Robin
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The rules of Group B (the 80s WRC) meant that they had to build 200 road cars.
Ford built 200 cars, and converted some of them to full Group B spec.
Group B was banned because too many spectators were killed, as they were so fast, the crowds were huge 
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Eck
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Originally posted by Robin
The rules of Group B (the 80s WRC) meant that they had to build 200 road cars.
Ford built 200 cars, and converted some of them to full Group B spec.
Group B was banned because too many spectators were killed, as they were so fast, the crowds were huge
Yeah and the crowd thought it would be ok to walk infront of the cars etc. To avoid people dying why not limit the crowd, or get rid of the crowd completely as it was blatantly obvious a car was going to crash from time to time with such high powered machines 
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Robin
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I think it was the cars plouging into the crowds who were at a 'safe distance' which did it.
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Eck
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The safe distance was clearly false then.
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Robin
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Indeed, but they didn't know that until the accidents happened  Idiots.
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Eck
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Somes it up tbh. To rectify the problem they banned the most exciting part of the sport
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Mike GSi
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the spectators must have been on drugs.
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Robin
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Peoples lives come first unfortunately
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Eck
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Don't get me wrong it is a tragedy for people to die But its the people who tried to calculate the "safe distance" from the cars's fault, not the cars themselves.
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Mike GSi
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i need to start getting some early nights. stert my new job on monday!
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by mattwhite
what does everyone think about this?
Its about 10 mins from my house 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-RS-200-650-BHP-EVOLUTION_W0QQitemZ130074757593QQihZ003QQcategoryZ9844QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
You've just never got 100 grand spare when you need it have you 
Great registration number too 
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Monster
Surely it's not worth £99,995
A new cylinder block would set you back 20k now, never mind the rest of the car.
Road spec car was 55k when new.
They built 200 of them.
There are not 200 left.
The sky is the limit as far as costing/pricing new or used Evo models
It is pristine and one owner
It has an appropriate plate
It is late registered
It is a Grp B car
There are significantly more people in the world that want one of these than there are cars in existence. More importantly, there are also significantly more people in the world that want one, and that have the money to buy one, than there are cars to buy.
Yes, it is worth £99,995. In fact i'm rather surprised it isn't advertised for more. 
This car is to the automotive world, what a perfect Faberge egg would be to the antique world.
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by KROOZUK-BEN
but even jeremy clarkson couldn't keep one on the track so surely it's just aa show piece more than anything else. imagine the repair costs!
What do you mean ''EVEN''?
He can't drive for toffee!
He managed to drive an XJR15 into a camera car on an empty air strip.
He is a POOR driver by anyone's standards.
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Demo
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best car ever created imo
no other company since has ever got such a good mix of power and looks and pulled it off with such style and class
a piece of design and engineering history imo. the ultimate car
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by Stoneyginger
just read it and now understand why this is a 2.1 i would eat my right arm to have one of these
Throw in a bollock and it's yours.
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deano87
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If it is so rare, and so expensive, and so sought after, why, oh why is he selling it on eBay? Surely you'd auction if off, or go to some specialist dealer in London etc?!
That's just my opinion anyway.
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SVM 286
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The amazing thing about the 200, (and all other homologated cars for that matter) was that (if you had 50ish grand upwards to spare in 1986) you could ACTUALLY buy the cars that were competing on the international stage.
They weren't replicas or marketting ploys or lookalikes, you could purchase the ACTUAL SODDING CAR that was being raced on the thousand lakes or similar.
When you sit back and realy think about that fact, it's pretty bloody amazing.
Pretty much invalidates anything else carwise since the 427 Cobra.
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SVM 286
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It would be like a football fan being given the option to purchase his own david beckham clone to use as his own personal bitch.
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A1EX
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Originally posted by SVM 286
It would be like a football fan being given the option to purchase his own david beckham clone to use as his own personal bitch.
thats worth 100k easy 
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Marc
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Group B were  I'd have one in my line of converted stables if I was a rich bastard!
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cunningham
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have to agree one of the best motoring masterpieces of all time
seen one racing at knockhill a few years back nothing could touch it amazin
Bring back group B
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