Someone paid £600k for his '00 RAC Rally-winning Impreza didn't they? Would sit nicely in a collection with that.

Can't remember the last time I saw one at a rally. Don't know how many they made. Subaru WRC cars pop up in Ireland quite regularly, as they loved them. Might be a bit more than the car that started this thread though 😂

You're biased though :LOL: It's funny really, as people generally hated the S7 when it appeared, but most people I know have grown to love it over the years. I think the Richard Burns connection helped a lot too. A Group A car is tough to beat for me though. The look, the sound, the way they...

Yeah that is very true. Well, almost. In most cases, the 911 would win on the noise/fun front but, if someone offered me a genuine Prodrive Group A Impreza from '95/96, it might be a harder decision!

Yeah but roundy-roundy isn't as good, and rally GT cars generally get spanked by 4WD stuff :LOL:

For £50k you could have one on Proflex/Ohlins or similar, with a sequential 'box, a proper rally-spec forged engine, big brakes etc etc. Loads of the Group N cars have been upgraded to non-homologated spec to make them more competitive on national events. You'd be mental to spend £80k on that...

£80-100k? Have a word.

As for the car here, I would want to know a lot more about the spec before bidding. Seems to be a lot of chatter in the comments about the spec and how much of the original car is actually there. I don't know about the APRC, but Group A was basically gone from Europe by the point this car was...

I think they have actually started to go up a bit now, as collectors are starting to get into them. They're not really of interest to people looking to compete anymore, as an R5 car is just as quick nowadays, and considerably cheaper to run as you say. Even the earlier 1.6 WRC cars are being...

I guess in terms of LLF, DMO etc, they probably appeal to certain demographics, while the likes of Shmee appeal to others. All are interested in cars to a degree, but I suspect it's part of a wider "lifestyle" thing; be it the supercar-owning, global-travelling set, or the rebellious...

Essentially that's true. Most of them don't really know very much about cars, so are basically just regurgitating press information without any objectivity, though I suspect it is more underhand in some cases. I can't imagine all of them are paying for these cars, so there must be some heavy...

Obviously he hasn't done it single-handed, but him and others have definitely had a big impact on the landscape. Influencers have muscled in on the launch circuit, and created an environment where some of them demand payment for attending (unheard of with regular journos). Manufacturers have...