Benni

There can't have been many family cars when the Sierra Cosworth came out with the performance to match that of the Sierra? I was just wondering what, if any there was? I'm thinking it might of been in a league of it's own?

Cheers, Benni.

nickscunny

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erm.... Audi Quattro, Bmw

Jim Green

BMW E30 M3
BMW E28 M5
Lotus Carlton

And thats about it...........

indycos

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E30 325i sport

tabetha

I remember reading about a comparison between a cossie sapph and a lotus carlton, in a classic type mag last year, fair comaprison I thought, considering the price difference!!
And the cossie is still the better car.
tabetha

Mr RS500

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Nothing mate ,
thats why the cossie was so wanted by everyone , and is still an icon today

johnnycos

Erm you forgot about the MG Maestro Turbo the only thing is it never stopped lol!!!!!!

Olliexr4x4

Saab 9000 Turbo
Renault 21 Turrbo

probably a few others

The Youth.

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carlton gsi 3000

rare care now havent seen one for years


steve

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fuzzy

only if it has a cosworth engine fitted.

philyS2

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Wot a about the merc 190 cosworth,nice cars and good spec back then

Olliexr4x4

Audi S2

bigwaldy

Lancia delta

costina

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Rover SD1 But was more expensive then than a sierra

Paul

fuzzy

wasnt that only 170 bhp the same as a 325i?

fuzzy

after a quick check i see its 190bhp.

Nath

Lancia Delta HF Turbo, Lancia Thema 8:32 was a quick old tool as well, Fiat Croma (sp?) Turbo.
There wasn't much on par for the same price. I always remember wasting some yuppie in his 911 in my old 3 door,we called them whale tails then ha ha The look on his face was priceless

Charlie Chalk

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Silver one in my next road, Was my bosses car.. don't actually know if its still there mind

Paulo P

There was also the Subaru Legacy RS (import) & Legacy turbo. I had an integrale 16v back in the day and that wasn't a bad match for my mates 2 wheel drive sapph, the sapph had the edge though.

Nath

The Lancia were just a right pig to work on as well. Anyone remember the Sinclair C5's

It's Czech Mate

There was NOTHING to rival a 3 door cos when i came out

Bang for buck nothing came close

dovboy

audi tq,integrale,lc,300zx tt,old style supra turbo,3000gt.

CossieRich

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i doubt it

SteveW

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montego turbo went as fast as it rusted, remember the fit teacher in our school had one

dovboy

the 3000gsi would get its ass handed to it too imo.

Paulo P

On acceleration yes but not top end. I've had the 12 & 24 valve ones and over a ton they pull really well to 150.

Jasesapphy

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DDD:


heres ours, one we made earlier, slightly tinkered with 220bhp, 250ft lb and 800kg

Funny enough i hasd the same issue at coombe last year, but we have fitted some comp brake 4 pots to it so hopefully a little more success this year

Graham S1

And the Beemers of that era looked fugly IMO. Considered to be an exec car, and out of reach of most people. (What were prices comparatively around then?).

trevCOSS

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Family cars?

Mike1

Usual competitors were the E30 M3 (200bhp) and sometimes the 2.3-16 ( 185bhp) or 2.5-16 Mercedes 190 (200bhp)
Performance wise the Sierra went harder and braked better but the others often won on build, fit, finish, preferred handling etc. The German cars were more expensive though

ECOS95

Cav Turbo, Calibra Turbo if your talking about a Saff Cosworth.

Mike1

Good ones, I've seen them also compared to Renault 21 Turbo, Lancia Thema 8.32, 325i Sport, Alfa 155Q4 ( or it might have been a V6) Audi 90 Quattro 20v, Audi Quattro, 911 Carrera, Carlton 3000Gsi 24v, Saab 9000 Turbo, Jaguar XJ6 and a few others.
That was when they were new back from 87-92 period

dovboy

just been reading a bit on them and yes the comments folks make seem to be from 3rd gear on they are awesome,i've never seen one bar acceleration so you might be right.

i had a stage one chip in my saff when i first bought it and managed 140-145ish in 4th gear!i would love to see a carlton do that

COMEDY DAN

Defo.........

col cos1

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i had a carlton gsi 24v manual

and it was pretty quick once it got going

also had a rover 827 manual x-police and that could shift a bit too

lamb chops

944 turbo... nothing above could beat the cossie on price though thats the thing, it brough real performance to the man on the street

Jim Galbally

easy, just break the carlton's speedo to make it overread as much as your sierra one... lol

Dangerous Malcolm..

A friend of my Dad's had an ex-police 827 and it was a cracking motor, well the Honda engine was good anyway. He chopped it in for an ex-police Senator 24v, they were nice cars.

Stavros

LOL at Lotus Carlton being a Cossie rival Lotus Carlton was in a whole other fucking league to a Cossie

People seem to forget they are only 205bhp as standard and not v.fast