Sure, with low hp you’ll notice about how the gearbox is either set up towards acceleration or low rpm cruising at highway speeds. My Volvo 142 with a 80hp B20A can get up to 60 mph on most onramps, but cruising at that speed is very loud..

New cars don’t need any more than 115 hp, at least not if it’s a diesel with a good gearbox. An example is the Volvo V70 D2, which fully loaded with people and luggage can perfectly keep up in the middle/outer lane on the Autobahn.

Saab 96

I guess changing the name didn’t help the case. Here it was called the Scorpio all the way (like the Merkur in the states), but it’s still considered one of the worst facelifts of all time.

I know most of the users here are American, but...

I can’t help but thinking about Petter Solberg in Tour de Corse, 2003. After rolling in shakedown he was 45 seconds behind the lead after the first few stages, but on day 2 it started raining and the hunt for Sebastien Loeb and everyone else began..

Ford Scorpio, the first minor facelift was a good one. The second? Not so much.

I imagine taking a shower would be quite hard.

Petter Solberg.

Foust is actually doing 5 WorldRX events this year, with two of them already done. Several other GRC-regulars are expected to enter at the Canadian event later this year, as Sverre Isachsen and Joni Wiman did last year. Ken Block did two events last year, and Dave Mirra entered at Hockenheim earlier this year.

The first rallycross event at Lydden Hill was held in 1967. That’s 48 years ago! The driver with the most European event wins, Martin Schanche, won 74 events through three decades. Two of his competitors, Kenneth Hansen and Tommy Kristoffersson, now runs teams in the WorldRX with their sons as their drivers.…

For the US guys: FIA World Rallycross Championship.

You can.

Here in Norway cars 30 years or older pay about 15 % of the regular annual road tax. They also have a very low insurance if you drive it less than 7000 km a year.

Sure it would be more interesting, but it would still look like a car for old people. What’s even more interesting is that the EVO was called the Carisma GT in some markets!

Works better with the Mk2, especially the rally version:

Well it was kind of fitting on all the previous generations.

Isn’t that just a Geländewagen on steroids? Translated it means terrain vehicle, which is just what it is.

Easy. The Mitsubishi Carisma.

Volcanoes + Rally cars = Awesome