!Cool Alert! Metro 6r4 Clubman

[DazG]

Now this is old school cool, just about the only metro I like

On pistolheads at the min £28.5k

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/71589.htm

 

[White16valver]

I f**king love those

 

[klmillard]

i know i will upset a few people here but it looks nothing more than a snow plough.

 

[DazG]

i know i will upset a few people here but it looks nothing more than a snow plough.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion my friend

Classic 80's rally icon!

 

[klmillard]

I know its a classic and i love most wide arch rally s**t from the 80's but this does nothing for me.

 

[Ian_182]

just think of what you could buy with 28.5k.
2 year old tvr tuscan springs to mind but hey.If its what you like....

ian

 

[ajketley]

id have that over a tuscan anyday ^^^

looks sweet as and very rare now too!!!

 

[Andy_con]

Wow

 

[Shaunbrass]

is that a veeeee?

 

[clio__chris]

im all up for wide arches (ie. like the R5 turbo 1 or 2) but that just looks terrible imo

lots of respect for the lil crazy thing tho......

 

[tommyboy]

thats f**king sexual. was a real one at brands hatch last weekend . the old rally ****

 

[Weeman]

V6 turbo, or maybe twin turbo if i remember right, rare as rocking horse poo to find a road going one, that hasn't been stuffed backwards up a tree by a classic rally driver. Mcrae has one that he used in one of teh irish rallys the other month. In rallycross trim they touched 700-800 hp, all quaifed and X trac's up Brrrrrrr pssssssttttttttt chirp chirp etc etc Fcuking amazing. In England i live 8 miles from Croft and on a clear day on the top of the Golf course you could here them practicing for the rally cross if the wind was blowing in the right direction. LOL

 

[® Andy]

Way cool ... the car that started my love of mid-engined wide-arched small hatchbacks ... hence what I drive now .

Normally aspirated as standard tho' ... no turbos. First prototypes ran Rover V8s with 2 cylinders chopped off literally! Engine design ultimately ended up in the Jaguar XJ220!

 

[Pep]

if only i had £28k!
but then again, i bet it would cost me that a year in maintenance!!!

 

[Pat_986]

Such an ugly car:dead: Wouldnt say no to one though

 

[MattT]

if only i had £28k!
but then again, i bet it would cost me that a year in maintenance!!!

...and insurance.

Like it tho! :approve:

 

[Iain C]

lol its not big and its not clever!
Deffo not worth 28k

 

[MikeDX]

Wouldnt give you 28p let alone 28k

 

[Justin]

^^ Agreed mike, they look awful..

 

[canky]

how can anyone like that it i would be well embarrassed driving it!
People would think u have just chaved up a metro.
fast or not its bloody ugly

 

[DH_GTI]

lol nice car lol

 

[Ambo]

705 miles...blimey!

The stuff of teenage dreams...amongst other things!!

 

[M.C..]

how can anyone like that it i would be well embarrassed driving it!
People would think u have just chaved up a metro.
fast or not its bloody ugly

the only people who would think that was people who did'nt have the slightest intrest in motorsport

 

[Brasseye]

now thats rare

 

[Final Maxim]

absolute beast, awesome car

 

[DazG]

the only people who would think that was people who did'nt have the slightest intrest in motorsport

Amen to that.

 

[Mattieuk]

I have fond memories of my old man taking me to watch rallies when I was a sprog. The cars that I loved the most was the Lancia Delta, The Stratos, Escort Mexico........and the 6R4.

The 6R4 is a f**king awesome bit of kit

 

[canky]

the only people who would think that was people who did'nt have the slightest intrest in motorsport

Thats why i would be embarrassed!

 

[kpowell911]

one of my fave ever rally cars, i proper like the Quattros tho

 

[p3rcy1]

^^ Agreed mike, they look awful..

:slap:

 

[rob192]

the only people who would think that was people who did'nt have the slightest intrest in motorsport

Which is probably the majority of people..

 

[aj182]

Great car, was it or was it not banned for being too quick? (and dangerous)

 

[MaLicE]

i want will gallops one, for a long time it has held the 0-100-0mph record of summit like 8seconds!!!!

they came n/a but u can stick the exhaust mani off the jag xj220 on it make it twin turbo...

 

[GaryS]

Great car, was it or was it not banned for being too quick? (and dangerous)

Group B, which was the class the 6R4 was in, was banned at the end of 1986 from international events following the death of Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresta who crashed their Lancia Delta S4 which subsequently exploded :dapprove:

The 6R4 is still used in events here, particularly tarmac ones, and it's still fairly competitive for a 22 year old design. And the best sounding rally car ever

 

[richyb]

i love it thats the only metro i would ever consider owning

 

[Graham Gooch]

V6 turbo, or maybe twin turbo if i remember right, rare as rocking horse poo to find a road going one, that hasn't been stuffed backwards up a tree by a classic rally driver. Mcrae has one that he used in one of teh irish rallys the other month. In rallycross trim they touched 700-800 hp, all quaifed and X trac's up Brrrrrrr pssssssttttttttt chirp chirp etc etc Fcuking amazing. In England i live 8 miles from Croft and on a clear day on the top of the Golf course you could here them practicing for the rally cross if the wind was blowing in the right direction. LOL

Engine was the basic 3.5 litre V6 , naturally aspirated, although its not secret that the xj220 is simply a twin turbo'd version of this engine. The swap is relatively speaking easy to do and most used in rally cross are not twin turbo'd

I simply adore the metro 6r4, if i saw one on the road I would faint LOL

and Will Gallops has to be the most extreme I know of, in an autocar 0-100-0 test they used his car and the metro performed the 0-100mph in 4.5 secs and that is no misprint , yes 4.5 seconds to hit 100mph from standstill....... still thats what 900bhp give or take 50 plus a sequential box with close gearing, 4wd and a kerb weight well under a ton does lol

legend

 

[GaryS]

a couple of flying 6R4's I photographed at Epynt

 

[DazG]

Nice pics!

That last one id sponsored by Lord of the Rings :clown:

 

[ollie]

:dead:

 

[Jamie]

awesome, same engine as whats in the xj220 iirc?