A sound almost every European petrolhead teenager has heard, a French NA 4 banguer nearly exploiting while doing something the car was never supposed to do.
1998 Peugeot 106 Sport here!! Only difference with the standard 1.4 PSA engine, which is common to the Xsara and countless other models through generations, is that you get twin injectors per cylinder, hence a more punchy engine but you can never keep your hand far away from the gear shift..). At my very own level I got exactly the feeling you are describing, watching this. High point was last year in the Col de la Forclaz in France, a flippin 911! Left on my arse at every reacceleration but right back to his bumper on the brakes, back tyres sideways and adrenaline through the red burgundy roof, haha... It was probably less impressive from the outside, he was probably no Senna etc. but no matter, the amount of fun and actual feeling on these things is endless. Salut from France.
With a clean windshield this little beast of a car would be even faster actually (she already have a red color which is another way to be faster). I'm a scientist so I can confirme that ;-)
Supercars are great but this shows how much fun can be had on a tight budget. Good lesson for rich people to get grounded and appreciate how lucky they are. Top guy and enthusiast. Love Citroën.
What a mad lad. I just can't get over the sounds that thing was making. Such an exhilarating drive. Another lap with him is a must next year. Now, I just saw that you have uploaded two videos. Jumping from this to the GT3RS MR lap video. What a contrast.
Great, this is what driving is about, I am so bored of UA-camrs in the latest and greatest 'yawn' super cars. Here is a guy that can drive, having loads of fun on a real world budget. Well done chap 👍
I was laughing at how hard that BMW tried to get away from you during the latter part of the lap and how you stuck right to his tailgate. It's not easy bein' outpaced by a shitbox 😂
Thumbs up for getting every single rev out of that engine and using the least amount of braking imaginable. It really proves the old saying that it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow!
@@kingtiger3390 You do realize that the word ”Racing” per definition means to drive fast, go full speed and move swiftly. They are literally the same thing. 😂
@@lulolee5325 the maximum the xsara can have is 167 hp. And his car isn't the sports one. So he has around 100 I'd say. But that's fine, I have a 75 hp car and it can for sure accelerate really good if you know it
@@bl41ck97 and also you need to be "big enough" to admit the same.... ^-^'' Plenty of people will never say that they are not good enough and end up as you said... in a wall.
@@b29dblt95 Je me faisais la même réflexion mais je n'étais pas sûr non plus. Entre les différentes Merguez et cette Xsara, EMS Motorsport ça envoie :D
As a RWD snob, I love seeing how a good FWD points, balances and dances around the car’s front end grip. Surely the ‘anti lag’ is a leaky/dribbly injector allowing fuel through to be combusted in the hot exhaust. I love the impromptu short shift he achieves by shifting the gear lever lower down at the gear boot/cover. I wonder if a BMW e36 318ti coupe can point into corners with the same balance as this car. Love everything about this.
This guy! I think he's one of the most skilled non professionals on the ring! This brought a huge smile on my face! keep it up and hope to see him in real life sometime at the ring! What a legend!
Reminds me of like an early 90s supertouring car. Looking mostly standard, non-turbo screaming around a track and a good old H-pattern shifter. Absolutely this dude is having the most fun
Just out of curiosity - what made you think there was any double-clutching here? Are you from US? I've seen similar comments all around youtube in the car enthusiast area but I just don't know where this comes from. Can't imagine it's from a line from the original fnf 2001 movie that made people without any manual gearbox experience just assumed you doubleclutch when performance driving - but I don't have any other explanation for it at the moment.
some say it's better to drive slow car fast that fast car slow.... this man is a level above that :) I was waiting for that video for a long long time !!!
Doesnt matter the car we drive, a good driver makes a slower car a faster one. As we see he sticks he's bumper to a +300 hp cars xD . Awesome driving keep up , greatings from Portugal
CAT system. This car handles like a monster and the rear system was stock, even in low power engines. Was created for safety reasons, but obviously was also noticed in more aggressive rides. The car model "xsara" is also an icon in wrc, different mechanics tho.
Well that was one of the best laps I have seen all year, smiles per mile was ridiculous! It reminded me of winding the last out of cars in the late 90s!! The dirty windscreen was perfect 👍
What a lap, the experience, the sound including the auspuff clattering against the bottom of the car, love it how flat and level it stays, TY for the upload
My first lap on the Nordschleife was with a Xsara wagon (2.0L 90hp diesel) that you saw when we first met back in 2017, and back at that time I wished I had one of those VTS instead. Now I have a 406 Coupé as my project car but seeing this VTS being driven like that I wonder if I did the right choice. Awesome car, greatly underrated, and very good driver. Love to see some love for french cars, the best kind of shitboxes !
@@justincase9471 They are very front heavy indeed. That's why I always say that the best engine for this car in the 2.2L 4pot engine with 170hp, better balanced I think.
@@karadaglar77 The 605 had the PRV, the 406 has its replacement, the "PR", which is a lot more reliable, my car has 270k kms on the clock and still ticking like a champ, even with some laps of the Nürburgring in it.
@@Kalandaari I am running the later engine, the ES9J4S. The engine is now in it's second chassis and has done lots laps on Zolder, Zandvoort, Assen and about 800 laps on the nordschleife. The engine seems to handle the abuse well, the only problem that I see with these engines is oil leaking from the valve covers (which can be fixed easily) and vacuum hoses that turn to crumbles after 20 years. I am contemplating on using a 2.2HDI Coupe next year for the ring. It's lighter in the front and it's a huge fuel saver.
This is a very specific car for very specific people. This is for me the best way to drive the Nordschleife, a screaming 4 banger that you can have so much fun! Can't wait to have my Honda ready.
Unbelievable how (relatively) close to stock this still is! If anyone at Citroën still cares about sporty driving and marketing, should get in touch with this guy asap
Misha: ok, off we go Engine: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr- Me: RPM to the moon ? wtf ?
He's sending it! Takes me back to my second track day I did. Was an older guy with a Xsara vts, drove the hell out of it. Also pretty stock but empty car with buckets. Couldn't follow the guy at all. Anyhow what a fun lap! That engine sound 😍! Propper n/a race car sound!
I can't describe my emotions while watching the video 😍, im getting flashbacks of my first lap on the Nordschleife ever with that crazy guy ❤️ and his XSARA
I had an ax GT that had been modified to twin Webber's from a mini and full through exhaust that you could almost fit you head in. It popped and banged and reckon it's as quick as my unmodified fn2. Compomotive alloys with a 3 stud and spacers to give me a bit more camber. Awesome little car apart from the electrics as with all french cars.
the love for speed has driven that guy to great driver skills and you can hear the joy of hanging on what should be faster cars around the track and being faster in the corners is allot of fun. will love to get on the ring and have some fun when the year comes
Reminds me of my EP3. The most fun I've had in a car was my 97 BMW Z3 with just a 1.8l, scary at times with no stability control but just a ball of fun.
I love this guys connection between his car and HIS road! He's 100% natural and 100% the way I need to drive. Good job bro! I'd love to see more videos! From a C6 Corvette racer, "my passion" X5 50i "my daily tuned SAV handles better than your sports car daily driver" and F3X, "this car can do BOTH!!???" WhAaa!!!???
Absolutely love that you get out of the car and there is an indicator hanging out of the wing and the fusebox is selotaped in place. That man has complete confidence in the car. Fantastic!
The Man, the Legend!
Like you xD but i Love him
Crossed paths a few times with him on track. What a mad lad on the XSARA !
I remember watching the video when he drifted the chicane in the xsara... one of ur best videos 😄
@@bruh1838 yes i Love it too
Next.... The Twingo or DHL Transit
This dude is a beast....easily having the most fun on the ring and without mad power or spend 😉
Speed
speed
maybe he really meant to say spend... I think he didn't spent much on his car
@@chrls.1093 correct
@@bigpotato7804 although it's not a fast car, there is plenty of speed, car is on the limit. I was referring to the low cost
Missing horsepower is replaced by madness. This was an awesome lap. Thank you! Please do more laps like this.
A sound almost every European petrolhead teenager has heard, a French NA 4 banguer nearly exploiting while doing something the car was never supposed to do.
It was build for that sir, at least the VTS was! 😄
true story
T W I N G O
(Yes i'm guilty)
1998 Peugeot 106 Sport here!!
Only difference with the standard 1.4 PSA engine, which is common to the Xsara and countless other models through generations, is that you get twin injectors per cylinder, hence a more punchy engine but you can never keep your hand far away from the gear shift..).
At my very own level I got exactly the feeling you are describing, watching this. High point was last year in the Col de la Forclaz in France, a flippin 911! Left on my arse at every reacceleration but right back to his bumper on the brakes, back tyres sideways and adrenaline through the red burgundy roof, haha... It was probably less impressive from the outside, he was probably no Senna etc. but no matter, the amount of fun and actual feeling on these things is endless.
Salut from France.
I have a Clio Sport 172 and I can tell you that's what those engines were made for
oh man, just love how he reved that engine to the moon and shift like a madman (incl proper heel-toe) . NA is such fun!! Congrats dude!
Stock limiter is at 7200rpm in this but I suspect it has been raised a lil bit :')
the dirty windshield is all part of the shitbox experience. Looks like a fun time
+ right side indicator falling out
@@monstermirror2 that is normal on a xsara, i have two xsaras and is the same
@@flavio_ck +Broken door handles :D
With a clean windshield this little beast of a car would be even faster actually (she already have a red color which is another way to be faster). I'm a scientist so I can confirme that ;-)
The last man to drive a xsara that fast was Sebastian loeb !
*Sébastien Loeb
My dad used to own a facelift version of one of these basically a Peugeot gti engine
@@samggg2982 For sure, the VTS has the same 2L as the 306 S16
Yeah really good engine shame about the eletrics tho nothin but hassle
Loeb did a lot faster lol
That M2 owner must have gone through some serious thoughts after being consistently caught up by an old Xsara haha
He could not shake them, then he gave up, prolly car was getting too hot... that's incredible stuff, with just a remap!!
Supercars are great but this shows how much fun can be had on a tight budget. Good lesson for rich people to get grounded and appreciate how lucky they are.
Top guy and enthusiast. Love Citroën.
Better drive a slow car fast than the other way round :)
🤟🏾🤟🏾
The M2 had a French wasp on his case
@@dan3092 the red wasp😂
Chris Harris has driven everything, yet he was super excited about a 205 Rallye, this speaks volumes.
What a mad lad. I just can't get over the sounds that thing was making. Such an exhilarating drive. Another lap with him is a must next year. Now, I just saw that you have uploaded two videos. Jumping from this to the GT3RS MR lap video. What a contrast.
It's a negative on the latter statement.
Great, this is what driving is about, I am so bored of UA-camrs in the latest and greatest 'yawn' super cars.
Here is a guy that can drive, having loads of fun on a real world budget.
Well done chap 👍
I was laughing at how hard that BMW tried to get away from you during the latter part of the lap and how you stuck right to his tailgate. It's not easy bein' outpaced by a shitbox 😂
😂
Shitbox powaah!
The BMW driver must have some ptsd since that day! 😁
Well, not so shitty !
The passion, the commitment, it's insane. What a lad.
Tightening the belt before the jump, laughed hard.
Thumbs up for getting every single rev out of that engine and using the least amount of braking imaginable. It really proves the old saying that it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow!
Many egos were crushed during this lap. Absolutely love this.
A powerful car doesn't make you a good driver ☝🏼
not everyone driving around is trying to prove anything, why jump to conclusions so early
@@BlackDragonPoWa Well most people are there to race, and racing is about proving something for yourself and others.
@@Alex-ch2ud They are there to drive fast, not race.
@@kingtiger3390 You do realize that the word ”Racing” per definition means to drive fast, go full speed and move swiftly. They are literally the same thing. 😂
I remember the time he passed me during TF very well, absolutely yeeting the thing around, it was wonderful to look at
Such a cool and friendly, funny dude... everytime he is at the ring it cheers people up 👍
🙏🏾🙏🏾
That's my brother, I showed him the ring 2 years ago and now he's a legend, love you brother Proud of you ❤️😘🔥🔥
❤️❤️❤️
Lads 🤜🤛
sounds fake honestly
@@este_marco his brother replied to the comment bro
@@glenns7866 i see it now... but wtf, that means a car enthusiast like him didn't know the nurburgring???
He just show you don't need 300hp to enjoy drive on the NS
Living the shitbox life!
It looks like he has very close to 300 hp
@@lulolee5325 the maximum the xsara can have is 167 hp. And his car isn't the sports one. So he has around 100 I'd say. But that's fine, I have a 75 hp car and it can for sure accelerate really good if you know it
@@lyacinthum5299 this one its a Xsara Vts with Xu10j4rs engine with 167 hp
@@rodolfocejas5965 well nevermind what I said then lol
Normal people : This man is a lunatic .
Petrolheads : This man is a legend.
Spot on!
The "But did you die?" sticker on the dash 😂😂
Seems like a bad omen to me lol
@@Daniel-xy1vkBut did they die Daniel? 😂
"Nah, i'd live"
🤣you’re both nuts him for being him and you for going with him.🤣 Great vid as always Misha.
Robert needs a similar 'sh*t box' discount rental car added to the Apex fleet.
yes!!!
Unfortunately people will just crash it u need skills to handle these cars
@@bl41ck97 sad but true
@@bl41ck97 and also you need to be "big enough" to admit the same.... ^-^''
Plenty of people will never say that they are not good enough and end up as you said... in a wall.
His shifting is amazing😂 that quick
Those gearboxes were great for lightning changes. Close ratios are perfection too same as the 205/306 Gtis
That car sounds like a whole lot of fun!
That was the most fun I’ve seen in a ride-along. Light weight, low power, more flat-out sections. Great stuff!!! Thanks, Misha
Yeahhh Andy , that crazy Guy 💪💪 I can't wait for the new season and have some fun with my peugeot 306 VS the xsara 😀
Ohh hell Yeah i am waitibg for it
Je me disais bien avoir entendu ems 😁 gg à vous
@@b29dblt95 Je me faisais la même réflexion mais je n'étais pas sûr non plus. Entre les différentes Merguez et cette Xsara, EMS Motorsport ça envoie :D
Still one of best laps on channel. This man, this car and handheld cam is a magic combo!
To be honest, driving this looks more fun than I would've expected before this video! Awesome shifting too!
“The gas is on the right, my friend” 😂😂😂😂 Legend!!!
My first car was a Xsara VTS mk2, so I really appreciate that he keeps the Xsara alive and kicking.
Great sound and amazing driving skills.
As a RWD snob, I love seeing how a good FWD points, balances and dances around the car’s front end grip.
Surely the ‘anti lag’ is a leaky/dribbly injector allowing fuel through to be combusted in the hot exhaust.
I love the impromptu short shift he achieves by shifting the gear lever lower down at the gear boot/cover.
I wonder if a BMW e36 318ti coupe can point into corners with the same balance as this car.
Love everything about this.
This guy! I think he's one of the most skilled non professionals on the ring! This brought a huge smile on my face! keep it up and hope to see him in real life sometime at the ring! What a legend!
This has been my favourite lap video ever! I love the honesty of a guy ragging his Xsara to the absolute maximum capability of his car.
one of the best laps and videos on the channel!
Reminds me of like an early 90s supertouring car. Looking mostly standard, non-turbo screaming around a track and a good old H-pattern shifter. Absolutely this dude is having the most fun
I followed you for many years now. This is one of your best vide ever. Crazy driver in crazy car. Keep up the good work 👍
He passed my on my first TF this year and I was like "yep , that guy knows how to drive" great video ! Thanks for that !
This amount of double-clutching and rev-syncing raised this little hair left on me
There was zero double clutching in this video.
Just out of curiosity - what made you think there was any double-clutching here? Are you from US? I've seen similar comments all around youtube in the car enthusiast area but I just don't know where this comes from. Can't imagine it's from a line from the original fnf 2001 movie that made people without any manual gearbox experience just assumed you doubleclutch when performance driving - but I don't have any other explanation for it at the moment.
With a bit more power this car would be truly epic
& too easy.
It's an awesome vehicle, I adore the xsara but it's the drivers ability that makes it truly epic
With a bit more power it won multiple WRCs lol
some say it's better to drive slow car fast that fast car slow.... this man is a level above that :) I was waiting for that video for a long long time !!!
Thank you for this, Misha! This guy and his car are legends
I’m speechless!!! Ammo watch this video few more time for sure. He has confidence in the car and his driving abilities. This one is special
Did you hear that? Real engine noise inside the car! Absolute crazy man but a good driver and having tons of fun on a budget.
Sounds like a motorbike engine 😅
We need more people like this! Humble, friendly, and man, he sure knows ho to drive and have fun!!
Doesnt matter the car we drive, a good driver makes a slower car a faster one. As we see he sticks he's bumper to a +300 hp cars xD . Awesome driving keep up , greatings from Portugal
This car has a passive form of rear-wheel steering. It was always praised for its handling back in the day.
CAT system. This car handles like a monster and the rear system was stock, even in low power engines. Was created for safety reasons, but obviously was also noticed in more aggressive rides. The car model "xsara" is also an icon in wrc, different mechanics tho.
@@pedrom4598 Germany make great cars you can boast about, but the French make cars you can LOVE!
Well that was one of the best laps I have seen all year, smiles per mile was ridiculous! It reminded me of winding the last out of cars in the late 90s!! The dirty windscreen was perfect 👍
Is this what 10/10ths looks like in an old French Family car?
He drove the hell out of that.
Great vid ! Top lads!!!
This guy shifts like he's in the Sim! Epic lap!! Really impressed with his skill
Holy Shit. The poor guy in the M2.
This is up there with the 919 in my favourite laps to watch ever!
You got super unlucky with the yellow flags, he usually sends it through there! This guy is a legend.
What a lap, the experience, the sound including the auspuff clattering against the bottom of the car, love it how flat and level it stays, TY for the upload
Fully committed and right on the edge of the car. Absolutely brilliant!!!
This guy and this car remind me the red S13. You need to get him aswell.
About this Xsara, great rythem around the green hell!
That is the rowdiest drive I ever seen in this channel and I liked it :D :D
His shifts are on point though
this was without a doubt the best onboard of the year! that guy knows the limit of his car.
and beyond!
My first lap on the Nordschleife was with a Xsara wagon (2.0L 90hp diesel) that you saw when we first met back in 2017, and back at that time I wished I had one of those VTS instead. Now I have a 406 Coupé as my project car but seeing this VTS being driven like that I wonder if I did the right choice. Awesome car, greatly underrated, and very good driver. Love to see some love for french cars, the best kind of shitboxes !
I run a 406 Coupe on the ring for fun. It's nice to drive, but with the V6 they are very heavy on the front.
v6 is a very good engine. I drove a friends 605 SV-24 and was impressed in 1997.
@@justincase9471 They are very front heavy indeed. That's why I always say that the best engine for this car in the 2.2L 4pot engine with 170hp, better balanced I think.
@@karadaglar77 The 605 had the PRV, the 406 has its replacement, the "PR", which is a lot more reliable, my car has 270k kms on the clock and still ticking like a champ, even with some laps of the Nürburgring in it.
@@Kalandaari I am running the later engine, the ES9J4S. The engine is now in it's second chassis and has done lots laps on Zolder, Zandvoort, Assen and about 800 laps on the nordschleife. The engine seems to handle the abuse well, the only problem that I see with these engines is oil leaking from the valve covers (which can be fixed easily) and vacuum hoses that turn to crumbles after 20 years.
I am contemplating on using a 2.2HDI Coupe next year for the ring. It's lighter in the front and it's a huge fuel saver.
I want "let's fucking go maaan" as my ringtone
This guy is an insane driver. His shifting is absolutely beautiful 🤩
This is a very specific car for very specific people.
This is for me the best way to drive the Nordschleife, a screaming 4 banger that you can have so much fun!
Can't wait to have my Honda ready.
K24
@@turbod15 wow
I had the gti6 engine in my 205, it was on R1 carbs and it was phenomenal.
Letzebuerg gudd repräsenteiert, what a legend he is!!
Youre so right such a nice guy . He represents good our country indeed.
Mans got DSG hands
Utter madness, the car, the dude, it's so cool indeed! Big thumbs up.
Wow, the old Xsara was giving that black M2 a real fright especially through the twisty bits. Great respect for the car & the driver! RESPECT!
Unbelievable how (relatively) close to stock this still is! If anyone at Citroën still cares about sporty driving and marketing, should get in touch with this guy asap
This is one of the best vids on your channel yet. So good.
Misha: ok, off we go
Engine: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-
Me: RPM to the moon ? wtf ?
The French definitely know how to make good engines and gear boxes. Epic video,
He's sending it! Takes me back to my second track day I did. Was an older guy with a Xsara vts, drove the hell out of it. Also pretty stock but empty car with buckets. Couldn't follow the guy at all. Anyhow what a fun lap! That engine sound 😍! Propper n/a race car sound!
comme on dit en français "il en veut", n'oublions pas que le 16 Soupapes est un très bon moteur. Bravo
I can't describe my emotions while watching the video 😍, im getting flashbacks of my first lap on the Nordschleife ever with that crazy guy ❤️ and his XSARA
I had an ax GT that had been modified to twin Webber's from a mini and full through exhaust that you could almost fit you head in. It popped and banged and reckon it's as quick as my unmodified fn2. Compomotive alloys with a 3 stud and spacers to give me a bit more camber. Awesome little car apart from the electrics as with all french cars.
My first car was a xsara, good to see one of these still kicking! :)
What a top bloke, refreshing to see something so obtainable ripping around having fun!
Really good pilot ! He knows the track and his car so well! :)
Absolute mad lad, but it's all its about enjoying what you have.
Now imagine bringing together Crazy Guy and the guys from Camber and Combustion..it would be hilarious 😆
That would be so awesome
I agree with him, spicy N/A engines in light old cars are top ❤️🔥
It sounds so good, you can drive it like you stole it AND with my all time favorite wheels! Muah muah! Delicieuse! Une voiture de rêve!
the love for speed has driven that guy to great driver skills and you can hear the joy of hanging on what should be faster cars around the track and being faster in the corners is allot of fun. will love to get on the ring and have some fun when the year comes
My brother: why are you clapping
Me : 10:03
My brother: can't stop clapping
What a drive
That hand shake at the end. Loving every bit of it!
Love how he tugged his seat belt strap prior to sending it off the downhill jump 🤣🤣
Love it. These are the best cars. Dude isn't there to show off his money, he just loves to drive.
Bru such a sick lap. Need more screamers like this.
This guy like in a movie could run away from cops easily, he is that crazy in a good way.
By far the coolest lap I've seen 😂
Love a sleeper, brilliant 😜
Great vid! He really shows how you can have fun with something inexpensive but with passion. Lols love this guy :D
Can’t go wrong with old french sports cars on track ! Must be fun to drive !
Sounds crazy as well !
Hier wird Leistung mit Wahnsinn ersetzt :-)
The hype for Next years TF is Unreal Cant wait 2022 See you all there
Glorious sound, mad lad!
The sound this car makes is sooo good. The driver is a very cool person. He really knows how to drive and displays true courage and will.
Reminds me of my EP3. The most fun I've had in a car was my 97 BMW Z3 with just a 1.8l, scary at times with no stability control but just a ball of fun.
I love this guys connection between his car and HIS road! He's 100% natural and 100% the way I need to drive. Good job bro! I'd love to see more videos! From a C6 Corvette racer, "my passion" X5 50i "my daily tuned SAV handles better than your sports car daily driver" and F3X, "this car can do BOTH!!???" WhAaa!!!???
The dash on this thing is sooo similar to E36 BMW
Absolutely love that you get out of the car and there is an indicator hanging out of the wing and the fusebox is selotaped in place. That man has complete confidence in the car. Fantastic!
Haha boss, giving the more expensive cars a hard time ! Made me laugh 😂