NASCAR Fan Reacts to Best of Historic & Modern Rally Cars Sounds, Jumps
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In order of appearance:
0:49 BMW M3 E30 Group A
1:02 Hyundai i20 WRC Plus
1:50 Audi quattro Group 4
2:34 Toyota Corolla WRC
2:52 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 replica
3:10 Vauxhall Corsa Kit Car
3:22 Citroen DS3 WRC
3:59 Kia Rio Rallycross (not a works car, it's a project from the rally legend Gigi Galli I think)
4:25 Lancia Stratos HF 24V Group 4
5:08 Subaru Impreza 555 Group A
5:42 Ford Escort MKII tuned (the driver is called Frank Kelly)
5:51 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Pikes Peak prepared by Audi Sport Veghel (not sure if it's a replica or a works car)
6:02 Piaggio Ape heavily tuned by Loris Rosati
6:28 Ford Fiesta WRC 1.6
6:38 Hyundai i20 NG WRC 1.6
6:50 Lancia Stratos HF 24V Group 4
7:11 Opel Manta B 400 Group B
7:19 Renault Clio S1600
7:37 Peugeot 206 WRC
8:13 Hyundai i20 NG WRC 1.6
8:32 Audi quattro Group 4
9:37 Ford Escort Cosworth WRC
9:48 Subaru Impreza S7 (I think) WRC
10:10 Porsche 911 SC RS Group B
10:49 Fiat 126 Bis (the driver is Flaviano Polato, who drove this actual car on the italian rallyes for 30+ years! He is a kind of a legend here in Italy)
11:08 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evo 2 Pikes Peak replica
11:16 Lada 2107
11:35 Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth Group A
11:44 Ford Fiesta R5
12:35 Subaru Legacy RS Group A
12:43 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Group 4 (the driver is Loris Rosati's father, Stefano)
13:02 Subaru Impreza S12b WRC
11:16 Lada 2107 but it doesnt really matter 🤓
Great job, thanks for the full list!
@@_Grimbur_ thanks for the correction mate!
@@stuborn-complaining-german no problem! 😉
Thanks for this list, there were a few I couldn't make out. I always loved rally since I was a kid (in the early 80's). This deserves to be pinned at the top.
Favorite thing about you, when you started seeing rally videos, you aknowleded that you didn't know much about it, and seeing you get more and more wrapped up in these agile cars has been so much fun!
I agree! Just love the fact that it is so new to him and is enjoying it so much. It’s being a kid and seeing it for the first time.
So true, I love it to see a American admitting that America is not the best in everything, finally a honest dude❤
Motor sport is cool, no matter what type
Apart from Formula E lol @@pekkajarvinen69
@@peterpaul5820
You are so right Peter
Now I like this bloke as he loves all manufacturers vehicles. He openly admits that he is a V8 fan and they are great. But ( and this is ware I am not going to be to popular). The American is if it’s not built here , then it don’t count. There is a word governing body for motorsport called the FIA for cars and FIM for bikes and international competitions are run by them all around the globe to produce world champions. But America run their own rules of cars and bikes and the winner is called a world champion and yet they are not in the world governing body.
I am sorry to all I have offended, but I have right to have opinions.
6:07 it's a heavily modified Piaggio Ape Cross. they normally have a 50cc or 125cc 2 stroke engine, but Loris Rosati (the builder and also the driver) decided to put a 600cc Honda motorbike engine. Yea he's crazy and he's pretty famous in Italy.
Crazy Italians do make some really interesting motor vehicles. It's kind of a tradition, isn't it?
I love the Italians! They are absolutely crazy!
You need to watch the series Speed with Guy Martin - he built one of these to race and put in a 900cc Hayabusa engine in it - totally manic
@@richardhunter7363 Um, Suzuki GSX1300R is the Hayabusa. It has a 1300CC engine (hence the name GSX1300R).
I don't know what engine he put in it but if it's a 900CC engine it's not a Hayabusa engine.
Perhaps you were thinking of Kawasaki Ninja ZX-9R? That has a 900CC engine.
Note that the Piaggio Ape was born after WW2 as a lightweight farming vehicle. It is still very common to see them in small towns used for that purpose. With time they were employed for other tasks, like tuktuks, leisure vehicles, etc.
I love how you got one of my favourite rally cars in the thumbnail the Lancia Stratos
Definitely in my top 5 rally cars, Escort mk1 is still my favorite but only because I owed the Mexico version.
Oh yeah, a beast!
It came out with a Ferrari V6, transaxle in the mid-back.
Think the same one as in the Dino 246 GT
It's a bomb in plastic casing...
Maybe the 037 👀🤤👀
I wish you had heard how rally cars sound live. The first time I heard it live, I was walking my dog like 10 km away from where they were driving in the forrest. I was aware of course the rally cars were in town, but I was blown away how loud they were even from 10km away...absolutely something different.
I've always thought of Rallying as a cross between automotive opera and automotive ballet, as the cars both sing and dance.
a Musical then ;)
@@grabtharshammer Doh!..... yes a musical. 😂
Heavy Metal musical ... because it is quite loud.
"Why are Rally cars so FU🤬KING cool?"
Because they are!
the lancia stratos had a ferrari 2.4 DOHC V6 with 3 weber carbs on top
Rally is so great as it combines
Engine performance
Car handling
Ultra driver performance
Cars derived from everyday owned recognisable cars
Covers wide range of cars and levels of performance from basic road ready, to rally specific only high performance, in many cases in common same events in classes for each
Roads we all can drive
Close spectator involvement
Un beatable combination involving all features of motor sport that most people can only aspire to.
And because they need nimble cars, the every day cars they use tend to be the models that are relatively cheap and especially by Americans considered wimpy since they always had a nack for driving oversized piles of steel.
Remember, the SUV and Pickup truck driving thing isn't new.
The old American classics are all so freakishly huge, you need a maritime license to drive one outside the US.
Neighbor at the place I grew up had a Cadillac.
My mom drove a Crystler Grand Voyager.
The Voyager, although bigger than every car I'd ever seen, was smaller in width and length than that ol Cadillac. And it wasn't even the biggest model they built.
You forgot the navigator AND the fact that it is a race against time instead of other cars, where a tiny mistake can mean you dont finish at all.
@@Muck006 so true, overlooked during writting but certainly not forgotten. The navigator has a tough job heads down during the run is damn hard, and needs extreme trust in the driver too.
extreme bravery and very long days so staying power and concentration too
Back in the '80's spectating, you'd hear a rotary coming, sound through the trees. Off the throttle, then a big bang out of the exhaust, then on the throttle again. Awesome
1:40 what gets me is that most of the best sounds of the modern cars, including the Group N and Rally 2000 series, which saw the WRX and Evo battles, is that these are inline-fours 🤯 Very, VERY turbo'd up, and with anti-lag systems and straight exhausts, but FOUR CYLINDERS that make most other engines sound wimpy in comparison XD
Seeing you react to something so different for you in that way, really makes me smile man. True petrolhead! Much respect from Greece
I'm Finnish, so it would be a capital offense if I never went to a rally event. Been to around 20 times with my grandpa. You need to come and see the WRC event in Finland. It is huge event. Love your videos. Your openness to new things is really refreshing. Love your videos man!
As estonian i understand what are your talking 🤣
I love rally events, especially the times when people try to pull cars from ditch, seemingly unaware of the things like "security" or "the next car will fall out of track exactly same place".
Keep it up and keep yourself safe!
Hey bud..Your enthusiasm is infectious and fun to watch.As a truck guy I think you would really enjoy the Paris-Dakar Rally.Truck racing with the gloves off.And cars and bikes.I guarantee it will blow your hair back.Hope you and yours are all well ✌
11:18
Reminds me of what my jazz conductor said about improv solos
Basically, 'If you make a mistake or play a bad note, don't stop or hesitate, sit on it for a moment, then resolve, and nobody will know you messed up'
i used to marshall circuits and rallies, all classes of motor sports, i was on the timing team, start or finish, which was great, stood alongside there cars as they rook off, it was something else... i marshalled small club rallies, natinal championships and historic rallies, gerat weekends, yes, even in the rain, the nicest thing was being treated with respect by the competitors, with out us volunteering our time there was no rally, i've had passenger rides in various cars, squirty bottom time, wonderful times with great people...peace brother Tim
You're one of the people that keeps the sport going (as you said), good on ya. I've done some road closures and stuff, but not claiming fame
@@donfinch862 a lot of people dont realise that the marshalls do it voluntarily, the most i ever got paid was £3 to cover breakfast when we worked Silverstone, we had to attend regular training sessions for first aid, fire training, rescue and recovery etc, again at our own cost, but we did it for the love of the sport, be it 2cv racing, wrorld sports cars, dtm, f1, rallies etc...great days, except in bad weather when we had to remain at our post even if the racing was delayed, the rain used to come in sideways at thruxton...it all adds to the fun....amazing what you put up with for the sport you love...
@@timking7344 You are a top bloke. I used to help as I said, closures, starts, finishes etc. I then rallied, and continued to help when I sold the car to put back in. A good way to get some good vantage points. I wasn't as committed as you tho. Thanks from the sport.
Gotta give you cred man. You look at the clip once, give your feedback and move on. Nice and precise, no rewinding and talking bullshit just to make the video longer. Keep em comin
My Mini Cooper S rally car engine was lightened so much, it wouldn't tick over anything under 3,500 rpm but it would rev to 8,500
2:40 Toyota Corolla ex Carlos Sainz
3:14 Opel Corsa
4:30 Stratos is power by a V6 from Ferrari (Dino)
6:13 Piaggio Ape
10:54 Fiat 126
11:09 205 t16 (Pikes Peak version)
I agree with cristini06 on those cars mentioned
for the 205 is it Pikes Peak version or the Evo?
@@ssspf734 pikes peak
And for the three wheeler I know it's got either a suzuki gsx 750cc bike engine
Vauxhall Corsa but doesn´t even matter are the same cars, 205 T16 Evo II with Pikes Peak replica wings, Piaggio Ape with 600cc engine swap from an Honda Hornet/CB600F
4:28 The face of a man when he hears the Ferrari V6 in the back of the Lancia Stratos 😍😍😍😍
I was at the opening of the british rally championship in Clacton recently. The only fully open road rally in England. It was so strange to see the cars making their way to the start line on the normal roads that we were driving down. Chatting to the dfrivers, being able to have a good look at their cars. Some sponsored and some just regular guys cars. I got to stand in a spot on a 90 degree bend followed by a chicane and then a long straight right across the beach front. Thanks for your love of this, its great seeing reactions from out brothers and sisters across the pond! Peace!
2:40 Toyota Corolla
3:14 Opel/Vauxhall Corsa
I believe the Stratos used a Ferrari 2.4 V6. Mid engined, RWD and NA
11:10 Peugeot 205 T16
12:50 Talbot (possibly a Sunbeam)
That 205 T16 is a replica of the 1987 Pikes Peak spec. The original had a 1.9 turbo with around 550hp at 43psi, weighing just 850 kg (1875 lb)
you're right about the Stratos they used a Ferrari 2.4 V6
the corsa was probably running a c20xe xD like most classic opels in autosport
Talbot sunbeam lotus
2:40 Toyota Corolla E11
As a Swede who grew up with rally, both local ones with old Volvo's and stuff and the big Rally Sweden where all the major WRC stars drive I can only agree. The fact that this amazing sport never made it big in the USA is crazy to me. It's basically the perfect spectator sport. Pick the right corner, set up camp, grill some burgers and drink some beers. And during all that you have crazy drivers literally flying through the air with what sounds like gunfire on the rev limiter. Hell we even have "classics" rally with old American land yachts and muscle cars.
It sounds georgeous Kapten !!!
This is the Rallylegend and this event is based in San Marino in every autumn. I think you must go there at least once time. I want to go there too. Greetings from Hungary! 🇭🇺
6:15 highly modified Piaggio Ape with a Honda 600 cc motorcycle engine
10:51 Fiat 126
11:08 Peugeot 205 T16
11:14 a Lada 2106, the base model being a clone of the Fiat 131
I think the Lada was based on the Fiat 124 not the 131
2106 is a clone of Fiat 124/125, that's a 2107, which is based on 124
Ladas made lisense and it based fiat 124
FORD FIESTA!!!!
I think the Piaggio had the Honda CBR600 engine in it. So 600cc yes
10:50 Fiat 126
11:09 Peugeot 205 turbo
12:45 Talbot Sunbeam
Thank you for that
Talbot sunbeam lotus. Manufactorer winner -81
@11:09 peugeot 205 t16 pike speak edition rhe classic t16 doesnt have the big wings drive by ari vatanenm and walter rohrl. and ari vatanen win the pike speak with the 405 who was a 205 t16 makeup in 405
WTF???
Any idea on the three wheeler?
I can’t say thank you enough for highlighting rally racing from an American’s POV. As a teen in the 90’s, I got into WRC heavily & have been hooked ever since. Has to stay up late most nights as a teen to watch Motorsport Mundial (on obscure sports channels) and dig deep for internet articles to get any snippets of info on it here in the States. TH-cam, DirtFish, & RedBullTV help with rally content these days. You present rally in an almost-zen-like state and with a really amazing innocence that’s incredibly entertaining. Well done, my man. 🤙🏻👊🏼
Audi has just mastered the sound. They even got engineers for the sound of closing the car door. The masterpiece is, if you're on the racetrack, you don't just hear the sound, you feel the roaw in all your bones. Edit: here's my vid of the 100 years of Audi celebration in the birthtown Zwickau. Also pure Sound. th-cam.com/video/FyU8b1oT8Go/w-d-xo.html
"They even got engineers for the sound of closing the car door."
Who hasn't? But back in the days of the Group B Audi nobody thought of things like that.
about motor sounds i have to say:
3zyl are sounding similar to 6zyl and 12zyl, und 4zyl similar to 8zyl and 16zyl (in some cases - depending on their valves) and 5zyl similar to 10zyl. just saying.
Those wacky cars are most often driven in some kind of special show events, which are often driven in between the actual rally stuff. They probably also do race in some circumstances, as almost everything that has wheels on it will, but I don't know where. They are awesome tho.
Also good news.... The new FIA leader is a proper rally guy Mohammed Bin Sulayem, who has won the middle-eastern rally championship 14 (that's FOURTEEN!) times and competed shortly in WRC series. I'm sure that he has every intention to raise rally's profile globally, and this includes a push to the US market. US making a return to WRC calendar is in the talks, and most likely will happen as soon as next season. The venue hasn't been decided yet but the rockies of Utah and Colorado are on the short list and in the talks.
Wow that’s awesome news thanks 👏👍😎🎉
@@IWrocker if you haven't already search on YT for berg cup hillclimb. There's absolutely loads of retro and new motors, grp b, single seaters, le man style beasts, everyday hatchbacks fully race prepared, ect and they sound amazing!
The Castrol Car was a Corolla WRC, The first Wrc from Toyota
the one that was involved in the turbo cheating thing, most clever/elaborate cheat ever done.
@@AlexanderBurgers it was celica
@@petrihakkinen2336 ah yeah, that's what it was.
It's nice to see someone else, including me, enjoying just watching different type of cars (usually racing cars) going past and enjoying the sounds and views. And great to see someone from the USA to really find and like rallying and the "rush" and the "feel" of it. :) I have watched some other videos of yours and enjoyed them a lot.
The Stratos used a 2.4 litre Ferrari engine ~ the Dino engine. It won the championship in "74, "75 and ';76.
You should look up if there's some rally' in Mexico coming up. They have a great history in rallying. I think they have some historic rally and nation rally. They had a wrc rally in 2020 i think? Maybe they come back in the future 😃
They had a Nations rally in April.
Nothing like the London-Mexico rally like the old days
Rallying is so crazy, it used to be at the pinacle of motorsports, for some times they were actually faster than formula 1.
It led to some mad men just building insane stuff, like that French guy who made a v16 out of four 600cc bike engines and just throw it out in a 205, if you never seen it you can find some videos of it it’s worth watching
I have a bit of hope with EVs becoming more mainstream they start doing crazy shit with them. 250 kW motors on each wheel, 4 quadrant torque vectoring (not just more or less torque, but also negative torque).
Dude. I lived in North America, top and bottom. I moved to Switzerland 2 years ago and bought a homolgomation special GR Yaris. They have a series of Slaloms for amateurs that would make you cry. I would love to send you my in car footage from last weekend
Dude, so glad to find your Channel, just keep going. I love everything with more than two wheels and an engine. The Audi fivecylinder has an absurd sound, and is a gift for all the carguys in the world. All the best wishes from good old Germany, from a guy who grew up with rallies.
Finally, a reaction to 19Bozzy92! The dude has the absolute best videos in terms of pure, automotive enjoyment.
Yep, he has a fantastic clip of a Porsche 917, which runs 9 mins 17 😉 Phenomenal flat 12 sound.
I’ve plugged it a few times here but no joy.
Sir I think you may enjoy some anti-lag compilations!
I genuinely don't understand how it's not a massive sport draw, I adore rally with my heart.
Mmm Lancia Stratos. Such a cool lil car . The little Lancia can swap ends quicker than the old widow maker Porsche Turbo lol 😆
The black car at 12.51 is a Chrysler/Talbot Sunbeam or a Lotus Sumbeam . My dad bought a brand new one in 1977 . Man I wish i still had it 😪 tail happy lil beast
Now that you've gotten this far, I think it's time for the only form of racing that might have been more insane than Group B. Wangan racing. Watch Drivetribe's video on the Mid Night Club (yes they were real, the game's name is a tribute), Drivetribe's video is incorrect about a few things, there was never any crash, but it will give you an idea of how crazy those guys were/are (they're still around, one of many errors in every video about it)
Watch Ice Speedway before defining crazy. Motorcycling with 1" spiked tires.
@@ehsnils Crazy, but not 200MPH on public two lane highway for fifteen minutes runs crazy.
As far as I know, Ken Block is the only American to acknowledge rally.
He can put on an entertaining show, but has zero chance as a rally driver.
Check out John Buffum - by far the most successful rally driver in the US. He even won a couple of European Rally Championship rounds in the early '80s.
@@jinxvrs Thank you Sir, I surely will.
4:53 The engine in that is either a Fiat 2.4L V6 or a Ferrari 2.7L V6, i might be crazy but in my opinion the Stratos with the Ferrari engine is the most beautiful looking and sounding car ever made.
Don't know if someone answered before. My Best guess about non many videos with Lancia Stratos: it's a pre GroupB car, almost the beginning of WRC, when the races attracted not so much attention from tvs, and because of that we suffer such a lack of images.
"A rallycar is only fast enough if you stand in front of it in the morning and be afraid to catch it up." Walter Röhr, rally god
I love rallye classic cars. Where I live in Germany there used to be a yearly event where they still drove them on actual rallye stages. My favorites are the Audi S1 really because they are mental machines. But in terms of loudness nothing beats a Stratos. When those go by I was literally afraid I`ll be deaf afterwards.
I remember, 10 years old on the very curb of the rally. My nose was basically touching passing cars. A great sport
Bro I love your videos!!!😎. I was very fortunate to see lots of them in Europe and Scandinavia. Keep posting great videos pls 👍
6:12 Piaggio Ape Car Prototype Drift with motorcycle engine (in this case 600cc Honda), the driver is Loris Rosati. There is even a race event with those three wheeler
@ 5.41 is Frank Kelly from N.Ireland in his MKII Ford Escort which he calls Baby Blue. He has his own channel with loads of videos of him competing at events, showboating at events and talks about his car and what he has put into it. He is well worth a watch.
I love the sound of subaru boxers, audi 5 cylinders or any 6 cylinders (especially the lancia stratos). But the sound of a 4 cylinder n/a going demonic is just something incredibly different.🔥🔥🔥
I have just subscribed, I don't normally like this kind of video but you have a genuine love for these cars, I'm going to watch more when I get time. If you haven't looked yet, I would recommend doing some research on Nissan 240RS, Datsun 240Z, Chevrolet Firenza Can-am V8 and the Triumph TR8. You will also never go wrong If you search the best of Irish rallying. The Manx rally is good watching too.
Hello, you are a pleasant and honest person, it's nice to see your reactions. From Tampere ,Finland
Some people are like "Well our cars make more sound" but in my mind i'm like Rally cars makes the best sounds a.k.a Gun shots
I had a 1986 Audi Quattro 4000CS with the straight 5 cylinder in a 5-spd manual, and it was a freakin' lil ripper. God I loved that car. Especially in the snow in New England with the differential lock.
If you ever travel abroad you really need to see a rally, even a smaller one because experiencing this in real life is amazing. You feel every pop in your core and your whole body shakes as each car passes by, you smell the exhaust and tires burning. I'm fortunate enough to have the Rallye International du Valais each year were I live and even though it's not the hardest or most impressive race it's a beautiful scenery with amazing cars (lots of Renault Clio and Skoda Fabia last year)
De copilot in the Bastos Escort Cosworth was my teacher in the first two years of elementary school. We often had friday afternoon of because the team picked him up in a helicopter so he could be in time for the race. Awesome memories!!!
Fun fact about the Quattro, when Audi first introduced 4WD into Rally they were basically laughed at by the other teams, in 9 years they took 23 world championships and 4 titles, now almost every rally car is 4WD, it changed the sport forever.
I had an Audi S4 5-cylinder turbo 1992 the first version S4. Did a little to it like taking off the restriction in the rear muffler and switched to an open wastegate. Had the databox chipped and a different set of coilovers on it. It looked funny as it where very high in the original height. A different cylinder head on these with 20v instead of 10v from the 80s group B cars. Somewhere 300+ hp I think that was in mine S4 after doing this. The sound with the muffler and open wastegate made a huge difference in the engine sound 😀 The best handling car in the snow here in Sweden I ever had. Studded winter tires and I had a lot of fun with this. Also the 1992 S4 had UFO front brakes which where insane braking power from. The caliper grabs the brake disc from the inside instead of the outside of it. A friend of mine who tried to follow me on a curvy asphalt road. Said that when I braked full on into a hairpin curve. The rear tires where 2feet of the ground. Remember my coilovers where very stiff LOL. Have some great memory of this car.
I have also had an Opel Manta CC with a tuned engine. My brother have had both a Peugeot 205GTi 1989 I think and a Renault 5 GTE 1988. Some rally car legends.
Search for Dahlbäck Golf with the 5-cylinder turbo from Audi. A Golf mkIII with AWD and 5-cylinder turbo engine with 1000hp in it. It's a swedish tuner that made a crazy Golf around 2000 I think it was it where crazy scary LOL. Think it's some old TH-cam videos of it.
The reason why 5 cylinder engines sound SOOOO good and so different than all the rest of the layouts is the way they actually work. To find the firing interval for each engine you multiply the number of strokes by 180 and divide by the number of cylinders. What we get for a 5-cylinder engine is 144°. This is quite an unusual interval. 4-cylinders are 180, 6 cylinders 120, V8 - 90, V12 - 60. As you see clean round numbers. But inline 5 and V10 have respectively 144 and 72. The benefit of that is a nice overlap of each power stroke, which leads to smooth power deliver and the best side effect of all is the unique frequency that's created buy the explosions happening with that interval. It's the reason why inline 5s and V10s sound so dirty (in a good way) and have texture to their sound, unlike a V12 or V8. It feels like almost there is an additional explosion going on in between 2 power strokes, sounds raw and imperfect and that's why its sooooo good to our ears.
That 3-Wheeler is a Rosati Ape with a Fireblade powerplant, they're actually fairly popular with several famous videos of notable drivers in both rally and rally-cross. Well worth checking it out if you've ever been a fan of sport quads as they drive much like sport quads ride, requiring body english and plenty of throttle steering.
This was pure Joy!!! Thanks!!! ❤️
That little red 3-wheeler is a Piaggio Ape (AH-pay) with a 4-cyl superbike engine swapped in. Valentino Rossi used to hoon around in these with his friends when he was a kid.
There's a company in Germany who make Sport Quattro replicas (the short-wheelbase Audi with the crazy aero), meant for rallying but fully road legal.
They cost "over 100k, starting price", and the company's capacity is booked out for over a year to come :)
11.35 Ford Sierra Saphire Cosworth ❤️❤️ brilliant cars. This one runs grp A, at up to 400bhp. And from just 2ltrs !!
Great cars, I've had 3 Cosworths and a RS200...... Highly recommended 👌
love your rally reviews mate, good to see you getting into non US motor sport...... keep up the good work ***11/10*** 👏
Hey there, bit of trivia on these:
-The Opels you've seen are both 4 bangers, the small white hatch is a fwd model called "Corsa" and the white rwd coupe is called "Manta". Opel used to be huge in German/international motor sport back in the day; Rally, DTM, I even know of a rwd Manta drag car running a nitrous 1000whp setup built for no prep surfaces (There is only a single properly prepped drag strip in the EU called "Santa Pod" in the U.K. All other European drag racing/standing mile events are held on unprepped concrete slab air fields. Very different from the US). From 1930-2017 Opel was owned by General Motors! After almost 90 years, GM sold Opel and Vauxhall (the rebranding arm to sell Opel&GM models to the Australian & English market) to the French group PSA which had already owned Citroen and Peugeot. The brand has had to contend with having a "plucky" image, comparable to the Toyota Camry or a V6 Mustang in the US, but their racecars and specifically their race engines have always had a pedigree for excellence. +300whp out of a stroked NA 4 banger. In the 80s!!!
-You gotta love those communist/tiny Italian cars for their quirkiness :) the miniscule 1972 Fiat 126p is a bit of a ridiculous, crowd favoured throwback and hailed as a national hero in Poland, where that rally stage was held I'm pretty sure. The white 4 door doing donuts at 11:15 is a communist, nationally produced vehicle designed in the late stages of the soviet union. 10 yrs ago, 90% of ppl on Moscow's roads and 100% of police and taxi cab companies had this very car. The stock engine is so underpowered, I'm *super-duper* confident this one is an engine swap. These ridiculously underpowered cars like the GDR's Trabant (endearingly called "Trabbi") or the French's 2CV have become famous in rally events since the "win on sunday, sell on monday" homologation spirit of having the racecar resemble the road car couldn't be further from the truth with these bad boys and girls.
-Both KIA and Hyundai have basically pulled a Subaru/Toyota from the 90's-2000s rally days and have successfully tried to make their products more appealing by creating racing heritage. I've had the very same experience with the brands and I'm really happy to see how they've turned their images around through motor sport, through rally especially. Hyundai has built a pretty big community of fwd enthusiasts pretty quickly by offering similar packages to a Golf GTI/Civic Type R at a much more reasonable price.
This is a bit of fwd nerdism about company structures that lead to certain management decisions but hear me out:
We all know car companies are liable for damages when you mess up on the road (like going down a highway off-ramp too fast by accident) and their systems like traction/stability control don't catch you from hitting the barrier/causing a crash in a "lack of talent" moment, as a formula 1 driver once said. Having had a Civic yourself, I'm sure you know about turn in - oversteer in a fwd hatchback. Companies like Honda or VW will ALWAYS have huge legal teams next to their huge development teams for their new models and systems who crack down on any potential avenue of future legal liability. The conversation about something that makes driving more raw but presents a danger for inexperienced drivers turns into "if someone crashes, can they sue us?" so fast, you can't even blink. That is why the steering in the GTI and the Type R feels a little more "dumbed down" compared to the Hyundai, which seems less "electronic" and less "physically disconnected" from the front axle. So here's my point: Hyundai's comparatively smaller company size, management structure and racing pedigree allowed them to spot a niche in the hatchback market, built a feature that was seen as a bug by their competitors and the community loves them more for it.
-Last but not least: *The Stratos*
You remember the guy who designed the Lamborghini Miura and Countach? Some of the most stunning, timless, era-defining designs ever built into cars. Beginning in the 1930s, Italy had repurposed it's coach building industry to design one-off sports car bodies in smaller, designated design studios. just two of those are Pininfarina, who would build many great Ferrari bodies and Bertone, who would build many great bodies for Lamborghini. At this Bertone studio worked a brilliant young designer called Marcello Gandini who sits proudly in my trinity of best car designers ever. In a skunk-works kind of spare time design teamand at the age of 27, they came up with the Miura in like 2 weeks before the show it was to be presented at. The car is only 41 inches tall (that's 1 Meter), has a +350hp 3.9 Liter V12 mounted transverse right behind the driver, which is a packaging masterclass. I cannot tell you how beautiful it sounds at full song, this engine block design from 1965 was the basis for every V12 that came after it up to and including the Murcielago version from 2002 pushing 650whp, which is nuts.
Anyway, Gandini would later design the Countach, which in cocaine white with a high waist model on the ludicrously shaped rear wing was every 80s boy's poster above the bed. Then he went to BMW and designed the first 5series. Then back to Lamborghini to design the prototype for the Diablo, a bunch of Alfa Romeos, some legendary Renaults, a few Maseratis (I still drool at any and every Quattroporte I see in the wild) and last but least, he designed some of the most era defining racecars Lancia ever built. His proportions are so perfect, whenever I see it and then have to get back to reality, I feel like I'm in the Rick&Morty episode where Rick is dared to build something "truly level", builds a small square where everything is balanced at an atomic level, Morty steps in and when he steps back into reality, everything is excruciatingly crooked. That's how his designs makes me feel.
The Stratos was first shown to the public in 1971 in Turin, Italy. The chassis is a steel space frame with integrated roll cage, the engine is a torquey 2.4 Liter 90° V6 from the Ferrari Dino making close to 200hp. Needless to say, everyone lost their flipping minds in '71. There had never existed a car before the Miura with that layout and the Stratos was the first with such stunted proportions, the wheelbase is only 85 inches. In the 70s, usually the best attempt anyone made at building a racecar based on a production vehicle was: "Take the biggest engine we got and smash it in our lightest front engined- rear wheel drive chassis". The Stratos was a way more refined one-off approach, even though it's layout left way more on the table and would later be simplified and upgraded through the 037. The whole purpose of rear weight distribution is more pronounced oversteer for quick direction changes and traction on the rear axle while sliding. But as everyone who's played any racing sim knows: most often sliding isn't faster than keeping traction. That's the real key to the Stratos and 037: Don't slide around corners at massive angle but instead try to find the edge of mechanical grip of the rear axle and keep it mostly tidy. The corner speeds those cars get on new tires is even greater than the modern rally cars can do because they weigh next to nothing, mostly because a crash in the old car means you're *very* likely to die and the new ones have some crash protection. The Stratos' rally version weighs in at just 890kg which is 1.940lbs, while modern regs stipulate every car with driver and navigator must be at least 1.350kg which is 2975lbs. You can imagine how much more nimble and agile those old chassis are, even though most components on modern cars are overhauled versions, many times more capable than the antiques.
Phew, once again I had loads more to say than I thought. Anywho, hope you have a great day, today is one of the first days since Covid I get to play music in front of other people and I'm kinda excited :) Cheers!
Here in finland lada racing cars based ladas own engine and get 150- 190hp. Fiat twincam engines goes there allmost straigt.
2:29 Toyota Corolla Hatchback
3:06 Opel / Vauxhall Corsa B
3:36 Citroen DS3
3:57 Kia Rio
6:06 Piaggio Ape (engine from a Honda CBR 600RR.)
7:12 Opel Manta 400
7:30 Renault Clio S1600
7:42 Peugeot 206 GTI
9:38 Ford Escort Cosworth
10:49 Fiat 126
11:08 Peugeot 205 T16
11:36 Ford Sierra
12:35 Subaru Legacy RS
Another great video iwrocker cool to see that black Lotus Sunbeam from the very early 80s
The Kia here isn't a rally car. It's a privately build World Rallycross car, built by former WRC driver (and podium finisher) Gigi Galli. I think he only did a couple of World Rallycross events in it, now he is mainly using it for show-driving like this :)
I know I'm late to the party, but as an American SCCA member who has always enjoyed his roads 'curvy instead of round', vintage (called "historic" elsewhere) are frequently driven by rich amateurs who have bought/restored the cars.
Don't want to imply that there's anything wrong with your own skill, but we just 'get away with it' because curvy roads are *slower* than ovals. There's nobody here who bought an old Bobby Issac Superbird and tried to run 200mph at Talladega in it. Still damn fun to see the cars again, though. But you already know that.
Every once in a while, an older 'legend' shows up with a helmet in hand - and blows our minds. Some of the best experiences I've ever had in motorsport. "Just like what I saw on TV when I was a kid!!" :D
This event takes place in Italy I think October or September. Near San Remo . It is one of two bigger rally gatherings in mainland Europe the other is in Germany . I was lucky enough to have seen Group B back in the day and Group 4 that came before . Quattro were crazy loud , my first memories of the Quattro are from the 1985 Lombard RAC Rally hearing all this crazy whistling and popping and backfires getting closer and closer then it blasting into view through the trees and quickly flying past your view point before vanishing back into the wood .Group B was crazy for those brief few years . But I have to say the Startos is even louder than a Quattro I filmed one a few years back at a classic rally even getting ready to launch into the Demo Stage and my whole body was been shaken even the Camera was vibrating in my hands , I had not ear plugs nothing simple an amazing car with the Ferrari engine. Lancia were the kings of crazy Rally cars and are sadly missed in the world of rallying
In the late 80's begin 90's Mazda introduced diesel rally-cars that affectionately where called vacuum cleaners because of the suctioning sound of their turbo's . We are blessed in our country with two rally's that are really known , the Ypres rally ( Ieper) and the Condroz rally .
4:54 Lacia Stratos', at least the first generation, had a Ferrari Dino 2.4L V6 mounted in a latitudinal orientation. It put out 190ish HP, and it took a *lot* of cajoling the Old Man to sign off letting Lancia use the engine as he saw the car as a competitor to the Ferrari Dino. It was only when they said it was for the rally cars only that he signed off.... and then two years later, Lancia released the Stratos Stradale, or road legal version of the rally car 🤣
Hey, I live in Belgium Europe and I've been attending Rally regurarly ever since the eighties.
I can spot the make of a rally car just by hearing it's engine revving echo approaching through the forest.
In the eighties (group B era) Rally was even more popular than Formula 1 in Europe.
Now, new since about 10 years, is the revival of Historic Rally cars from the '70's and 80's. Loved by us older rallyfans but also often by newer fans just joining the Rally-fan-culture.
7:14 : The 'Opel' is the most known and loved General Motor car ever sold in Europe.
I'm excited if you can find out witch make it is.
I will never forget the Galway International Rally (in Ireland) in 2004, the first time I was there…
When 5-times Irish tarmac rally champion Eugene Donnelly (Check him out!) was on the starting ramp with his Toyota Corolla WRC; and the presenter interviewed him and then said: "Give us some of the aul' turbo bang!", and Eugene D. revved the thing up 5 yards away from my ears… Bappappappappappappapp!
In-fucking-sane!
Last I checked, there was a requirement to sell a certain number of road legal versions of the cars before manufacturers could race. Thus giving the feeling of being closer to the real world and therefore more attainable for the common person than many other motorsports.
Group B rules demanded manufacturers to produce 250 road legal versions of the car in order to compete in the category. The future Group S would've lowered that to only 150 and with less restrictions.
Dude i love your videos. Im sure you are gonna love the group b rallycross from 80s, Ford rs 200 or porsche 911 with 800bhp , AWD bmw m3 with 700 bhp....CRAZY stuf
Porsches have actually been doing rallying since forever. Ok most privateers with factory support. They did Dakar and they usually run the R-GT class in the ERC
i loved the video! great as always!
I think you would be looking at the new, retro Stratos. Stratos goes back quite a bit to the 70's - hence why you may not have viewed older rallies.
The Subaru Legacy is a Liberty in Australia due to Australia's Legacy House, an institution to support families of war veterans.
Australia has MANY unique names of cars, not used in other markets, for various reasons.
Lancia stratos had a v6 out of a ferrari in it,hence why it sounds soooooo good
the 5 cyl twin tone sound is produced by inequal cylinders per exhaust (3+2). It's more like a harmonic than a tone.There are other 5-cylinder engines. Volvo has one and produces a similar sound (also 5 to 2+3 exhausts), I've heard it for real while I was passenger in one. When audi switched to the 4-cylinder engine in their quattros, the special sound was also gone. Victim of technology progressing I guess.
Lucky me they came back, my Audi RS3 doesn't sound that bad.
Raw and satisfying. You said it man!
man that raw 6 cylinder sound of the Stratos at 4:25 to 4:30 sounds so freaking insane
7:31 , one of the best rally feeling I ever had, being close to a Clio as it shift a gear up! It like an explosion right next to you! You could hear those thing miles away. And the best part is that I had the opportunity to ride in one of those a few year ago, you would not believe how fast those things accelerate for a FWD!
That Stratos is a blast from the past for me. My favourite rally car as a kid in the 70s! Not sure where or when the clip you showed was filmed though.
Rally legend in San Marino and/or nearest Italian-San Marino border, i don't remember the year though
Best of hill climb monsters group b edition would be a good video to check out, it gives you the car name and some specs so you can learn a bit more about group b’s
6:15 highly moiled Indian Tuctuc 12:50 Lotus Talbot Sunbeam
Probably started out as a Piaggio Ape
That was a Piaggio Ape (thank to Richard that he notice before me) car with a 600cc Honda engine, is not Indian but was exported for the indian market too
The black car at the end is a 1980 mk1 vauxhall Astra GTE 16v, sold in the rest of Europe as the Opal kaddett. My best mate had one, an absolute rocket of a car that would still blow the doors off the mk3 escorts in the late 90s. These are as rare rocking horse shit nowadays.
The 3 wheeler is an Ape (bee in Italian) it's basically a vespa with 3 wheels, a cab and a mini truck bed but here in Italy people modify them and race them, there are smaller ones with 2 stroke engines and bigger ones with sport bike or car engine
6:25 Lighting McQueen when he was a kid
The red 3 wheeler is a piaggio ape. Made in Italy as a cheap commercial transport, the Italian's decided to race them by replacing the 50cc to 125cc engines with 600cc motorcycle engines.
06:11 that little thing with lightning McQueen livery was sick 😂
the popping that the cars make is a system called "anti-lag" where the engine fires a bit extra fuel through the system to have more exhaust gases to keep the turbo spinning, keeping the power up.
Because of its rear-wheel drive and rear-located engine, Lancia Stratos was one of the most difficult cars to drive. The 3.0-liter engine was manufactured by Ferrari, with a famous label on it "Ferrari for Lancia"
There's a guy called Guy Martin, he's actually a living legend and apparently a genuine guy. Has a few records to his name. He has a recent series of TH-cam vids doing up a Piaggio Ape to race in Italy. But his vids you must check out.. he is a genuine petrol head amongst other things
11:20 Lada 07 / VAZ 2107 rally version Lada VFTS original is only 64 HP but that "thing " 175 hp" wheight onli 1007 kg / 2231 lbs.
The fun thing is that some of these are more than 30 years old cars that can be put in a museum or in someone's garage, but they choose them to thrash them around in their full glory and keep the legacy alive
The bangs and pops from the exhaust were deliberately tuned in, in order to keep the turbo spooled up on a closed throttle/over-run. I've forgotten the name of the development guy, but his nickname was 'Mr Bang Bang' in the trade. So few experts are involved with so many different manufacturers, doing their magic for each of them. Even today, there are very few genuine experts, and they're shared by many, many manufacturers to get the best from their vehicles. It isn't really art, more like that some scientists are orders of magnitude better than the rest.
The white Audi with the extra front and rear wing, and the yellow Peugeot that looks “about ready to take flight” are both Pikes Peak Hillclimb cars. They ran back when the road up the mountain in Colorado was gravel, and are some supreme legends!
Just a heads up on the topic, the 100th Pikes Peak International Hillclimb is June 26th, in case you wanna check it out this Sunday.