23 February 2012

100,000

I've just seen that earlier this week my blog hit 100,000 views. I just want to thank all the folk that have visited! Here's to 150,000!

19 February 2012

Alfa Romeo 179B - V12 Symphony

This is the outcome when Alfa Romeo build a V12 Grand Prix engine. Turn up the speakers.

12 February 2012

Group F2 Rallying - Maxi Cars

Back in the late 90s the group F2 Maxi rally cars were intended to be a cheaper entry into the World of rallying for car manucturers. Essentially these cars were FWD with a 2.0 NA engine achieving over 300 bhp in certain cases. The cars used in the group 2 class ranged from the Renault Megane, Peugeot 306, Renault Clio, and Escort RS2000. Pretty much every car had wider arches, spoilers, splitters and looked how a proper rally car should.

Below is a clip showing what these cars could do when they were unleashed on smooth dry tarmac,


It's no surprise that on events like Corsica the F2 boys would often be quicker that the four wheel drive turbo charged WRC cars.

11 February 2012