M16KE B
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lotus sunbeam talbot has nothing to do with group B. its a grp 4 car like a MK2 RS1800 or Chevette HS.
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jr
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technically it proberly was a group b car, same as a manta 400, as it was part of the crossover from the old fia group ratings
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TwoBadMice
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NovagteUK Has been reading too many Max Power mags
I really wish people would research fully what they are talking about before spouting off crap and copying and pasting from Google Search's
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nova_gteuk
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Originally posted by TwoBadMice
NovagteUK Has been reading too many Max Power mags
I really wish people would research fully what they are talking about before spouting off crap and copying and pasting from Google Search's
Im a big fan off talbot sunbeams,my dads mate has a sunbeam Ti,theyre one of my fav cars,so i know what im talking about thanx 
So how about a cup off "shut the fuck up?"
[Edited on 03-07-2008 by nova_gteuk]
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R1CH
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I had the joys of going on a RS200 - rallyx one
That one is worth at least 150k ! does 0-60 in 1.8 seconds!!
I had bruises from the harnesses from the amount of G the car was pulling in corners and braking!
But the Group B car for me has to be the Audi !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV9lFCGtwMU
[Edited on 03-07-2008 by R1CH]
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sam-smith
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t16 or audi quattro they dominated group b
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Tom
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^^ Didn't stig blomquist own an 6/7/800bhp rs200? Mind it being featured in CCC a few years ago?!
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Jambo
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Originally posted by Nath
Furry muff.
Love the 355, my favourite car of all time.
Mine too!!
A/s/l/pics?
xx
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Nath
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Originally posted by Jambo
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Originally posted by Nath
Furry muff.
Love the 355, my favourite car of all time.
Mine too!!
A/s/l/pics?
xx
u2u sent
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Nath
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Originally posted by Fad
I would...I mean what ferrai/lambo/porshe will worth what you bought them for in say 5 years time?
Well maintained 355 isn't going to depreciate much at all.
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Daimo B
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There were 3 versions of the RS200.
The road going 250bhp 1.8T version. Wank.
An RallyX version with around 450-650bhp. Slightly slower to 60mph than the Evo version (like .2).
An Evo version, used on Rallying, between 600-800bhp,), but 0-100 was something stupidly fast like 5-6 seconds. This was the quickest accelerating version at just over 2 seconds to 60mph
JR - You know opposite the train station in Longfield where they pulled down the garage and put in houses (next to Dolly Diner), he used to sponser my old mans bike racing fuel, he had a RIGHT hand drive original RS200. It was actually used in the Rallying, the full works Evo model. Paid £250,000 for it back in (counts back.... ) about eerrrrrr 1990. He put it in the showroom and it never moved until he sold it when he chucked the garage in....
Im pretty sure this is the actual car, it did had ?200??? on the plate, i remember that.
Evo turned into the Pikes Peak hillclimb car (was un-successful on the race track after rally bannings).
[Edited on 04-07-2008 by VXR]
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Superlite Ltd.
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Nice wheels on that last one 
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Baskey
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one of the greatest cars of all time imo
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jr
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VXR - yeah i remember mate
technically there was only 2 rs200 versions
the 1.8 BDT and the evo, which was 2.1 BDT-E engine
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R1CH
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Don't know if you can see this, but heres my ride in a rs200
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=15779451834
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by nova_gteuk
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Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by nova_gteuk
The car that ruined the group b rally,no thanx.
Id rather a Talbot sunbeam 
Ruined it?  My head would actually blow up with excitement knowing what cars I could buy for that.
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at Rally Portugal, a Ford RS200 was involved in one of the most dramatic accidents in WRC history, claiming the lives of 3 spectators and injuring many others.The accident at Rally Portugal set off a chain reaction and the RS200 became obsolete after only one full year of competition as the FIA, the governing board which at the time controlled WRC rally racing, abolished Group B after the 1986 season.
After the accident they couldnt even sell the rs200,ford lost thousands because off it. 
No, Ford lost millions in development costs due to the knee jerk reaction of the governing body in abolishing the class, as did every other manufacturer running/developing Grp B cars. Safety should have been addressed. Not the class eradicated.
And they could sell the cars. That's why they all sold. Not hard though considering they only had 200 cars to sell and they are among the finest, rarest, most impressive and enigmatic pieces of machinery (motorsport based or otherwise) ever produced.
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Fad
I would...I mean what ferrai/lambo/porshe will worth what you bought them for in say 5 years time?
Or at least 11k more 22 years after.
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Darkside-Dee
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Originally posted by SVM 286
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Originally posted by Darkside-Dee
if i remember correctly that car is in the same group as the rover metro 6r4 and that means its banned from road use
Dee, was the person who enlightened you with that little gem, smoking a particularly fat rock of crack at the time having already done a speed ball and some Angel Dust?
try nar? its in the same group as a 6r4, been banned from road use, i found this out cos i knew the 6r4 had been banned!
 Sorry Dee, it seems you are actually the crack fiend.
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steveboyslim
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I would suggest anyone posting information about the Ford RS200 look at www.rs200.org
Steve
[Edited on 07-07-2008 by steveboyslim]
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jr
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nicely rounded up steve
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Laura
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i wouldnt. its ugly.
66,000 is a lotta cash!
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SVM 286
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*shakes head in despair*
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Rainey
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i wudnt either... tis f'ugly!
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SVM 286
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You wouldn't have the option.
What would you consider a good looking car btw?
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Ryk
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
I would...I mean what ferrai/lambo/porshe will worth what you bought them for in say 5 years time?
Can't see these losing much money to be fair....
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/523718.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/595307.htm
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