Ok first of all don't compare a french hot hatch with an Astra
You said *hardcore* to me that means no sound deadening no fancy wheels lightweight etc etc
Which would be the Rallye
still slow in comparison though...
Mk2 HGT vs 106 GTi/Saxo VTS
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Mk2 HGT vs 106 GTi/Saxo VTS
still slow in comparison though...
speed is never everything.
look at a porsche cayenne - very fast, but by no means hardcore.
i still wouldnt mind a 1.3 rallye just have other aspirations!
look at a porsche cayenne - very fast, but by no means hardcore.
i still wouldnt mind a 1.3 rallye
just have other aspirations!
i do find it difficult to compare with things that i only see in my rear view mirror.Ok first of all don't compare a french hot hatch with an Astra
You said *hardcore* to me that means no sound deadening no fancy wheels lightweight etc etc
Which would be the Rallye
yeah fair enough, using that definition the rallye is more hardcore.
The Series 1 106 Rallye had a hand built 1294cc 8v TU2J2/L/Z MFZ engine for homologation purposes for the then 1300cc limit on that rally class produces 100bhp@7200rpm & does 0-62 in little over 9.3secs, though that doesn't give full picture of how expliotable it is as a car. Series 2 8.8secs from bigger 1.6L engine, though having driven both not as much fun. 106GTi is more of teh same, faster more civilised, but not so hardcore or fun.
The Series 1 106 rallye is the ONLY supermini given 5 stars by EVO Mag and having owned one and having a mate with a Corsa GSi it was very easy to leave it trailing when driving cross country or on a track, the Corsa chassis is not in same league and the brakes are not as strong.
I'd have another Rallye in an instant and if I could justify owning 3 cars I would.
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/cardata/
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weird, my own experience is very different.
when i was 19 i had an AX GT, one mate had a corsa GSI, another had a 1.3rallye and another had a brand new 106quicksilver.
we raced each other regularly. our favorite track was mostly 3rd gear with 2nd gear corners and the occasional 4th gear straight.
one thing you could be sure of, the quicksilver was always last and the corsa was always first. my AX was usually second (fastest down the straights but slowest on the corners
). the rallye was mostly 3rd, unless he managed to get past me on a corner and i couldn't get past him again on the next straight, then it was usually game over for me because few of the straights were long enough to catch up and overtake both before the next corner. traffic provided the best opportuntities, and biggest risks. it was a lot of fun though, and in hindsight not very fast.and then there was pedo mike with his cavalier GSi. he could destroy any of us, even if he had 4 schoolgirls in with him.
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I'd go as far as saying the HGT is the worse looking of the three!
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