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d_diddy Wrote:
i had to add something american to the mix, and im sure some1 else will add to it lol

*Sob*

How it would've looked if I'd have painted it!....

d_diddy Wrote:

Thats the EXACT Nova i want when the punto has gone...

White

2 dr

saloon

C20LET

mmmmmmm

and wit those speedlines as wel.

no i like the 5 spoke speedlines...black obviously!

mmm

Soon....

isnt that metro just the wildest car ever made??

Random fact of the day....

The V6 lump in the Metro 6R4 was actually a Rover V8 (like in an Early Range Rover, SD1 or TVR) with the end two cylinders lopped off. That engine later appeared with the addition of 2 turbos in the Jag XJ220.

They are very cool, but were down on power in their day compared to the Lancia Delta S4's and Pug 205 T16's that were dominating Group B at the time.

pics!!!

Lancia Delta S4, the car that was responsible for the demise of group B by spitting Henri Toivonen off a cliff in 1986...it got so hot all that was left were the driver and passenger's rib cages and the bare chassis! It could do 0-60 in 2.3 seconds on gravel and lapped the Estoril grand prix circuit fast enough to have stuck it in 6th place on the grid for that year's F1 grand prix!! It's true output will never really be known I suppose, but the supercharged and turbo'd 1800cc lump made well in excess of 650bhp....some say it could have been nearer to 800bhp by the time it reached it's peak!

It was also responsible for one of the most iconic paint jobs in rally history (along with the earlier Lancia 037)..........



The street legal version; Lancia Delta S4 Stradale....

The Delta's main rival....the Peugeot 205 T16 Evo...

Street version;



And the race version...



Again like the Lancia it was mid-engined with a kevlar composite body and packed a near 800bhp punch.