sh33n said:
There's been way too many 172 Cups made; common as muck
could be true but a lot have been written off now seriously there seems to be one every week in winter. if you compare a 172cup in terms of sales compared with a Ford Focus ST170 , Ford Mondeo ST220, Vauxhaul Astra GSI, you miles more likely to see one of those than a 172cup, in fact in two years of owning the 172MKII i only ever saw one cup on the way to work and even now still only one cup, yet i have seen TWO separate trophy`s pass through my town and many many black 182`s Icesilver 172MKII and a fair few MKI`s now in the posestion of mr chav with his limited 3.5K budget raging around in a 2000 MKI 172 with 70k+ miles on no doubt.
the cup is quite rare in fact with 60 million people in england and 25million car drivers even 2500 cars isnt much lets not forget since 2002-2005 i would imagine 300 would have been stacked by now.
((((i actually think 172 MKI , MKII , 182 , CUP`s are rare anyway.. the MKI wasnt that popluar as people didnt really know what ot had to offer (hardly any advetisement back then for the RS) then the MKI came out so MKI`s were no longer made, then a fair few 172MKII`s have been sold but the majourity in IceSilver there the most common, if they continued to make the 182 it would be everywhere, what with topgear, 5th gear, web reviews,autocar, autoexpress, tv adverts claiming it to be the best hatch in fact i think ive started to see more 182`s than 172`s but thankfully again there cutting off production for the new model.))))