The 480 is one of the worst Volvos. It was developed for the US market, to lower the company pollution tax or what ever it was called, but the US tax rules changed and the 480 despite being developed with the US laws in mind it was never brought over to the US. The electrical system was and is a nightmare, (not up to Volvo quality), and the engine was made by Renault, do i have to say more. But it would be a great sleeper with a B5254T4 under the hood and with a remade electrical system.
Silently Sceptical the stock engine is from Renault, but the B5254T4 is actually a Volvo unit, it is the 5 cylinder 300HK beast from the V70n R and S60n R.
I have a Volvo 440 Turbo but the Turbo never had 173 hp. It was around 120 hp pre face lift and 122 face lift. BUT you can get your power up if you up the boost, it runs from factory with around 0,2 bar and you can get it to 0,8 bar, then the engine produces around 140/145 hp.
Ibiza had a version "GTI 16V" with 2.0 16V 150hp engine from Golf 3 GTI. After facelift, it has Cupra version with 1.8 20VT 156hp or Cupra R 180hp. Along with Ibiza, Toledo mk1 has same engines, 1.8 16V 128 and 133hp and 2.0 8v 115hp in GT version and 2.0 16b 150hp with "16v" or "limited edition" version
Can we get a video about "hidden sport versions"? What I mean with that, is to make a video about cars which were not actually marketed as a sport variant of set car, even though they did have all of the stuff to make it one, perfect example is the 1st gen renault megane coach 2.0 16V, which wasn't ever advertised as anything sporty, but it had the same engine as a clio williams, 4 wheel disc brakes, factory strut brace and much stiffer suspension as opposed to other models like the 1.6L.
Excellent comment mate, I know exactly what you mean - basically all the GTI, RS, FR, etc. cars, which do not bear this name but use the same engine mainly and apart from suspension, interior, or some feats they are basically the same - hell yeah man, good idea. For instance - here among us Czechs there is one such example: Škoda Octavia 1st gen 1.8 20V Turbo which is similiar to the RS.
I thought all the Mk1 Octavias with this spec were badged VRS and had bracing across the car behind the rear seat, making them obvious hot hatches rather than sleepers. Rumour has it that the first VRS Octavias Skoda released to motoring journalists were remapped well past the 180 bhp they came with from the factory, earning them great reviews and putting Skoda on the map as a company that could do performance cars. There was nothing out there with the spec, build quality and reliability for the price anyway. In the MkII Octavia, the 1.8 turbo was available with 4WD and no fancy badging, making it a VRS slayer on slippery roads even before a remap took it past stock 2 litre VRS power output.
And Volkswagen USA's rare turbocharged gasoline engine 1.8 liter cars from the 1980's, the first "1.8T"s, per se. There were 52 built for homologation rules...
peglor: probably yes, I don‘t know much about Octavias, but my friend owns this 1.8 Turbo 20V and I dunno... seriously the hype about these cars around here is so much big, so that it almost (ALMOST) makes me hate them - I mean they are good cars, it‘s just that I am much more into other cars. For instance I would kill for that Ibiza GT in this video, I absolutely love its looks. Another car that I find interesting is the Opel Vectra OPC... etc. etc. etc. :D
Ai Torror my mate first car was a 12 month old Megane Coupe 2.0 16v, great little car, really badly made in my experience. Was easily one of the better choices at the time.
Most of those just would have the engine/FWD unit ripping off from the rest of the car when accellerating full power as the bodywork rotted that quickly, I asume surviving Maestro's, Montego's and other Austins from that era had lots of rust protection work done when still new, and French and Italian cars of that era are not different, just look how many VW Golf Mk1 and Mk2 you still can see on the roads and how rare it is to see a Austin Maestro or Fiat Ritmo on the road now. I saw a Maestro 2 years ago and it was the first one I had seen in 30 years!
Most cars rusted badly back then Making them rarer and valuable today. Awesome cars. Very underestimated. I've owned a Monty and maestro turbo and they got faults like all cars but boy they can shift!
The Lampredi 2.0L 16v engine was one of the best engine made in FIAT group. In fact, was the basis for all the various successful Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Evoluzione, Alfa Romeo 155 GTA (that were the turbo version of the same engine), and all the late '80s/late '90s 2.0 16v/2.0 16v Turbo version of various model of Alfa Romeo/FIAT/Lancia. Tip: the FIAT Tipo was even sold, for a while (for a year or two from its debut, before the Sedicivalvole debut), with a 136hp 1.8 16v, known as Tipo i.e 16v; owners said was so fierce and quick, even more than the later-made 2.0 16v, and it's so rare to find it.
Yes it had a awesome sound and performance for that time faster than golf GTI I had it back in time (1995) only one hot hatch was better unfortunately I didn't own it but my friend had it a lancia delta integrale evo what a beast my tipo 2.0 16V was compared to lancia almost like a golf 2 diesel
I'm so glad you have the MG Maestro Turbo in this! I think they're really cool even though they kinda really aren't... The Turbo Metro is a bit like the Group B Metro gave rover the balls to make cars that people might actually desire, instead of yet more Vanden Plas plastic crap.
You've reminded me - FIAT made some serious cars back in the day. Could you make a list of them? Cars including the little 1 litre 127 sport or the 137 Berlinetta?
the '92 Ford Escort GT. I had one and it was as fast and fun as it looked. 127hp, 114 torque. BUT, it weighed 2400lbs with independent suspension and wider tires than competitors, 185/60/15.
Hey Visio, in Brazil we had a forgotten hot hatch that you could feature in a future video. Look up the Vw Gol GTI,. It was the first injected car in the country and had 2 generations. The second one had 16v longitudinally mounted 2 liter while being FWD. People drag race those there.
The Renault 11 was my very first car back in 99 (though not the turbo variant but 1.8l 73 hp). Had carburator issues all the time and other issues. One time the gas pedal`s and the clutch pedal`s cables snapped at the same time xD. Had to scrap it after just 6 months. But I have to admit, it was fun to drive - when it worked. And bloody fast for 73 hp^^ Imagine a today`s car that has only 73 hp but goes 220 kmh on the Autobahn xD. Eventually I replaced it by a Renault 19 which had pretty much the same engine but an injection system. Up until now my favourite car I ever had. 4 years and 200 000 km. Sadly then I had a crash with it :(
Lol I was looking for a First car yesterday and came across the 480 and its insurance is cheap. I really love the looks of that car and it’s pretty fast.
Excellent, excellent. Good to see the dark horse of the bunch (MG Maestro Turbo) in there. They used a very slightly altered version of the engine used in the earlier Montego Turbo, in that boost was modified to come in about few hundred rpm above. People were finding it difficult negotiating roundabouts as the boost would kick in unexpectedly, especially if shifting down. Funny, the magazines reviewed the press cars and they were getting faster 0-60 times... oddly though, the turbos kept popping when they were given back................. Interestingly the O'+' engine at 2.0 litres was a long stroke unit. In the MG Maestro EFi....
... the non-turbo but fuel injected car, it had a lot of torque. Acceleration was on par with the competition but it really shone in hill climbing events where other less torquey gti's struggled. My annoyance is that the company that produced it were always strangled for cash and so never really got a chance to develop the range properly. The MG1600 was developed because Montego was late and the bigger engine had to be launched with the bigger car. The S-Series hadn't been completed either so the R-Series had to soldier on for two years.
@ Saying that, I do remember my uncle who was a Rover tech back in 90's mentioning something about the SU carburetor having their caps popping off as a regular problem with those Turbo 'O's. I think he said that they came up with a locking mechanism as a fix to prevent it from happening. Perhaps this was the problem. I never personally heard from people that owned either of the turbo cars blowing up. Weirdly I had heard of minor faults with the water pump on heavily tuned units.
The volvo 480 was a "Shooting-Brake" (or shooting Brik) but in 1960, Sunbeam maketed a 2 door wagon as a shooting-brake, there was also the Reliant Scimitar GTE 1968, Volvo 1800ES 1972, which was known for its "Shooting-Brake" style, and the 2 door wagon style, or (coupé wagon?) has been around since the early 19th century. Then Lawrence Ulrich basically claimed that 2 door wagons are shooting-brakes in 2014.. maybe do a "* only known shooting-brakes"? 2 doors then 4 doors?
mercedes break the rules and named that 4 door sport oriented wagon(in 2013). Additionally, there are 2 door estate cars that are not shooting-brake(opel kaddet)
Shooting-Brake is based on the wagon back with 2 doors, that basically has the same, of not more "space" (or dimensions) that the doors take up, buut, yeah, car manufacturers are blurring them lines, as you said, the sports wagon mercades made they want to call it a shooting-brake. the only way the opel kadett can be a shooting-brake, is if they stretched the fast-back to a wagon-back, so the roof follows almost all the way back past the rear wheels, then goes down on a wagon like hatch.
my dad had a maestro, not a turbo just the austin version. the door handles broke off all the doors except the drivers door lol. It was beige and brown, typical british leyland palate.
You forgot to mention the VW Polo 9N3 GTI 2006-2008. I own one myself and they are extremely rare like the Lupo GTI. It is also very fun and extremely fast despite only having 150HP. When you drive it economically, you can get around 480km out of one tank (around 40 litres 5l is reserve). A full tank costs 50-52 Euros in Germany. The engine is very tunable up to 225HP and you just have to swap the intercooler. The rest is software programming or chip tuning. Very impressive. Stock specs: 1.8T 150HP 220Nm Weight (empty): 1269kg
I wish hot hatches had taken off here in the States. Aside from the Volkswagen GTI, the only ones we got were Japanese. Some of them were neat, but now they've been flogged into the parts yard, with only a veritable army of crossover trash to take their place.
Scariest car I've ever been in. Although the one i was in had over 170bhp and that's after it was detuned. It had over 200bhp at one point but twisted the body, so was reduced abit...
My first car was a 2002 Volkswagen GTI, with the 20 valve 1.8 turbo. Best first car ever. Stupidly fast for a first car, and tons of fun. If you can believe it, that cars clutch survived me being a teenager and now has 230,000 miles on it.
My parents had a 6 year old MG Maestro 1600 at the same time the quick turbo version came out. I owned a SEAT Ibiza but sadly not a 1.8 or 2.0 GTi. Very good car though.
Wow. I had a Strada 130TC, a Maestro turbo, 480 turbo, Renault 11 turbo and a Fiat Uno turbo! I never did have a normal one e.g. R5 turbo, 205GTI, XR3i etc. But what I really wanted at the time was a Citroen Visa GTI or a Fiat 131 Abarth.
You can forget all of these, only one to remember the Renault Clio Williams Mk 1(not the 2 or 3). People forget this is the first and only hatchback to have F1 engineers tune the engine, suspension and brakes. It also includes Gold plated wheels.
Omg Fiat Tipo, this was by far my favourite car I loved my white Tipo. We travelled between our homes in North Wales and France so many times in that car and it never let us down and it surprised a few BMW
Finally some hardcore facts from VisioRacer. Must point out that you sir, are a top level data miner for collecting all this data on a particular automotive subject, with fact checking and also securing video clips for some of the more rarer cars out there. Because of this, I'm going to recommend that you invest at least a portion of your money on professional pronunciation courses offered by a native english speaker with a logopedic academic degree at least on a bachelors degree level, pref masters. You'll probably never get rid of the accent, but will make many of the linguistic tongue twisters a helluva a lot easier and also help you with appropriate rythm and certain other aspects of articulation. You speak good english, but since this is an international forum, such an effort is well worth the investment in time and money. Because with 335K subscribers and several tens of thousands of views per video with in a week, you're making at least some level of bank. The only direction is up.
I wonder if you got the torque numbers wrong for the Volvo 480. Turbocharged engines typically have way more pound-feet than horsepowers. A turbocharged 176 hp four cylinder should have torque numbers in the low 200's, not the 128 that you quote. Another excellent video!!!
there's a reason most of these cars were forgotten. only 2 of these are faster than my 14 year old diesel Avensis (which is quickish for what it us I suppose but it's not even the quickest 14 year old diesel Avensis available!).
As an American I can say I have never seen that Volvo. I've never owned a Volvo and I'm not a fanboy but I've always found Volvo's to be neat understated sleepers.
ax is called gt not a sport and had a twin choke weber carb not twin carbs and was a 1.4 there was an ax gti as well but was actually slower cause of all the extra wiring etc for the fuel injection, also used to get a 2.0 litre 16v ibiza called the cupra sport aswell as the 8v one..
my dad had a volvo 480 turbo and he tuned it in 2002 and it made 450 hp with stock internals. sadly one day some assholes putted firework in the gas cap and the car exploded. they later got arrested and to jail for 10 years(every guy). and my dad got a volvo S70 2.5 turbo for free because of the accident.
I miss a few cars, like the Renault 5 turbo, Renault clio williams, Renault 19 16v. Peugot 205 gti, Citroen bx gti, Opel kadett gsi, Opel corsa gsi. And probably i miss a few more.
These are not forgotten! There are plenty more not on your list that deserve a mention. Citroen visa gti, Citroen ZX Volcane, Peugeot 309 gti etc etc. There are o many hot variants of European cars out there that maybe you can make several more lists of them? Hot Citroens, Hot renaults, hot fords etc. You got some work to do!
The lupo 3L isn't 3 litres, it's just called 3L. The 3L has some lighter body panels and aerodynamic tweaks giving it a different front end compared to other lupos.
You know this video is about European hot hatches when the Fiat Tipo's fuel gauge is possessed and the Seat's rear lights come on when the owner revs too high. ;)
Don't get the 480!! I had the Turbo which was quick especially with the turbo wanged up a bit and it handled well for it's time with a nice set of 15" rims and Avon sports tires all round. However it was forever having electrical and brake problems plus water sat in the passenger foot well until I drilled some holes in it. I've ad two Volvo's both were crap.
*imidietly starts browsing craigslist for Volvo 480s*
HemmaHans720 me - after every visio video -_-
A fine piece of Dutch design.
The 480 is one of the worst Volvos.
It was developed for the US market, to lower the company pollution tax or what ever it was called, but the US tax rules changed and the 480 despite being developed with the US laws in mind it was never brought over to the US.
The electrical system was and is a nightmare, (not up to Volvo quality), and the engine was made by Renault, do i have to say more.
But it would be a great sleeper with a B5254T4 under the hood and with a remade electrical system.
Silently Sceptical the stock engine is from Renault, but the B5254T4 is actually a Volvo unit, it is the 5 cylinder 300HK beast from the V70n R and S60n R.
@@klaspeppar5619 Fuck you, I totally disagree with you. Been an owner of a 480 Turbo for 12 years. A Volvo is a Volvo. Fuck off!
From all italians... thanks for your pronunciation of Lancia. You are one of the few that actually pronounce it correctly.
Pronounced Ibiza wrong tho
@@tomchamberlain4329 Not that bad considering he isn't Spanish. The "z" gave it up a bit tho...
I have a Volvo 440 Turbo but the Turbo never had 173 hp. It was around 120 hp pre face lift and 122 face lift. BUT you can get your power up if you up the boost, it runs from factory with around 0,2 bar and you can get it to 0,8 bar, then the engine produces around 140/145 hp.
Was about to post the same thing...we had one in the family, i WISH it had 170hp. Ours had 120hp stock.
Have the 440 Turbo pre face lift, was built in 1989 and bought it last year with only 89.000km, got it to nearly 100k already!
That was my first car this 440 turbo. I adored it. What a punch with a slight tune!
Maybe the 480 had it
@@SkywalkerTibor 440, 460 and 480 had the exact same engines. Basis was built by renault, then modified by volvo and porsche. (Turbo Engine)
Ibiza had a version "GTI 16V" with 2.0 16V 150hp engine from Golf 3 GTI. After facelift, it has Cupra version with 1.8 20VT 156hp or Cupra R 180hp. Along with Ibiza, Toledo mk1 has same engines, 1.8 16V 128 and 133hp and 2.0 8v 115hp in GT version and 2.0 16b 150hp with "16v" or "limited edition" version
Those cars were proper hot hatches with genuine rally heritage. The Ibiza Kit Car... good god that thing was FLYING
If I remember right gyndaf Evans was the man who rallyed them cars at the time,must be a video of him on here he was quick
Yeah ibiza kit car back then is pretty good rally car
Can we get a video about "hidden sport versions"? What I mean with that, is to make a video about cars which were not actually marketed as a sport variant of set car, even though they did have all of the stuff to make it one, perfect example is the 1st gen renault megane coach 2.0 16V, which wasn't ever advertised as anything sporty, but it had the same engine as a clio williams, 4 wheel disc brakes, factory strut brace and much stiffer suspension as opposed to other models like the 1.6L.
Excellent comment mate, I know exactly what you mean - basically all the GTI, RS, FR, etc. cars, which do not bear this name but use the same engine mainly and apart from suspension, interior, or some feats they are basically the same - hell yeah man, good idea. For instance - here among us Czechs there is one such example: Škoda Octavia 1st gen 1.8 20V Turbo which is similiar to the RS.
I thought all the Mk1 Octavias with this spec were badged VRS and had bracing across the car behind the rear seat, making them obvious hot hatches rather than sleepers. Rumour has it that the first VRS Octavias Skoda released to motoring journalists were remapped well past the 180 bhp they came with from the factory, earning them great reviews and putting Skoda on the map as a company that could do performance cars. There was nothing out there with the spec, build quality and reliability for the price anyway. In the MkII Octavia, the 1.8 turbo was available with 4WD and no fancy badging, making it a VRS slayer on slippery roads even before a remap took it past stock 2 litre VRS power output.
And Volkswagen USA's rare turbocharged gasoline engine 1.8 liter cars from the 1980's, the first "1.8T"s, per se.
There were 52 built for homologation rules...
peglor: probably yes, I don‘t know much about Octavias, but my friend owns this 1.8 Turbo 20V and I dunno... seriously the hype about these cars around here is so much big, so that it almost (ALMOST) makes me hate them - I mean they are good cars, it‘s just that I am much more into other cars.
For instance I would kill for that Ibiza GT in this video, I absolutely love its looks. Another car that I find interesting is the Opel Vectra OPC... etc. etc. etc. :D
Ai Torror my mate first car was a 12 month old Megane Coupe 2.0 16v, great little car, really badly made in my experience. Was easily one of the better choices at the time.
Ah, the Citroën AX diesel. Nurburgring special
Should check out the Rover 200si as a forgotten hatchback sleeper!
Maestro turbo is now worth a small fortune ,I had the bigger montego turbo very fast but had problems with rust,both collectables now.
Most of those just would have the engine/FWD unit ripping off from the rest of the car when accellerating full power as the bodywork rotted that quickly, I asume surviving Maestro's, Montego's and other Austins from that era had lots of rust protection work done when still new, and French and Italian cars of that era are not different, just look how many VW Golf Mk1 and Mk2 you still can see on the roads and how rare it is to see a Austin Maestro or Fiat Ritmo on the road now. I saw a Maestro 2 years ago and it was the first one I had seen in 30 years!
Most cars rusted badly back then
Making them rarer and valuable today.
Awesome cars. Very underestimated. I've owned a Monty and maestro turbo and they got faults like all cars but boy they can shift!
Thumbs up for the Ritmo. My favourite death trap. I had a 130 TC Abarth.
Hell yeah! Recognition for the 480 Turbo, love the video btw, been watching for last 2 years
I feel sad now for selling mine :(
@R A Design is subjective, to each their own 🤷♂️ I've just always liked the unique look of this and the C30
@R A I meant the looks, I know that they weren't sold as a hatch. I was referring to your opinion of the car, not how it was sold
The tipo sounds awesome
The Lampredi 2.0L 16v engine was one of the best engine made in FIAT group. In fact, was the basis for all the various successful Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Evoluzione, Alfa Romeo 155 GTA (that were the turbo version of the same engine), and all the late '80s/late '90s 2.0 16v/2.0 16v Turbo version of various model of Alfa Romeo/FIAT/Lancia.
Tip: the FIAT Tipo was even sold, for a while (for a year or two from its debut, before the Sedicivalvole debut), with a 136hp 1.8 16v, known as Tipo i.e 16v; owners said was so fierce and quick, even more than the later-made 2.0 16v, and it's so rare to find it.
Yes it had a awesome sound and performance for that time faster than golf GTI I had it back in time (1995) only one hot hatch was better unfortunately I didn't own it but my friend had it a lancia delta integrale evo what a beast my tipo 2.0 16V was compared to lancia almost like a golf 2 diesel
I'm so glad you have the MG Maestro Turbo in this! I think they're really cool even though they kinda really aren't...
The Turbo Metro is a bit like the Group B Metro gave rover the balls to make cars that people might actually desire, instead of yet more Vanden Plas plastic crap.
Real world spec was 0-60 in 5.5 sec and topped out at 155/160mph, back in the day this car was a weapon.
I own Maestro Tickford ;)
You've reminded me - FIAT made some serious cars back in the day. Could you make a list of them? Cars including the little 1 litre 127 sport or the 137 Berlinetta?
Also the 128 3p
the '92 Ford Escort GT. I had one and it was as fast and fun as it looked. 127hp, 114 torque. BUT, it weighed 2400lbs with independent suspension and wider tires than competitors, 185/60/15.
That's not a European hot hatch, that's what Ford gave the US.
When we had the Escort RS Cosworth which was much, much faster and 4x4.
For some reason Volvo 480 look like space coffin:)
Lupo Gti is still coool car.
That Fiat Ritmo was called the Strada here in England
I had Tipo, ibiza gti...sucha beautiful years with those 2 cars 😍😍😍
Hey Visio, in Brazil we had a forgotten hot hatch that you could feature in a future video. Look up the Vw Gol GTI,. It was the first injected car in the country and had 2 generations. The second one had 16v longitudinally mounted 2 liter while being FWD. People drag race those there.
The Renault 11 was my very first car back in 99 (though not the turbo variant but 1.8l 73 hp). Had carburator issues all the time and other issues. One time the gas pedal`s and the clutch pedal`s cables snapped at the same time xD. Had to scrap it after just 6 months. But I have to admit, it was fun to drive - when it worked. And bloody fast for 73 hp^^ Imagine a today`s car that has only 73 hp but goes 220 kmh on the Autobahn xD. Eventually I replaced it by a Renault 19 which had pretty much the same engine but an injection system. Up until now my favourite car I ever had. 4 years and 200 000 km. Sadly then I had a crash with it :(
I wonder why 19 turbo wasnt on the list
I don't know if there is a turbo version of the 19 but there is the 19 16S or 16V wich it had the 1.8 liter engine with 16 valves very rare car
@@osvaldovidela6466 oh fuck not turbo i meant 16v. Yeah. But i wish it was turbo tho
+Osvaldo Videla they used to be common as muck in uk till the fucking scrappage scheme came along in 2007 and took away all the prime older cars..
Had renault 9 with 1.7... 200kmh easly plus i didnt have any single problem with it.. was great car back in time. Wish i could find one now
Absolutely love the 480 Turbo. Had two myself when I was younger and sort of wrecked them both..
Lol I was looking for a First car yesterday and came across the 480 and its insurance is cheap. I really love the looks of that car and it’s pretty fast.
That rally AX jumps and speeds like an excited puppy running through a house's lawn
and the hood gets all messed up along the way... needs a center catch haha
Fibreglass bonnet/hood needs a rearward facing scoop!
Talking about the citroen AX fuel efficency i had the 1.0 50 hp gasoline engine and it used less fuel than my current 400 cc motorcycle.
4:32 is there a bird inside the car? Damn turbo sound...
Ford Escort XR3 from 1980 - 1982. Everybody always talks about the XR3i and the RS Turbo's, but the original XR3 with double carb is mostly forgotten.
The Seat Ibiza is a well known rally car back then in kit car f2 category...
The Citroen AX have a twin brother named as Proton Tiara
Excellent, excellent. Good to see the dark horse of the bunch (MG Maestro Turbo) in there.
They used a very slightly altered version of the engine used in the earlier Montego Turbo, in that boost was modified to come in about few hundred rpm above. People were finding it difficult negotiating roundabouts as the boost would kick in unexpectedly, especially if shifting down.
Funny, the magazines reviewed the press cars and they were getting faster 0-60 times... oddly though, the turbos kept popping when they were given back.................
Interestingly the O'+' engine at 2.0 litres was a long stroke unit. In the MG Maestro EFi....
... the non-turbo but fuel injected car, it had a lot of torque. Acceleration was on par with the competition but it really shone in hill climbing events where other less torquey gti's struggled.
My annoyance is that the company that produced it were always strangled for cash and so never really got a chance to develop the range properly.
The MG1600 was developed because Montego was late and the bigger engine had to be launched with the bigger car. The S-Series hadn't been completed either so the R-Series had to soldier on for two years.
@ Saying that, I do remember my uncle who was a Rover tech back in 90's mentioning something about the SU carburetor having their caps popping off as a regular problem with those Turbo 'O's. I think he said that they came up with a locking mechanism as a fix to prevent it from happening. Perhaps this was the problem. I never personally heard from people that owned either of the turbo cars blowing up. Weirdly I had heard of minor faults with the water pump on heavily tuned units.
Best channel on UA-cam hands down
You haven't seen bladed angel then or donut media or hoovies garage there's a few more but this one is in my tops also vinwiki
No but it is nice. :)
The volvo 480 was a "Shooting-Brake" (or shooting Brik) but in 1960, Sunbeam maketed a 2 door wagon as a shooting-brake, there was also the Reliant Scimitar GTE 1968, Volvo 1800ES 1972, which was known for its "Shooting-Brake" style, and the 2 door wagon style, or (coupé wagon?) has been around since the early 19th century.
Then Lawrence Ulrich basically claimed that 2 door wagons are shooting-brakes in 2014..
maybe do a "* only known shooting-brakes"? 2 doors then 4 doors?
mercedes break the rules and named that 4 door sport oriented wagon(in 2013). Additionally, there are 2 door estate cars that are not shooting-brake(opel kaddet)
Shooting-Brake is based on the wagon back with 2 doors, that basically has the same, of not more "space" (or dimensions) that the doors take up, buut, yeah, car manufacturers are blurring them lines, as you said, the sports wagon mercades made they want to call it a shooting-brake.
the only way the opel kadett can be a shooting-brake, is if they stretched the fast-back to a wagon-back, so the roof follows almost all the way back past the rear wheels, then goes down on a wagon like hatch.
There are also: Ford SportKa, Alfa Romeo 145 QV, Autobianchi Y10 Turbo, Citroën C2 VTS 🙂
@@sothere1 Yes, but the SportKa is Made in Europe
sothere1 Ford Europe is European
@@dariocarbone4091
The sportka was late 90's early 00's not the 80's like all the cars in this video.
5:40, few know, but any Version of the AX provides a perfect basis for a fun Vehicle, which costs next to nothing...
Ritmo was called Strada in UK
You're right! I thought I were going mad,lol.
So sad that they didn't produce a real Sport-Version of the Fiat Seicento!!
my dad had a maestro, not a turbo just the austin version. the door handles broke off all the doors except the drivers door lol. It was beige and brown, typical british leyland palate.
Mg maestro turbo one of the fastest if not the fastest fwd hatch back of the 1980s 0 to 60 in 6.7! seconds now fast flying up in value!
You forgot to mention the VW Polo 9N3 GTI 2006-2008. I own one myself and they are extremely rare like the Lupo GTI. It is also very fun and extremely fast despite only having 150HP. When you drive it economically, you can get around 480km out of one tank (around 40 litres 5l is reserve). A full tank costs 50-52 Euros in Germany. The engine is very tunable up to 225HP and you just have to swap the intercooler. The rest is software programming or chip tuning. Very impressive.
Stock specs:
1.8T 150HP 220Nm
Weight (empty): 1269kg
Forgot to mention I have the 3 door version
The 1st séries of Ritmo had the 1.6 105 TC
Had volvo 480turbo. Loved it! It allowed me to survive being hit by a lorry and 2 cars in a crash.. Volvo really know how to make good strong cars!
The rally ritmo abarth sounds great imo,but i like the maestro more though
I wish hot hatches had taken off here in the States. Aside from the Volkswagen GTI, the only ones we got were Japanese. Some of them were neat, but now they've been flogged into the parts yard, with only a veritable army of crossover trash to take their place.
Sterling Crockett there’s so many hot hatches in Europe it’s a staple, all manufactures pretty much produce at least one
What about Fiat Uno Turbo?
It isn't forgotten
Scariest car I've ever been in. Although the one i was in had over 170bhp and that's after it was detuned. It had over 200bhp at one point but twisted the body, so was reduced abit...
Christian Buczko Lol, especially non ABS model it's light as fuck and it doesn't need a lot to be fast
God I had one , good in a straight line , then body kit started flying off all over the road
The 11 turbo and the 9 turbo were a really fast car, even in climbs with curves, this car still being faster than several new models
My first car was a 2002 Volkswagen GTI, with the 20 valve 1.8 turbo. Best first car ever. Stupidly fast for a first car, and tons of fun. If you can believe it, that cars clutch survived me being a teenager and now has 230,000 miles on it.
I'll always have a soft spot for the Renault 19 16v the little hood scoop just made it for me.
0:58 the fuel gauge is working like a tacometer
My parents had a 6 year old MG Maestro 1600 at the same time the quick turbo version came out.
I owned a SEAT Ibiza but sadly not a 1.8 or 2.0 GTi. Very good car though.
Wow. I had a Strada 130TC, a Maestro turbo, 480 turbo, Renault 11 turbo and a Fiat Uno turbo! I never did have a normal one e.g. R5 turbo, 205GTI, XR3i etc. But what I really wanted at the time was a Citroen Visa GTI or a Fiat 131 Abarth.
Such a good video! I knew 2 and that's it, very well done haha
You can forget all of these, only one to remember the Renault Clio Williams Mk 1(not the 2 or 3). People forget this is the first and only hatchback to have F1 engineers tune the engine, suspension and brakes. It also includes Gold plated wheels.
the most striking car of the list is the 480 turbo it looks absolutely unique
Nice review full of nostalgia when driving funn was more important then electronic gadgets...thanks Visioracer
Shooting brake term has a history longer than motorized cars. :)
Agree! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake
A friend had the Ritmo, useless in traffic as the plugs kept fouling.
Yea Fiat Tipo! :)
R A ehm no.
The Lupo gti is possibly the cutest car ever. I want 12!!!!!
I had the MG maestro 2.0 efi. Non turbo but still a good car and made s change from other GTi cars
Omg Fiat Tipo, this was by far my favourite car I loved my white Tipo. We travelled between our homes in North Wales and France so many times in that car and it never let us down and it surprised a few BMW
The ibiza also got the 2.0 16v abf making 150hp
Fiat Uno turbo ie,Polo G40,Renault Clio Williams,Renault 19 16V,Visa GTi, Visa GT Tonic,Talbot Horizon Marathon,Peugeots 106 XSI,Gti & rallye, 205 GTi,309 GTi, Corsa A GSi,Lancia Delta Hf Turbo,Fiesta XR2
Finally some hardcore facts from VisioRacer. Must point out that you sir, are a top level data miner for collecting all this data on a particular automotive subject, with fact checking and also securing video clips for some of the more rarer cars out there.
Because of this, I'm going to recommend that you invest at least a portion of your money on professional pronunciation courses offered by a native english speaker with a logopedic academic degree at least on a bachelors degree level, pref masters.
You'll probably never get rid of the accent, but will make many of the linguistic tongue twisters a helluva a lot easier and also help you with appropriate rythm and certain other aspects of articulation.
You speak good english, but since this is an international forum, such an effort is well worth the investment in time and money. Because with 335K subscribers and several tens of thousands of views per video with in a week, you're making at least some level of bank. The only direction is up.
Still no Astra/Kadette 16v GTE. That red top engine was wicked.
Cool! And the Uno turbo i.e? Very important on this list
Also Citroen ZX 2.0 16V with 150 HP...in 1992 the same power output like Golf mk3 GTI
Besides the fact that a Ritmo 130 TC is pretty expensive for student's standards, where are all twin-spark alfa 145s at?😅
The Ibiza GTI had a 2.0 16v with 150HP(ABF, same of MK3 Golf GTI).
A former colleague of mine had a Volvo - twenty years later I am still jealous that he had pop-up headlights.
please can you do the ford cosworth engine series. the bda/bdg, bdt, yb, dfv, v6 gaa, f1 engines. thanks
Where is the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus?
He can save that for episode 3.
Or the chevette hs2300? Uno turbo?
I wonder if you got the torque numbers wrong for the Volvo 480. Turbocharged engines typically have way more pound-feet than horsepowers. A turbocharged 176 hp four cylinder should have torque numbers in the low 200's, not the 128 that you quote.
Another excellent video!!!
Me: Mom can we have a Golf GTI at home?
Mom: we already have a Golf GTI at home.
Golf GTI at home: 6:33
The term 'Shooting Brake' has been around since early cars!
Interestingly, it is said that the Volvo 480 was mostly a Dutch design (the last, probably) and not Swedish.
The Lupo GTI is like the cutest hot hatch
there's a reason most of these cars were forgotten. only 2 of these are faster than my 14 year old diesel Avensis (which is quickish for what it us I suppose but it's not even the quickest 14 year old diesel Avensis available!).
Before even watching this. Im assuming we had none of these here in the US!
As an American I can say I have never seen that Volvo. I've never owned a Volvo and I'm not a fanboy but I've always found Volvo's to be neat understated sleepers.
ax is called gt not a sport and had a twin choke weber carb not twin carbs and was a 1.4 there was an ax gti as well but was actually slower cause of all the extra wiring etc for the fuel injection, also used to get a 2.0 litre 16v ibiza called the cupra sport aswell as the 8v one..
sorry ment to write 1.3 fo ac
ax!!
Where is the Peugeot 106 GTI/ Sport, Peugeot even made a Rallye version. As always nice video👍🏻 keep those videos coming!!
That's a different decade to all the other cars, so probably why it's not included.
You are wrong the Ibiza also got a 2.0 abf 1.6v making 150hp
my dad had a volvo 480 turbo and he tuned it in 2002 and it made 450 hp with stock internals. sadly one day some assholes putted firework in the gas cap and the car exploded. they later got arrested and to jail for 10 years(every guy). and my dad got a volvo S70 2.5 turbo for free because of the accident.
yes baby my citroen ax mentioned but mine is only 1100cc and 60hp! cant scratch a cockroach with it..
6:03 that hood chatter gives me anxiety 😫
I miss a few cars, like the Renault 5 turbo, Renault clio williams, Renault 19 16v. Peugot 205 gti, Citroen bx gti, Opel kadett gsi, Opel corsa gsi. And probably i miss a few more.
@John Smith Probably, but if i look on the roads here in the Netherlands, i never see any of these cars driving. For me they are forgotten too ;-)
Oh that volvo I have not forgotten about that.
These are not forgotten! There are plenty more not on your list that deserve a mention. Citroen visa gti, Citroen ZX Volcane, Peugeot 309 gti etc etc. There are o many hot variants of European cars out there that maybe you can make several more lists of them? Hot Citroens, Hot renaults, hot fords etc. You got some work to do!
1:26 "Shooting brake" was term before cars were even invented.
The term Shooting Brake is a lot older than you are aware of mate dates back like 200 years.
THE SUSPENSION OF THE VOLVO 480 WAS _FULLY_ DESIGNED BY LOTUS!!! (NOT PARTLY...)
The lupo 3L isn't 3 litres, it's just called 3L.
The 3L has some lighter body panels and aerodynamic tweaks giving it a different front end compared to other lupos.
Somebody did not read the text in the brackets, huh?
@@VisioRacer - haha... nope, someone didn't.
AX rally car with "PO POPO PO POPO ..." that dude is god
I saw one of those Ritmo Abarth's, sweet little car.
If u squint, the volvo kinda looks like a 3rd gen civic...
Athala Naufal i thought it was when i saw the thumbnail
Would loved to have seen the Fiat bravo
I come early to watch Visio Racer's videos!
Ay I suggested the Ibiza GTi last video!! 😁
Here is a thought... how about 10 street cars closest to homologated rally cars?
Tipos were sold here in brazil as well. And they don't have a very good fame, i might add...
J haven't Fiat Tipo 2.016v But my dream car is Renault 21turbo Quadra
You know this video is about European hot hatches when the Fiat Tipo's fuel gauge is possessed and the Seat's rear lights come on when the owner revs too high. ;)
Don't get the 480!!
I had the Turbo which was quick especially with the turbo wanged up a bit and it handled well for it's time with a nice set of 15" rims and Avon sports tires all round. However it was forever having electrical and brake problems plus water sat in the passenger foot well until I drilled some holes in it.
I've ad two Volvo's both were crap.