What's Oppo's Favorite Rally Car?

"Reigntastic" (reigntastic) 12/13/2013 at 15:51 • Filed to: None

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Although rally racing has always been hard to come by in the US (for viewing, at least), I always found myself enchanted by the Celica. It had a fairly dominant reign (through some altogether questionable means), but the engineers on the team put it in a great position to win.

What's your favorite?

RacecaR > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:53

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With this being a close second.

Nibbles > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:53

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Stratos

Duh

nobody > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:53

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Three words: Lancia Delta Integrale

Brian Silvestro > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:54

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I think it's my favorite. Second would be the stratos.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:55

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I'm normally a Subaru guy but id give them up for a chance to have one of these.

UserNotFound > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:55

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RS200, of course.

505Turbeaux > nobody 12/13/2013 at 15:55

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nah just 2, Lancia 037

Gamecat235 > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:56

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Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:56

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Nibby > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:57

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Cixelsyd > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:57

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Group B or go home.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/07/retros…

Slave2anMG > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:58

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Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:59

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ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 15:59

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For Sweden > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:00

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You already know the answer.

Hoccy > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:04

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Subaru Legacy, and while it didn't win any championships, it was the car that really introduced Subaru to rally. It's also something cool about rallying a car that is a lot bigger than the competition, or unusal in other ways.. Like the Peugeot 307 CC WRC:

I remember when the car was new and Markus Grönholm was asked what he knew about it. "It's a cabriolet", he said.. Of course, it wasn't.

Menebrio > Gamecat235 12/13/2013 at 16:05

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I think you might be a little bias...

Breakfast Burrito: The True Resident Burrito > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:05

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What I affectionately call the "Scuba Car"

DanimalHouse > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:07

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037. Because RWD Hooning.

DanimalHouse > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 12/13/2013 at 16:08

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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:09

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This...

Want something more recent? Hmm..

Then it's this..

area man > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:10

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Gotta be the 205

Followed closely by the Evo VI

They both just look like such honest machines.

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235 12/13/2013 at 16:10

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Cheater, technically not quite a rally car ;)

Menebrio > Brian Silvestro 12/13/2013 at 16:10

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To conservative, I prefer

Cebu > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:13

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Lancia Stratos.

ddavidn > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:16

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Lately, this is my new favorite:

But usually:

And this always has a very special place in my heart:

And anything old, really.

Brian Silvestro > Menebrio 12/13/2013 at 16:18

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I wanted to post that, but I quickly put a picture of any quattro I could find before anyone else could.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > DanimalHouse 12/13/2013 at 16:19

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That photographer must have bulletproof balls! "half step back, eh, that'll do."

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:22

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Anything that's got "Pike's Peak" in the name.

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures 12/13/2013 at 16:23

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Tomato, Rod Millen... Whatever.

Forgetful > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:24

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I prefer my Celica rally cars undead. Zombie Celica ATW. Popups FTW.

PRBot II > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:25

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Saab all the things.

Erik Carlsson-lopnik.

Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235 12/13/2013 at 16:26

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If it's Rod Millen you want...

Bad Idea Hat > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:42

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g_berserk > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 16:53

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To me, french rally cars have a certain je' ne sais quoi

TSLA > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 17:36

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I find the Group S rally cars to be most interesting.
Like this Lancia EVC.

Skif6996 > nobody 12/13/2013 at 18:19

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Winner.

Frank Grimes > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 19:03

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911e46z06 > Reigntastic 12/13/2013 at 19:06

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I think that Lancias take the top several spots, but I am absolutely shocked to see that nobody has mentioned the Dakar 959

Pockets > Reigntastic 12/14/2013 at 09:50

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I... I can't choose! There's too much awesome... I tried and came up with a list of about 30 cars - the only narrowing down I could do was to narrow down the many Lancer Evos. :(

Stef Schrader > Reigntastic 12/16/2013 at 21:45

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Ur-Quattro.

Lancer Evolution.

911s/959s in rally trim.

Nope, no, I can't even come close to picking a favorite. Ever.

Desu-San-Desu > Reigntastic 12/16/2013 at 22:13

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I have to cheat, because I have two, but one's for tarmac rally and one's for all-terrain:

Tarmac:

Lancia Stratos: Just look at it!

Mixed Terrain:

Audi Sport Quattro S1: Just listen to it!

Btw, both cars are available in Forza 4 and are amazingly good fun.

The Audi will kill you unless you try and kill it back. It will understeer you into oblivion until you adapt to it and learn that gobs and gobs of oppo and a bootfull of throttle really is the best way to get this car around a corner. But if you manage to match savagery with savagery, it's a hell of an exhilarating car to drive:

The Stratos, on the other hand, is the exact opposite; it requires finesse and restraint to keep it reigned in and pointing straight. It loves to be sideways, even when you'd rather it not be. Instead of fighting it, you have to just carry an uncomfortable amount of speed into every corner and allow it to rotate and slide the back end out a little with every corner exit. Otherwise, it'll snap back around on you and point you somewhere in the vicinity of oncoming traffic. However, if you can manage to tame it and build that level of symbiotic harmony, it is one hell of a fine-handling machine that can hold its own against much more powerful beasts. In fact, it completely obliterated the sub-3.0 liter class in Group J's Trans-Am series, and often nabbed a podium finish overall, beating out many of the big-block boys, as can be seen here where myself (in the yellow Stratos) and Corz (in the Camaro) duke it out during the first lap of one of the races:

My view:

BTW, I proceeded to win that race with an 8-second lead. ;-P

Reigntastic > Desu-San-Desu 12/16/2013 at 23:45

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I absolutely love driving the Quattro in Dirt, but I don't currently have an Xbox for Forza, unfortunately. Pretty much the only reason I'm tempted to get one.

Stratos is gorgeous, no doubt about it. It's what I wish my MR2 was every time I get into it.

orcim > Reigntastic 12/17/2013 at 03:34

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Hmmm. *looks around*

"Uhm, it's the rental car, of course."

*ducks* (not really oppo, so I figure I can get away with it.)