Stig is a lovely bloke. Back in 96 I was marshalling at Rally Australia. He broke down at my marhsalling point and I had the pleasure of driving him and his co-driver back to the stage start in my 94 Celica GT-Four Group A Rallye. He and his co-driver were worried about putting mud in my car, but I couldn't have given two hoots! One of my fondest motorsport memories. Looks like a great event.
Since Stig Blomqvist arrived at Audi at the end of 1982, he adapted to the car perfectly. The main reason, apart from the fact that he was a top driver with already accumulated experience, was that from the beginning he was used to driving Saabs with front-wheel drive and also with turbo engines. These cars with a clear understeering tendency helped him a lot to understand the way of driving the Audi quattro, which, although it is all-wheel drive, has a clearly understeering behavior with the engine hanging from the front axle, which inevitably means that with so much weight in front the engine does not transmit more. torque to the rear axle than to the front, which is what the car would have needed to be more agile in corner.
I saw Stig many years ago at the Autosport show at the NEC,He limped over to a Quattro S1 and absolutely rang it's neck in the arena,It was spectacular,the noise inside a big shed was mind blowing...both Legends.
Lovely jubbly. A mate of mine navigates for a lad who ran an ex-works Escort WRC in the North West. He ended up selling that car to Ken Block after Ken rolled his first Escort WRC and it burnt to the ground. Unfortunately Ken's gone, but his daughter Lia is pretty handy behind the wheel. She's driven the Hoonicorn quite a bit. It's got 1400bhp, and she's still only 17. She'll be out in the Escort at some point. There isn't much which can match the sound of the UR Quattro or the 6R4. The V8 Firenza makes a lovely sound too. I think I saw the original Stig down at Goodwood FOS one year. Nice to see the old Group 4 / Group B cars being given a bit of exercise still.
Absolute legend my dad was lucky enough to see stig Blomquist in action in and around the 80s I think it was the old RAC rally and my dad said he can remember seeing the brakes glowing through the wheels ,wish I was around in the group b days ,great video mate 👌👍
I've been waiting for this video ! I was co driving for Steve in the Evo 6 and to have you guys servicing next to us on the sunday was pretty sureal to be honest !! It was great to properly chat to you after the event was finished. Keep up the good work with the channel 👏
1985 my Auntie bought a Celica GT-Four, with it she was offered a Test Drive in a Rally Car. Of course she took it but there waa another surprise The Stig was the Driver and she lived every minute of it! Absolute Legend😊🤩
Had the pleasure of meeting Mr B at Dunton a number of years ago. Ford were developing a hill climb car with him. He took the time to chat. After he left us the guy taking us round said he had been out with him in the said car. Opposite lock,, 100mph plus, apparently with the car of course fully under control. The maestro was giving further development feedback in a calm considered voice as if he was sitting by the fire drinking tea. A breed apart!
That Street Quattro was in such beautiful condition, they were lovely cars, I had the great fortune to work for a dealer back in '87 and we had one of those, I got to drive it and boy was it a monster. Fun though. The funny thing was that while Austin (Leyland) were making a big noise about the Montego having a digital dashboard, so did the Quattro. And it was better. At least that's my opinion. Thanks so much for sharing this, it's lovely to see those old rally cars running, and the sound, so much better than today's cars.
Larry Chen has just featured a twin engine 350z on his youtube channel. Very very.. very interesting car. Is this the craziest twin engine car in existence? I'd love to hear your opinion on it
@@TwinEngineCorsa The longitudinal to transverse conversion has to be a 1st right? I've never seen that before. And I've seen a lot of T.E conversions starting with the Ian 'Dubsport' Birch cars, but I'm guessing you've seen them ALL 🤣
I was there. I can tell you I had a shower anyway in terms of rain lol. Tbh the mk2 escorts put on a show but most others were on a Sunday drive. The crowd's weren't allowed close to the action the fire works were laughable but had a good day.
That sound effect you use is from GTA, then the player dies. that a "negative" sound effect. as soon you hear it, you assume something bad happened in the video :P
Munari- Il Drago. His exploits in the Fulvia that year gave the factory a massive boost such was the demand for the Fulvia. He was pretty handy in a Stratos also.
The Fiat wasn’t a Strada at all, it was a Ritmo! Not too great on cars are you and, you failed to mention the Vauxhall Firenza that you probably had no idea what it was. I watched Stig many many times in the 1980’s in various group B cars. The Renault 5 isn’t a Turbo 2 at all as the giveaway is the Renault logo is central on the bonnet hence, it’s a mark 1! The same rule applied to the road cars also.
The reg on the Fiat is PYP 606Y. Which is a Strada. Not too great on cars are you. As for the Firenza I wasn’t near it enough to film properly, as for no idea in what it was. Search Vauxhall Big Bertha, I’ve ran cars along side this many time, so trust me I know what one is.
The original Stig and one of the best rally drives period! Could drive anything. Once followed him on a road section, which was sheet ice on the RAC rally, he was driving a Saab 96. Soon gave up as his car control was unbelievable on another planet..
Stig is a lovely bloke. Back in 96 I was marshalling at Rally Australia. He broke down at my marhsalling point and I had the pleasure of driving him and his co-driver back to the stage start in my 94 Celica GT-Four Group A Rallye. He and his co-driver were worried about putting mud in my car, but I couldn't have given two hoots! One of my fondest motorsport memories. Looks like a great event.
Since Stig Blomqvist arrived at Audi at the end of 1982, he adapted to the car perfectly. The main reason, apart from the fact that he was a top driver with already accumulated experience, was that from the beginning he was used to driving Saabs with front-wheel drive and also with turbo engines. These cars with a clear understeering tendency helped him a lot to understand the way of driving the Audi quattro, which, although it is all-wheel drive, has a clearly understeering behavior with the engine hanging from the front axle, which inevitably means that with so much weight in front the engine does not transmit more. torque to the rear axle than to the front, which is what the car would have needed to be more agile in corner.
I saw Stig many years ago at the Autosport show at the NEC,He limped over to a Quattro S1 and absolutely rang it's neck in the arena,It was spectacular,the noise inside a big shed was mind blowing...both Legends.
Lovely jubbly.
A mate of mine navigates for a lad who ran an ex-works Escort WRC in the North West. He ended up selling that car to Ken Block after Ken rolled his first Escort WRC and it burnt to the ground. Unfortunately Ken's gone, but his daughter Lia is pretty handy behind the wheel. She's driven the Hoonicorn quite a bit. It's got 1400bhp, and she's still only 17. She'll be out in the Escort at some point.
There isn't much which can match the sound of the UR Quattro or the 6R4. The V8 Firenza makes a lovely sound too.
I think I saw the original Stig down at Goodwood FOS one year.
Nice to see the old Group 4 / Group B cars being given a bit of exercise still.
Absolute legend my dad was lucky enough to see stig Blomquist in action in and around the 80s I think it was the old RAC rally and my dad said he can remember seeing the brakes glowing through the wheels ,wish I was around in the group b days ,great video mate 👌👍
Great to see the classic’s out to play. 😊
What an amazing line up. Some legendary Rally Cars
01:37 Lancia Fulvia Coupe HF
In my Eyes there was only one Stig,what a Legend 👌👌🏁🏁
I've been waiting for this video ! I was co driving for Steve in the Evo 6 and to have you guys servicing next to us on the sunday was pretty sureal to be honest !!
It was great to properly chat to you after the event was finished. Keep up the good work with the channel 👏
1985 my Auntie bought a Celica GT-Four, with it she was offered a Test Drive in a Rally Car. Of course she took it but there waa another surprise The Stig was the Driver and she lived every minute of it!
Absolute Legend😊🤩
Tack för en kalasfin Video. Det var jättekul att se och att se Stig Blomqvist igen var jättekul. Ha det bra och GOD FORTSÄTTNING på 2024!🌞🌹💖🏁
Great video really enjoyed watching these old skool rally cars 👍.
Was there for the event on the Sunday. It sounded fabulous! Great stuff 👍🏻
Yes this is the real Stig.
I used to be out in the Welsh forest watching this legend
Had the pleasure of meeting Mr B at Dunton a number of years ago. Ford were developing a hill climb car with him. He took the time to chat. After he left us the guy taking us round said he had been out with him in the said car. Opposite lock,, 100mph plus, apparently with the car of course fully under control. The maestro was giving further development feedback in a calm considered voice as if he was sitting by the fire drinking tea. A breed apart!
Looked like a cracking event, congrats on the car ❤
The glory days of proper cars great to see the real stig in action quattro build was a success nice work 👍
Thank you for a greate produced video. This was a collection of great human`s, cars etc ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
That Street Quattro was in such beautiful condition, they were lovely cars, I had the great fortune to work for a dealer back in '87 and we had one of those, I got to drive it and boy was it a monster. Fun though. The funny thing was that while Austin (Leyland) were making a big noise about the Montego having a digital dashboard, so did the Quattro. And it was better. At least that's my opinion. Thanks so much for sharing this, it's lovely to see those old rally cars running, and the sound, so much better than today's cars.
To many ultra cool cars. That 306 brought back some memories of watching that era Rally’s on TV. Awesome video 👌🏼
Looks great and sounds awesome
Mark my words this channel will have millions of subscribers 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Mate what a video this is I love it keep em coming brother
Awesome video and what a car and legend driver.
what a legend nice cars and work
1:24 is an RS200 not T16. Pug is transverse mounted.
Loved your video keep going
Micheal Schumacher, is the real "stig"... poor fella, wish nothing more than for him to recover. Beast of a car this!
The red noe with blach hood is a Lancia Fulvia around 1973 of age❤️🇮🇹, and Rallying 😂
The 'old' Lancia is a Fulvia Coupé 😉👍
Thanks for the kind comments on the 206 WRC tribute. Sadly she broken at the moment but it will return soon. French electrics @%&#!! LOL
Proper rally cars
love that v8 firenza
Nice 👍
Larry Chen has just featured a twin engine 350z on his youtube channel.
Very very.. very interesting car. Is this the craziest twin engine car in existence?
I'd love to hear your opinion on it
I have seen. The craziest one is the Toyota Starlet twin engine of Roger Haland. 900hp, 2 engines, 1 turbo and 1 throttle body.
@@TwinEngineCorsa The longitudinal to transverse conversion has to be a 1st right? I've never seen that before.
And I've seen a lot of T.E conversions starting with the Ian 'Dubsport' Birch cars, but I'm guessing you've seen them ALL 🤣
Good build to have next to zero issues but it seems so lazy and tame.. Need go turn the boost up now
#600 lovely work on the video !
What a video. I had to go for a cold shower 🚿 after watching that. Never mind being there 👍
I was there. I can tell you I had a shower anyway in terms of rain lol. Tbh the mk2 escorts put on a show but most others were on a Sunday drive. The crowd's weren't allowed close to the action the fire works were laughable but had a good day.
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Stig 🇸🇪👍🏻
Fulvia and Ritmo
Muton is the Audi king
That sound effect you use is from GTA, then the player dies. that a "negative" sound effect. as soon you hear it, you assume something bad happened in the video :P
Ah the good old rally days . Lived watching them as a kid . The spectators were insane . Good times . Now its all crap to watch .
call yourself an enthusiast, it’s a Lancia Fulvia probably a 1.6 HF. One of the most celebrated rally cars of its era. I guess you are too young!!!
🤣 thank you for educating us
Good, Tim Brookes. Who was the Fulvias greatest driver, what did he achieve in that car and what did that mean for the factory?
Sandro Munari won the 1972 Monte Carlo rally, helping Lancia to win the International Rally Championship in 1972, the year before the WRC began
Munari- Il Drago. His exploits in the Fulvia that year gave the factory a massive boost such was the demand for the Fulvia.
He was pretty handy in a Stratos also.
He hasn't got a clue, crap channel, total muppet
Dr. Kleiner
Can't deal with Grumpy spoilt old men !!
He has a bad reputation for this ..
Congratulations with the fantastic rebuild !
Lancia fulvia 1.3 tc
The Fiat wasn’t a Strada at all, it was a Ritmo! Not too great on cars are you and, you failed to mention the Vauxhall Firenza that you probably had no idea what it was.
I watched Stig many many times in the 1980’s in various group B cars.
The Renault 5 isn’t a Turbo 2 at all as the giveaway is the Renault logo is central on the bonnet hence, it’s a mark 1! The same rule applied to the road cars also.
The reg on the Fiat is PYP 606Y. Which is a Strada. Not too great on cars are you.
As for the Firenza I wasn’t near it enough to film properly, as for no idea in what it was. Search Vauxhall Big Bertha, I’ve ran cars along side this many time, so trust me I know what one is.
His name being Stig doesn't mean he was the Stig. There's a book called Stig of the dump was the titular character also the 'real' Stig?
Well in 1984 when he won the WRC, he was “the stig” and today, is still one of the best drivers alive 👍 so yeah, he’s the real stig in my book
The original Stig and one of the best rally drives period! Could drive anything. Once followed him on a road section, which was sheet ice on the RAC rally, he was driving a Saab 96. Soon gave up as his car control was unbelievable on another planet..
Even Sebastian Vettel became starstuck when he met "the stig" in the race of champion and he called him the real "the stig"
I go there for breakfast at weekends, lovely place 😎