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Some lovely cars there! My 172 Cup was sold to someone from France last year. I do miss it.

I think the question I would ask is, is there any reason you would go for the Mocal? I think I must just be a bit cheap but, given what some of the unbranded stuff can be had for, and that it's only a catch tank, I don't think I could be bothered with the expense of a fancy one.

Yeah the tyre rules do seem a bit odd for rallying. There is a list for forest stuff. I emailed the MSA about my Dunlops and just got a really cryptic, non-committal response. Probably wouldn't buy anymore, but they were cheap, so will just kill them off. It's interesting how a lot of the FIA...

Interesting to note. My friend uses Kumhos on his Escort Maxi and seems to rate them quite highly. Have definitely heard that the early Dmacks were poor, but the new ones are supposed to be better. I've got mostly Hankooks for now. Full set of soft Z209s and a set of Z210s for the wet, plus...

Do hear very mixed reviews on Dmacks. I bought a set for my car but my tyre guy couldn't even get them onto the rim. The sidewalls were so rock hard, that they wouldn't seat on the rim properly, so I just sold them on again. Got a mix of Hankook and Dunlops for now, so will see how they go.

Nice looking car that.

Side exit for the win lol

I would just go for something like Peugeot fitted to the 306 Maxi if you can get away with it with the rad: Sorry, struggling to find better pictures.

Some cool stuff on that website.

I used to do a 100 mile round trip to work every day in my 172 Cup. It was annoying as f**k at times, but still loved the car. I now have a Vectra for a cheap daily. I don't love it at all.

Epic. Would love to go in one of these. The ultimate M5

Flash git lol. Will look epic once dropped.

Lurrrrrvely. Springs, spacers, done. Will be perfect then.

Jeremy Townsend moved to Vauxhall. Don't know who replaced him

I run a Stack fuel gauge that can be calibrated to work with different senders. It's in the back of the car so you can see it when filling up. I think instruments are a tough one in a way. You could argue about how much information you actually need while driving the car and whether it's better...

I just run an SPA tacho in the Escort, then a couple of cheap gauges for oil pressure and water temperature. The fancy screen ones are nice, but not sure I could justify the cost.

Like the right up from the 'ring. It's an amazing place. Watching the on-board made me want to go again! The car sounds really good. What's been done to the engine/exhaust.

I love the phase 1 styling. I love how they look slightly thrown together. The front arches are somehow more obvious. It looks a bit more rough and ready.

What sort of money was the box? Feel free to PM if you prefer :)

I'd have a phase 1 over a phase 2 all day long.

I do see what you're saying, but the pot isn't the point, it's the competition. It would be nice if it could be made so it wasn't quite so much about money. Virtually impossible in reality though. Satrias hey? It's MG ZRs round here ?

Yeah about that. I think it would go some way to sorting things, without penalising too heavily. You're right, there is a lot of infrastructure for Escorts. I guess it's a time thing really. The Escort generation will disappear eventually. DR is definitely helping!

Yeah they're undoubtedly an icon but, while the rest of Europe looks back on them fondly, moving on to new cars as they come out, rally folk here just seem to think everything else is s**t and stick to the MK2s ? I don't think FWD vs RWD is the problem to be honest. The real issue (in my eyes...

It would definitely be the grey for me, the one that looks a bit like Storm Grey but isn't.

Same difference really. No point spending out on designs/patterns/homologations/production for something that most people don't buy.

That's what the vast majority of people want though. No point making a 3dr car if 95% of buyers don't buy one.

They'd probably be the most popular 2.0 car out there if so many people didn't think anything that was built after 1980 was s**t lol. Rallying in this country is stuck in the 1970s sadly.

200 Cup/Cup chassis has a quicker steering rack too

I've not been able to drive one yet, but have sat in one. Interior is massively better than the old car. I think they look better outside too, as they look a bit wider, whereas the old one looked a bit tall. I think it's a bit of a shame they've added drive modes and the like though. Part of the...

I've not driven a 200 Cup, but I owned a 172 Cup for four years and have spent quite a lot of time driving a friend's 197, which isn't really that different to the 200 in reality. My observations: The 172 feels a lot more raw and exciting initially, mostly because it's a bean tin with a...