Category: Rally Cars
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Vauxhall Nova Sport
The Nova Sport looked like a stickered-up 1.3, but it existed for a serious reason: motorsport homologation. Its mixture of modest origins, dealer-fitted performance parts and rally success created one of the most collectible Novas. The later GTE and GSi continued the fast-Nova story started by the Sport. 1. It existed to satisfy rally rules…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Mk2 Ford Escort RS2000
The Mk2 Escort RS2000 looked simple on paper: a compact rear-wheel-drive Ford with a 2.0-litre Pinto engine. In reality, its polyurethane nose, German assembly, dealer tuning catalogue and carefully split trim levels make it one of the most layered RS stories of the 1970s. 1. The RS2000 name began before the Mk2 Ford introduced the…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
The Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 was the final and most sophisticated road-going Celica built to homologate Toyota’s four-wheel-drive rally weapon. Its towering rear wing and bonnet vents are familiar; the engineering and controversy beneath them are much less so. The ST205 was launched in Britain in May 1994. 1. It was the third—and final—Celica GT-Four…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Renault 5 Turbo
The Renault 5 Turbo wore the outline of France’s friendly little supermini, but almost everything important had been rearranged. Its engine sat behind the seats, power went to the rear wheels and rallying shaped the entire machine. Huge rear arches advertised that this was no ordinary Renault 5. 1. It is not the same car…