...of an RS200 Out the front doing some work in the garden yesterday and a beautiful fully stickered up rally rep came past - sounded amazing when he gunned it in 2nd and 3rd. I hadn't seen one of the move before - quite an incredible sight. Just as I got back to my gardening I heard a more familiar rumble and a blue Blobeye STi came past the other way

 

I had a race with one of these near Brands Hatch on my R1, thing was a rocket!!

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1175944.htm

bargin

bloody hell though thats fast 2.1 sec 0-60 but i think that was 650 bhp

 

would rather have these three 2011 Sti, R35 and an Evo x for that price.

 

WRX: was it the real thing, though?
A company called RSEvo did a replica a few years back used the original moulds for the shell, the suspension etc was as the real thing, but it used running gear from a Sierra RS Cossie.

They were apparently nicer to drive trhan the real thing and could be put on the road for under £18,000, with EVERYTHING.

 

That looks awesome (to me), but i kinda feel it will be one of those "dont meet your hero's moments" to drive. Things have moved on so much since the 80's.....would love a shot in that though, interior looks great....love it.

 

Could well have been a replica - to be fair I wouldn't have known - either way it looked and sounded the business. I live just up from an old castle - it's a popular weekend resort for lots of petrolheads - so get all sorts of exotica driving past - this was my fave to date though - it was that good.

 

Yeah, it's hard to tell.
The replicas were RWD, not 4wd, but they used the same Cossie motor, exhausts etc, so SOUND and LOOK the biz.

I was all set to have one, then the wife decided on a house in France instead......... for which we are still paying for renovations, only now at €1.10 instead of €1.62 when we bought

 

theres a bloke that does 0-60 runs at silverstone in one, ford fair etc

bloody amazing beasts, pretty much always the quickest thing there when ive been
apart from the odd mad escort cosworth or a prev gen cossie powered fiesta