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Vauxhall Manta Guide: A, B, GT/E, 400, Problems & Buying Advice
Rare performance Vauxhalls The Vauxhall Manta is one of Britain’s most recognisable rear-wheel-drive coupés: an Opel-developed fastback that became a fixture of UK roads, club culture and rallying. The early Manta A created the name, but the long-lived Manta B—especially the GT/E, GSi and late GSi Exclusiv—is the car most UK enthusiasts mean when they…
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Ford Escort RS Turbo Guide: Series 1, Series 2, Problems & Buying Advice
The Ford Escort RS Turbo is one of the definitive British hot hatches of the 1980s: a front-wheel-drive Escort with a turbocharged CVH engine, unmistakable styling and a reputation shaped as much by modification culture as by its original specification. This guide explains the difference between Series 1 and Series 2 cars, what to check…
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MG Maestro Turbo Guide: Tickford History, Specs, Problems & Buying Advice
The MG Maestro Turbo was one of Britain’s most unlikely late-Eighties performance cars: a five-door family hatchback transformed by a turbocharged engine, a Tickford body kit and a very limited production run. It never had the image of a Renault 5 GT Turbo or Golf GTI, which is exactly why it now deserves proper attention.…
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Renault 5 GT Turbo Guide: History, Phases, Problems & Buying Advice
The Renault 5 GT Turbo is one of the essential 1980s hot hatches: compact, light, turbocharged and still wonderfully direct. It is not the mid-engined Renault 5 Turbo or Turbo 2 built for Group B homologation. The GT Turbo is the front-engined Supercinq-based road car—the attainable, everyday performance Renault that earned a following in its…