by "FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
Published 01/29/2017 at 06:36
by "FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
Published 01/29/2017 at 06:36
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"Leon711" (leon711)
01/29/2017 at 06:39, STARS: 2
Y u do dis?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/29/2017 at 06:44, STARS: 1
not something you’d see every day in the UK now.
"RT" (rt-p)
01/29/2017 at 06:55, STARS: 1
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"Svend" (svend)
01/29/2017 at 06:55, STARS: 2
The MG Maestro was quite a hot hatch for it’s day.
A bit of a classic really.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 07:57, STARS: 0
I actually rather like it. Definitely a bit more interesting than the more popular hot hatches of the 80s like the Golf GTI and Pug 205 GTi.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 07:59, STARS: 0
Even rarer on the mainland Europe.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 08:00, STARS: 0
I like hot versions of crappy cars. And I’m evil.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/29/2017 at 12:13, STARS: 0
Maestro!
One of those cars (the Montego was another) that vanished almost as soon as production stopped.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 12:24, STARS: 0
Like most British Leyland cars I suppose.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/29/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 1
Not just them though - whatever kind of Japanese car they were making then is long gone too. Same with Renaults, Fiats, Peugeots and so on.
"BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
01/29/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 1
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"Laurence" (mrlaurence)
01/29/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 1
Maestro turbo! I have an unexplainable obsession with 80's and 90's Austin Rover stuff, so it’s great to see some love for them on here. The turbos were a rare beast too - only 505 got made, and I imagine far fewer are left now.
"Svend" (svend)
01/29/2017 at 14:01, STARS: 1
That one above was made in 1989.
So would be the 2.0 litre Turbo, 150bhp with a 0-60mph of 6.8seconds.
It’s top speed was only 129mph but for something like that, that could leave you standing in it’s time.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 1
I spent my noon watching old Top Gear episodes and this post was an inspiration.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 14:44, STARS: 1
They’re just so obscure I have to love them.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 1
That’s not too shabby for a hot hatch from ‘89. And a 129mph isn’t too bad either. Crap, I think I want one haha.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 14:52, STARS: 0
I feel like cars have gotten better in the last two decades - a 20 year old car nowadays is much more modern than a 20 year old car was 20 years ago.
"Laurence" (mrlaurence)
01/29/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 1
Yeah, I think they’re very cool - it’s a shame they’ve been largely forgotten and gone down in history as an also-ran, since they were very quick compared to their rivals.
(No idea how honest this advert actually is - I just thought it was cool)
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 15:11, STARS: 1
I’ve never seen one irl. I wonder if there are any lhd versions left, the last time I saw one for sale was a year and a half ago.
"Laurence" (mrlaurence)
01/29/2017 at 15:17, STARS: 1
Ive seen quite a few normal ones, but I don’t think I’ve spotted a turbo before, or if I have, I didn’t recognise it as one.
Given how few cars BL/Austin-Rover sold outside of the U.K. in the 80's and early 90's, it wouldn’t surprise me if there isn’t any LHD models left - I’ll have to have a look into it
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 15:25, STARS: 1
There are actually a handful of lhd MG Maestros in Germany according to a dedicated forum.
"Laurence" (mrlaurence)
01/29/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 1
Nice to see there’s still a few going. My research pointed to there being a few LHD MG Maestros, as well as a few Montego Turbos, but not a single Maestro turbo I can find any evidence of - there’s a pretty good chance they were a RHD and UK only model, given how few actually got made.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
01/29/2017 at 15:36, STARS: 1
I guess you’re right about the Turbo being rhd-only.
"Laurence" (mrlaurence)
01/29/2017 at 15:43, STARS: 1
Probably :( there’s a (slim) chance that somebody converted one and hid it away somewhere though.
Considering how much faster it was than its rivals (on paper at least), and how desperate the British car industry was to sell cars at the time, it strikes me as odd that they limited production, though equally, some sources do say they took a lot of time to sell them all, despite the performance they offered.
I still want one though. Ideally with the stupid talking dashboard