Lotus carlton. Mmmmmmm very nice car.

 

I had a 190e 2.5 16v great car I had the rare pinkish read colour manual with full leath. That one in the picture above is my favourite car it's a 2.3 evo 1 190 proper nice car

 

 

Some awesome cars already mentioned. But in terms of under the radar it's got to be this that does it for me.

 

the probe was supposed to be the new capri but never lived up to it, give me Bodies 3.0 S any day, you can even keep your 2.8 injections nice but not the real deal.

 

Daihatsu Charade GTti 1.0 Turbo
what a little beast



Capri May Turbo

 

Love the 325i sport, I had an mtec1 and my dad had the 2 like the one above, I then had an e30 m3 evo after he died. The tech 2 felt streets ahead of anything I had driven at the time.

 

Would have loved one of these back in the day, ended up with a mk 2. Don't think I'll ever get the chance now tho

 

Cool car I really wanted one of these ended up with an sri 130 in the end

 

some good cars in this thread

 

Friend of mine had one of these older shape G11's, it was fairly rough but flew off the line. It would deal with mk2 golf gtis etc up until about 60 when it ran out of puff! His was black with a big red stripe along the side. I also remember the rotary knob on the dash to wind the boost up and the green turbo light on the dash when it was on boost. Awesome little weapon!

 

Some pics of the same one he had






Turbo light lol

 

I had a few of the 130s great car back in the day,loved them.

Thanks. Lee.

 

Yeah mine was a white hatch back I'm on a sri group on Facebook there going up now

 

Some really cool cars here in this thread, mk1 Astra GTE, Lotus Carlton and e30 325i Sport are all high on my 'wish I had one of those' list. The R5 GTT was fantastic fun when I had one 20 years ago but I think that memory is best left there as a memory as the example I had was falling apart back then already..

 

Here are some cool oddball hot hatches.

 

My mate had a Mazda 323 turbo, that was a rapid little car but he had played with it and wasn't standard

 

Fiat croma turbo, Lancia dedra turbo, pulsar gtir, Mazda 323 turbo

 

I still see the odd 205 gti, 306 gti6's are good cars too, charade GTTI's were brilliant, Suzuki swift GTI's were pretty quick for what they were, used to rev and rev too, corolla ae86s used to be quite common and dirt cheap, used to be a couple of pulsars near me, love them. Was thinking the other day when did I last actually see an XR3i on the road? Do still spot the odd mk2 golf GTI too.

 

I had 2 blue and one red,all hatch on e plate. My mate had an F plate saloon in white, I was gutted as I fancied a saloon but they were few and far between even in those days.
I bet the prices are on the up like a lot of 80/90's hot hatches.

Thanks. Lee.

 

The good old Fiat tipot.s lol.

 

Definitely feel sorry for the yoof of today , we definitely had it good .

Just off the top of my head I owned 4 x lotus sunbeams , rs 2000 x pack , couple of

more droop snoot rs 2000's , a few mk 1 mexicos , mantas , fiat 131 supermirafiori ,

mk 2 astra gte , mk 2 lotus Cortina , mk 1 Cortina 3.1 v6 , loads of capri's and and

a few Bmw's .

Happy days !

puddy

 

My list from what I can remember

Mk3 1.3 xr3i lookalike
Mg metro 1.3
3 more metros
Ford Sierra 1.6
Montego
2x Mk2 cavaliers
Vauxhall Belmont
Vauxhall Carlton old c reg
Mk2 Astra
3x Mk2 xr2
2x Opel mantas
E30 bmw 316
Mk3 escort 1.1
Mk1 xr2 x 2
Mk3 xr3i (my baby)
More mk3 xr3is
3x Citroen bx
Citroen ax gt
Sierra 2.0 twin cam
Mk3 escort estate
2x pug 205
2x 309 gtis
Mk1,2 and 3 orions
2x mk2 Astra gtes
Mk 3 and 4 escort cabriolets
Mk2 fiesta 1.4 sport
Vauxhall chevette
2x 2.9i Granada
Mk2 cavalier sri 130 hatch and 130 saloon
3x mk3 cavalier sri
Nova 1.3 sr
Mk2 astramax van
Many many standard mk2 fiestas
Mk2 Cortina 1600e
Mk3 and 4 escort vans a plenty
3x mk2 transit recovery vans
Bmw 5 series
3 bmw e36
Saph Cossie
Many standard mk1 fiestas
Old rover 213 and 216efi aplenty
Lots of standard mk3 and 4 escort base models
Hilman imp
Lots of hatch and saloon sierras
Fiat uno
Fiat tipo
Vauxhall senator
2x Nissan Silvia turbos (old 80s ones)
Mk1 Astra
Nissan stanza
2x minis (old ones)
Lots of 80s mopeds and scramblers etc
Honda c70/90s
Honda vision and melodys
Original Honda Civic (small bubble shaped one)
Honda Accord (f reg I think)
Vw scirocco
Mk2 golf auto
Mk1 Honda crx (just noticed someone's else's photo and it reminded me
Vauxhall senator 24v ex police car
RS turbo powered Orion
Mk3 xr3
Mk2 fiesta 957cc
Mk3 cavalier 2.0 8v on twin 40 dellorto carbs
Peugeot 306 1.4
Ford Capri 2.8i special
Ford capri 1.6 laser and a 2.0 auto
Honda xr250 motorbike
Yamaha wr motorbike
Kawasaki kh100 bike


I'm sure there's more I can't remember off the top of my head!

 

That's some list!

 

There a lot on there I keep remembering since I wrote it lol

 

I had two mates that had these at the same time one black Like the photo and one moon stone blue they was very quick but very tail happy cars

 

Anybody mention the misubishi starion? Didnt see many of those about even back in the day.
Toyota glanza's were quite cool too
Mazda RX 7's, FC's etc
Proton satria gti
A lad i knew had a modifed volvo 440 turbo, that was quick back then

 

You win!

 

AX GT



CLIO 1.8 16V



Honda CRX



Pulsar GTIR



Swift GTi

 

I always thought that one would be great fun with the lotus Esprit turbo engine !


I think they're all based on the same Bedford CF van engine ...

 

starion turbo was an excellent car, I always liked the angled styling. I seen a short wheel base audi Quattro yesterday on my drive home in the scottish highlands. not seen one of those in many years.

 

Lol , I forgot to mention the Renault 21 turbos , clio 172 , mk2 tina 1600e which was my first car

and god knows what else !

puddy

 

Someone near my work has a S2 audi, well thats what its badged as, dont know if its the real deal tho. Was behind it today.

 

The Mitsubishi Starion Turbo was made in South Australia, I was living there when it first came out and it was a very fast car for that time and was capable of out performing most Aussie V8s.

 

This era of cars is for me the best.


I was born in 1985 and being a country bumpkin brought up in a field it wasn't till I was 15,16 that I started to pay attention to cars.


from what I can remember from being in last years of school, the local youngsters had Metro's, Fiesta's and Punto's.


Firm favourite was Fiesta MK3.5 Si, MK3 XR2i, MK1 and MK2 Fiestas, Metro GTA/GTi, Novas and I remember there was a Grey S2 turbo with white wheels that use to drive past the park we played football on.


Cars nowadays just lack character and looks. There easily mistaken for another model. Bring back the 80's/90's look!

 

there are some cracking cars for the youth of today.

fiesta ST, renaultsport clios, all bmw's now are turbocharged!

the average hot hatch now is as fast as any supersaloon or sports car from the 80s/90s

compare the performance of an xr3i and a clio renault sport and although the insurance is a HUGE cost nowadays it isnt all doom and gloom for new drivers.

our first cars had 1.2 litre engines running carbs for 45bhp, modern small cars have turbochargers and make twoce that power using half the fuel!!

 

But weigh twice as much so power to weight is the same or worse.

Obviuosly things have moved on leaps and bounds in the last 20-30 years and some of todays performance cars are animals.

But your normal cars are pretty shit.

 

Back then most of the youngsters I knew the cars were so simple and easy to fix and modify that everyone was at it and youngsters learned so much about cars by working on them etc. I struggle working on some newer stuff and I've been a mechanic for 21 years now. Had a 2.0 Capri in at work couple of months back for gearbox rebuild and clutch, new Weber carb and fit a stereo. Was sooooo easy to work on I could see why all the old boy mechanics must have shit them selves when new stuff came out with fuel injection etc. It's all relative I suppose, when I started in 1996 we were working on cars from the late 70s and 80s cars, makes me feel old when I realise 1986 cars were only 10 years old then and we were welding them up, the mig welder was on all day everyday. With me going from my apprenticeship working on mk1/2 astras, mk3/4 escorts and such like cars I now struggle with a lot of the technology that's in cars now so I can see what the old boys must have felt