Favourite cars that were achievable by people who weren't rich

[maccieblue]

I'll start.. (why did they stop making them)

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I had a 2.8 injection special with full body kit
Great car if travelling on a straight road

 

[metalblue]

Own this, puts a smile on my face

 

[Dirty Harry]

Yep, mid engined madness in a R5, I had the 5 Gordini before that, that was 1600cc front engined and that was crazy fun but the Turbo mid engined was lunacy, lucky to be still alive to be honest.

Crazy mate (although ime the Fiat Uno turbo was worse, but shout out for the Mitsubishi Starion turbo, that was fantastic), one of the old ‘Gooch’ lads in the 90’s had one, a black one, full body kit, looked like the Batmobile and really looked fantastic, not sure if he had anything else done to it, but it topped out way over the supposed limit they were down as (about 130ish I think).

 

[mancboy]

Yep, mid engined madness in a R5, I had the 5 Gordini before that, that was 1600cc front engined and that was crazy fun but the Turbo mid engined was lunacy, lucky to be still alive to be honest.

be looking at north of a 100k for one of them these days

 

[maccieblue]

Wasn't it introduced a cheap japanese version of an e type jag?

 

[Keeper!]

be looking at north of a 100k for one of them these days

I know, incredible the prices of the 80s hot hatches have gone crazy.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Reliant Scimitar. Still look cool 50+ years after they appeared.

 

[Keeper!]

Crazy mate (although ime the Fiat Uno turbo was worse, but shout out for the Mitsubishi Starion turbo, that was fantastic), one of the old ‘Gooch’ lads in the 90’s had one, a black one, full body kit, looked like the Batmobile and really looked fantastic, not sure if he had anything else done to it, but it topped out way over the supposed limit they were down as (about 130ish I think).

I also had a Mitsubishi Colt turbo, I hated it with a passion, when the turbo kicked it the chassis was all over the place , it simply could not handle the power.

That era of hot hatches was so much fun, I miss those days!

And another bonus, speed cameras and speed bumps did not exist, happy days!!

 

[Dirty Harry]

Reliant Scimitar. Still look cool 50+ years after they appeared.

Great car, didn’t they do one more, forget it’s name :-D.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Land Rover Defender 90. Ideally in blue or green with a white roof and steel wheels.

They're crazy expensive now for what they are but a few years ago you could pick one up for fuck all.

You can still pick one up for next to nowt, but it'll cost you £25k+ and eight battered finger tips getting it up to scratch.

The ultimate money pit.