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The Story Of The Metro 6R4 PART FIVE
A look at the Competition history of the Metro 6R4, from it's design to it's last World Rally, the 1986 RAC.
We then follow the Austin Rover Works drivers, Tony Pond and Malcolm Wilson through the 1986 season.
We also look at the 6R4 in the British Open Championship.
Genesis to Revelation Part 5 of 5.
We then follow the Austin Rover Works drivers, Tony Pond and Malcolm Wilson through the 1986 season.
We also look at the 6R4 in the British Open Championship.
Genesis to Revelation Part 5 of 5.
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The Story Of The Metro 6R4 PART FOUR
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A look at the Competition history of the Metro 6R4, from it's design to it's last World Rally, the 1986 RAC. We then follow the Austin Rover Works drivers, Tony Pond and Malcolm Wilson through the 1986 season. We also look at the 6R4 in the British Open Championship. Genesis to Revelation Part 4 of 5.
The Story Of The Metro 6R4 PART THREE
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A look at the Competition history of the Metro 6R4, from it's design to it's last World Rally, the 1986 RAC. We then follow the Austin Rover Works drivers, Tony Pond and Malcolm Wilson through the 1986 season. We also look at the 6R4 in the British Open Championship. Genesis to Revelation Part 3 of 5.
The Story Of The Metro 6R4 PART TWO
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A look at the Competition history of the Metro 6R4, from it's design to it's last World Rally, the 1986 RAC. We then follow the Austin Rover Works drivers, Tony Pond and Malcolm Wilson through the 1986 season. We also look at the 6R4 in the British Open Championship. Genesis to Revelation Part 2 of 5.
The Story Of The Metro 6R4 PART ONE
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A look at the Competition history of the Metro 6R4, from it's design to it's last World Rally, the 1986 RAC. We then follow the Austin Rover Works drivers, Tony Pond and Malcolm Wilson through the 1986 season. We also look at the 6R4 in the British Open Championship. This film is called Genesis to Revelation and is Part 1 of 5.
Rallycross at Mondello Park 1990
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Roger Newbould and Tony Bardy fighting it out, I seem to remember Roger's Brakes jammed on in the re-run.
Ben Bowlby meets Frank Durney at Lotus International
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A young Ben Bowlby visits Frank Durney's Lotus factory to learn about racing car design
V8 supercar lap of sandown
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Greg murphy shows how a lap of sandown is done.
It was the spectators fault not the rally drivers. If you had half a brain you learn which curve to stand on or which corner a car might go off on. Fast corners are fun but be up high It's because they can't drive. For spectators to stand mid stage on a dangerous corner is stupid.we had whistles to warn the car approaching and we used to shout car!!! It's all about inertia you know.
Or even Frank Dernie
Tony pond a wat legend wel spoken
Are you on Smack? It's Frank Dernie
And that's sadly the end of groub B
End of an era that we'll never see again.
2:09 the car look uterly damaged but still goes as fast as ever before
This car takes corners like you wouldn't believe it
Why in video RECCOMATIONS
Still in my top ten cars I want to own I believe if group B lasted another few years I believe the 6r4 would have been turbo charged ie engine that ended up in the Xj220.
Frank Dernie is an F1 legend.
He was pretty intense back then. He's mellowed out heaps since retirement. What I find interesting in this clip was Frank had an idea about the benefits of tuning vortices to his advantage but the research into Computer Flow Dynamics was still a ways off.
To anyone interested in watching the full documentary, google search : "Equinox: The Nuts And Bolts Of Ben Bowlby".
frank dernie 4fsake !
not the cars at fault, but stupid insane people standing in the path, organisers at fault to for letting them do that!!!
I HAVE to watch the full documentary. Help PLEASE!
I feel sorry for cash strapped Austin Rover, they just underestimated the massive advance in turbo engines, left foot braking, which more than made up for their turbo lag against the normally aspirated metro, You can hear Tony Pond describing how the metro was 6 secs a mile quicker than any other car on the metros maiden voyage at some local rally, and Tony said, "has to be about 3 secs faster then the quattro", proving that Austin Rover had the 360 hp LWB quattro in mind when they built the Metro. despite the maestro David Wood and Williams GP racing team doing almost, if not all the difficult engine, chassis stuff, the Group B monsters that spawned in 1983/84/85/86 left the poor Metro leaving Group B rallying after 1 1/2 years with not a single world championship win.
The Metro 6R4 was only homologated for the World Rally Championship on the 1985 Lombard RAC rally, where it finished third.
best sounding engine tho
got a sub for the upload
I like this circuit. Hate Phillip island
Had a Cavalier SRI130 and 93 redtop and a Vectra 2.2 SRI petrol with a few bits done to the lazy engine but loved them all the 130 would smoke right up into 4th gear class motors
I too remember the footage on tv and would love to see it on here or obtain a copy on dvd
The problem was that the engine was fundamentally flawed. It was very unreliable & suffered a variety of problems throughout its "works" usage. David Wood had a racing/technical background & no experience of the rigor's of top level rallying & made no allowances for this with the engine regularly suffering terminal damage due to stones & debris being ingested into the cam-belt system. Another problem was that the guy in charge had no real idea on how to run a competition department & was running his own agenda which ultimately led to him spending time on an enforced holiday at her majesty's pleasure.
Mike thefoto how did John davenport come to end up doing time?
i would kill to own that monster.
+Soulware3D i would kill millons of ppl to own that car
the "new" one is near on 20 yrs old, making me feel old...
Cool!!!
Ben Bowlby is as good as Adrian Newey of not better! Just doesn't have the attention Newey gets.
This video neatly highlights everything that was wrong with late 90's supertouring. The rate of development was crazy and totally unsustainable. The Cavalier was only two years old at the time. The manufacturers were allowed to change too much on the cars, the fact that the guy says that the engine was 'in the wrong place' speaks volumes.
Why is the Vectra left-hand drive if it's a) a Vauxhall and b) driving in the BTCC?
I have no proove, but lets share my theory. Opel was already running a Super Touring Car (Opel Vectra) in Germany for a few years, after the old DTM died. So when Vauxhall retired the Cavalier, it was probably easier, to grab the already existing Vectra (and to take advantage of the made experience with the car) from Germany and just re-brand it. But as i said, i have no proove for that, but if i would have been a higher-up at Vauxhalls at those days, i would also not have had a car re-built completely, just for steering wheel fittings and other details.
Seems logical, same sort of thing with the BMW 3 series I suppose.
dtmfan German championchip Opels and british Vauxhalls were developed independently. No idea why the Vauxhall is LHD
Ian Harrison (Triple Eight owner) said they prefer to you use left cars as it allows a better field of view around most corners on the clockwise circuits on the BTCC calender. They are still doing the same in their current MG machines
dtmfan The BTCC Vectra was well known for using the STW aero package, just like the 406 - it's why they struggled.
Really, a very flawed Groub B rallycar, mainly because of the engine. Hopelessly slow against the competition, especially against the likes of the 205 Turbo 16 or the Delta S4 which were the fastest of these monsters.
400bhp from a naturally aspirated engine is not good? Considering that the engine was never fully developed makes your statement flawed. So how many other cars was it hopelessly slow against? Tony Pond and others demonstrated the potential of the car. I should imagine that you were one of the many that slagged off Paddy Hopkirk's efforts in the Monte Carlo,driving a Mini Cooper....just another "very flawed and underpowered" vehicle..You really are mediocre.
They don't make cool cars anymore
the head is back to front not the engine in the wrong place lol swindon performance for you
My all time favourite BTCC era.
kr0pp if the volvo was terrible for you means you are the worst driver ever, even an old lady can drive a volvo and you ..... I'm sorry for you, go buy a kids bike and leave cars world because you have no chance to survive here...
I have recently found the video/s if the boulby special during my ownership. Also ALL the sprint/hillclimb records of its wins etc. Also a magazine with a multipage articel of it in from 1991? with Ben etc... I am SO glad its getting rebuilt, I never had the time, so passed it on... I lost track of it, but glad to see Simon green has made such a good job of things! (Chuckled to see some of my "engineering" still on it!!) email me if you like mattrumney@tiscali.co.uk
Got the last of the S40 T4's (year 2000), I have had more powerful cars but none as quick and responsive as this, I love it!! 200BHP and great handling around the roads of Cornwall with a top speed close to 150mph, a real wolf in sheep's clothing
love how the old btcc cars are just slammed to the floor with rock hard suspension lol now wonder they rolled so easy when they made contact in a corner
Visit our facebook page, Simon Green Motorsport, for the latest updates... car was due out this weekend but this has had to be put on hold due to the customers work commitments.... will now be out on the 20th of May....
the btcc car in the video (and all other btcc volvos) run a naturally aspirated inline 5, no turbo!
Would love to see the original Ben Bowlby programme too as i remember it as a young kid on ch4? i think it was
Opel ❤
bonito video buenos motores...
The death of a legend
I've got a '99 V40 and WILL one day put it in the garage and T5 it. I've got a boner already...
nice video . . .btcc the best . . .racing car
Thanks a lot for posting these 5 parts of the Metro's story.
Isn't it a 4 inline cylinders? It sounds a bit like a 5 inline to me I've the doubt now xD
Thank you very much. After Chris Harris' video this week I think you will find a few Pistonheaders heading this way!
I remember watching some of the testing on the news. Nice to see it again. Good job. Thanks.
They should do another one with the NGTC Insignia now. Got all of the season reviews on DVD since 1994. Love the BTCC
No, spectators were killed out of their own stupidity by standing IN the fcking road and running into the centre of it after a car passes! I feel sorry for the drivers having to of put up with suck COMPLETE IMBECILES standing millimetres from the edge of the track. You cretins took away Group B, not the fantastic drivers or their machines. IDIOTS.
Really good, makes me very nostalgic. Thanks.