What's Your Favourite Group B Rally Car? [Archive]

Captain VXR

27th December 2006, 19:28

As above,
Here is a list
Audi Quattro, Austin Metro 6R4, Citroën BX 4TC, Ferrari GTO, Ford RS200, Lancia 037, Lancia Delta S4, Mitsubishi Starion 4WD, Mazda RX-7 4x4, Nissan 240rs, Opel Manta 400, Peugeot 205 T16, Porsche 911, Porsche 959, Renault 5 Turbo, Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo or any other I have missed out on.
[mods feel free to make it a poll]

CABAIO E'LONA

27th December 2006, 19:40

Audi Quattro...the pioneer

ZequeArgentina

27th December 2006, 19:41

Bazza2541

27th December 2006, 20:01

Talbot Sunbeam :-)

FabiaFan

27th December 2006, 20:15

Haha...

Judged by the beauty - definitely Ford RS 200 ... followed by Lancia 037 Rally. And the ugliest?? Citroen BX TC4!!!

redhf

27th December 2006, 20:24

delta s4

pflugi

27th December 2006, 21:25

Citroen BX TC4 as the best group B car ever! It's nice to find a rally car I can outrun in my Hyundai.

But in all seriousness, The final incarnation of the Audi Quattro. I just love the sound. Brutal.

27th December 2006, 21:59

Audi Quattro, but I like the Delta S4 as well,

L5->R5/CR

27th December 2006, 22:17

Ford RS200 and Delta S4

bowler

27th December 2006, 22:29

037

anstis

28th December 2006, 00:42

difficult...
the quattro because it began 4wd
the quattro s1 for the fantastic looks and that noise!
205t16 e2 because it was so good everywhere and was so light with spaceframe chassis (i think it also had a primitive antilag system)
delta s4 because it was mad. supercharged and turbocharged, spaceframe also
rs 200 because it had so much potential

i just like all of them...

bennizw

28th December 2006, 00:58

Audi Quattro S1 Evo 2 without doubt, pure monster,

Daniel

28th December 2006, 01:27

Audi Quattro...the pioneer
Somewhat misleading as Audi didn't dip their toes into the Group B pool until after others if I'm not being confused. 205 T16 Evo 2 for me.

ST205GT4

28th December 2006, 01:30

037 for me. I just love the look of it. Although my all time favourite car regardless of era would be the Stratos. I'd give both Daniel's nuts for one of them!

Daniel

28th December 2006, 01:42

I'd sooner cut my own nuts off and feed them to sheep then let you trade them for a Stratos :p

You're now on 666 posts. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ST205GT4

28th December 2006, 01:50

Heathen! The Stratos is the most beautiful rally car of all time. A pox upon you and your descendants!

Daniel

28th December 2006, 02:00

Yes but I like my nuts more than I like you or the Stratos :p

No offence or anything :p

Josti

28th December 2006, 02:03

Somewhat misleading as Audi didn't dip their toes into the Group B pool until after others if I'm not being confused. 205 T16 Evo 2 for me.

The early Audi Quattro was somehow the frontrunner of Group B, so you can say they were one of the first.

For my opinion, nothing looks better than a asphalt-outfitted Lancia Rally 037. Of Course, on gravel, it was great looking too :up:

I think we can all agree that the BX must have been the ugliest of them all, altough the back of the car looks 'dangerously' good to me!

ST205GT4

28th December 2006, 02:13

I was actually lucky enough to stumble across an 037 in a service station in Corsica earlier this year and the guy working on it was more than happy for me to take a few snaps with my camera.

http://wrc.smugmug.com/photos/69651543-L.jpg

http://wrc.smugmug.com/photos/69819125-L.jpg

How can you argue with such purposefulness?

Mitch555

28th December 2006, 02:30

My top 5 are...

1. Ford RS200
2. Audi Quattro S1
3. Lancia 037
4. Peugeot 205 T16 E2
5. Mitsubishi Starion 4WD

Only just missing out, Austin Rover Metro 6R4 and Lancia Delta S4.

For me the RS200 is a very special car which seems to have a lot of mystery about it. Especially since it only did a few World Rally Championship rallies. You can't judge this car by it's overall results as it only has two decent results, that of Kalle Grundel in the 1986 Swedish Rally (3rd) and the RAC Rally (5th). But the car was way faster than that. It never did a Monte, 1000 Lakes or Safari so we never saw it on the toughest events but it did lead the Swedish and Acropolis both with Stig Blomqvist and Kalle Grundel (the latter only). It did win the British Rally Championship with Mark Lovell but we never saw it's true potential :( .

Another car which certainly interests me is the Starion. I have only ever seen a few pictures. If anyone has pictures or movies of this car it would be appreciated. PM me

drewbud

28th December 2006, 03:02

My top 5 are...

1. Ford RS200
2. Audi Quattro S1
3. Lancia 037
4. Peugeot 205 T16 E2
5. Mitsubishi Starion 4WD

Another car which certainly interests me is the Starion. I have only ever seen a few pictures. If anyone has pictures or movies of this car it would be appreciated. PM me

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.stacey1/4wd.html
Check this out!

atsiotras79

28th December 2006, 09:31

Lancia 037

Brother John

28th December 2006, 09:41

My top 3

1. Audi Quattro S1
2. Ford RS200
3. Lancia 037

turves

28th December 2006, 09:45

Top 3

1. Peugeot 205 T16 E2
2. Ford RS200
3. Lancia Delta S4

millbrook

28th December 2006, 10:30

Top 3

1. MG Metro 6R4
2. Lancia 037
3. Opel Manta 400

Donney

28th December 2006, 10:34

Lancia 037: Not only for its looks but because it meant the last effort of RWD against 4WD, it clearly lost the battle but that beauty put up a great fight before fading.

Metro 6R4: Probably the worst of them all, but beautiful sound and it looked so tiny compared to the other monsters that it was just lovely.

Lancia Delta S4: Not especially beautiful but I loved the sound of the turbo and the supercharger and then of course that Martini Livery made every car much more pleasing.

koko0703

28th December 2006, 10:50

Lancia 037 for me.

pino

28th December 2006, 11:26

Lancia Delta S4 :s mokin:

Captain VXR

28th December 2006, 13:03

1. MG Metro 6R4
2. Nissan 240rs
3. Audi Quattro

Woodeye

28th December 2006, 13:30

Easy.

Peugeot 206 T16. That's a mean little pug.

Magnum2300

28th December 2006, 15:13

My two favourites:

Best looking: Lancia 037

Fastest compared to competitors: Peugeot 205 T16

WRCfan

28th December 2006, 15:56

Not many cars would have the ability to give me a woody but the Lancia 037 rallye would definately be one of them. Very closely followed by the Audi Quattro S1.

Josti

28th December 2006, 18:03

Not succesfull in Group B rallying, but it has his looks. The BMW M1..

Donney

28th December 2006, 18:04

And a prove that is not only beautiful in Martini colours

http://r5aturbo.tripod.com/fotoslancia/lancia_037_02.jpg

Captain VXR

28th December 2006, 18:24

And a prove that is not only beautiful in Martini colours

http://r5aturbo.tripod.com/fotoslancia/lancia_037_02.jpg

Image hosted by Tripod is all I can see :p
You can see it on http://r5aturbo.tripod.com/fotoslancia/lancia_037_02.jpg
Now works

Koppomsbo

28th December 2006, 19:04

Audi S1.... of course

FabiaFan

28th December 2006, 19:22

Not succesfull in Group B rallying, but it has his looks. The BMW M1.. ...to be compared just with the 308 or GTO... or now the Aston...

Juha

28th December 2006, 20:11

I like the Mazda because we have an RX-7 rallycar (no, not a group B), but why did you put 4x4 in the list??? They were all RWD.

My favourite car is the Metro, I prefer its V6 above all others. Followed in no particular order by the Nissan (the sound reminded me of an Escort), the Opel Ascona and the 911. I put the emphasis on going sideways accompanied by nice sound. :D

Captain VXR

28th December 2006, 22:04

I wasn't really sure.
I thought all Starions were rwd until I came accross the 4wds.

Juha

28th December 2006, 22:44

I said RX-7, not Starion.

jso1985

29th December 2006, 00:28

Lancia Delta :s mokin: :D

PatRedmond

29th December 2006, 02:34

R 5 Turbo ! :D

Mitch555

29th December 2006, 10:27

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.stacey1/4wd.html
Check this out!

Thanks so much! That is a pretty good page other than the author mistook 1986 for 1984 :S

Donney

29th December 2006, 11:17

Image hosted by Tripod is all I can see :p
You can see it on http://r5aturbo.tripod.com/fotoslancia/lancia_037_02.jpg
Now works

It worked perfectly yesterday :confused: Thanks for the link anyway it's a beautiful machine.

RallyfanNZ

29th December 2006, 12:41

The quattro because it was an inovator.

But I thought the RS200 would win the 1987 championship because of its potential.

Captain VXR

29th December 2006, 13:32

I said RX-7, not Starion.

I know you said RX-7, I was giving an example.

Nikey

30th December 2006, 12:07

Tough one...I always liked Peugeot (not just because my favourite driver was in one). Manta is also absolutely beautiful. But the best of them all has to be Ford RS 200. A true rallycar! If only I had seen one in action...

Brother John

30th December 2006, 16:26

In 1973 I had a Opel Kadett GTE group2, that car was really fun to drive!
Before that I drove with a Ford Mexico 1600 MK1 and Ford RS2000.

Ok it´s off toppic and not Group B, but that was my personal rally experience when I was still young! :D

C64WDU

3rd January 2007, 14:27

My Top 3:
MG Metro 6r4
Opel Manta 400
Skoda 130 LR

JAM

3rd January 2007, 15:01

Audi Sport Quattro S1
Audi Sport Quattro
Lancia Rallye 037
Ford RS 200
Audi Quattro
Lancia Delta S4
Peugeot 205 T16 E2

...as you see I'm a Quattro fan :D

I would put also the Lancia Stratos and the Fiat 131 Abarth, but they were Group 4

Ant

4th January 2007, 20:03

The Metro 6R4 was easily the best looking in its blue and white livery!!
Some have mentioned in this post that the 6R4 sounded great, does anyone have any mp3's or wav's of it??

Talbot

5th January 2007, 17:20

Sunbeam Lotus, of course. But I'm just a little biased!
4WD has to be Audi S1 Quattro.

meverkko

5th January 2007, 20:34

The Metro 6R4 was easily the best looking in its blue and white livery!!
Some have mentioned in this post that the 6R4 sounded great, does anyone have any mp3's or wav's of it??

Do you mean that you don´t know what it sounds like? If so, clik here

http://ralli.verkkonen.net/kuvat/vesa/1986-suurajot/index.html

Start with Harri Toivonen (second last). It does sound unique...

And the original topic,

Peugeot 205 T16 Evo2, that´s my favorite because of it´s speed. Second comes the Audi Quattro S1 "Monster".

BTW, the first Audi´s were NOT group B. They were first in something, 4wd. They were Group 4 or group A, I can´t remember exactly. I´d quess they were group 4. But in something they were the Pioneers.

Mihai

5th January 2007, 20:55

By far, the MG Metro is my favourite Group B car. Damn, that thing looks weird! Like any monster...

Cigar2

6th January 2007, 22:06

I would have to say the Audi and the Pug cause they both lead to the Pikes Peak specials.

Neil J

6th January 2007, 23:06

A tough one for me, I love the Quattro, the 037 and the Lancia Delta S4.

Thankfully I was lucky enough to see all the GpB cars in action, I took this back in 1986 (I think?) on the RAC

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5/oneil44/lancia.jpg