What would you choose?

[Al]

Renault Clio Sport.

Not the v6 one, but the 2.0 litre hatch. Sure its FWD but will clean out a overweight Golf Gti or Audi A3 turbo with ease.

Mate has one in London, takes it to a few tracks in the UK when he can, regularly cleans up cars he really shouldn't with it. That could be due to his driving though...holds lap record for Mini 7s at Ruapuna.

[Loudtoy]

My other thoughts are that I should maybe look for things like a:

Citroen Xsara, Peugeot 206, Ford Focus, Skoda Fabia etc. Most of you have probably noticed a pattern here - but hear me out.

These car's are all AWD and Turbo in the rallys. Due to homologation (sp) doesn't this mean that there should be road versions of these? Hatch, AWD, Turbo, Quick. Everything I'm trying to find. But look as I may they don't seem to exist. Am I mistaken?

Unfortunately a someone said none of these are in fact awd turbo's in real life form, homologtion only works in group n and maybe the super 1600's??
Hey have you looked at the new mini's?? Haven't really heard anything about them so will probabbly be told ow bad they are straight away but look ok imho and you can get a charged one as well, still fwd tho.
Swift, still fwd or as people have said a3's, tt if you don't mind the styling (are they 4wd?) or wait for the new gtr whenever that may be out.
Pretty much there isn't an easy option out there that fits your criteria.
One option is to buy say a 206 and fabricate stuff to make it 4wd and then drop in a ransplant from somethig to make it turbo as well $$$$$ tho
in the *0000 bracket to do the work

[Lanius]

My key points are quick (not fast, there's a difference), good looking, 1998+, AWD and probably turbo.

Not after anything big, I.E probably a hatch and must be suitable for long distance.

The only requirement a gtir doesn't meet is the 1998+ (last model released was 1994 iirc).

Provided its in stock condition (the hard part is finding one), it won't use too much gas. SR20DETs are strong motors and in stock form they only run ~7psi. Relatively lightweight for an AWD 2litre set up, so plenty of pull.

[barryogen]

Hey have you looked at the new mini's?? Haven't really heard anything about them so will probabbly be told ow bad they are straight away but look ok imho and you can get a charged one as well, still fwd tho.

The supercharged ones are a blast to drive. and apparently the turbo ones have more torque, and the same sort of response(ie instant).

[pidge]

Altezza Gita AS300 4WD?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 463094.htm

[Dell'Orto]

Hey have you looked at the new mini's?? Haven't really heard anything about them so will probabbly be told ow bad they are straight away but look ok imho and you can get a charged one as well, still fwd tho.

The supercharged ones are a blast to drive. and apparently the turbo ones have more torque, and the same sort of response(ie instant).

Wouldnt touch one, there are a few starting to turn up in workshops and they're a prick of a thing to work on.

[skoty]

Altezza Gita AS300 4WD?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 463094.htm

Those are cool wagons, never seen a 4wd version before though

[Dell'Orto]

Would be interesting to see how strong the 4WD system is in them....700hp 4WD 2JZ Gita would interesting to see at the drags!

[MR2SIK]

My key points are quick (not fast, there's a difference), good looking, 1998+, AWD and probably turbo.

Not after anything big, I.E probably a hatch and must be suitable for long distance.

The only requirement a gtir doesn't meet is the 1998+ (last model released was 1994 iirc).

Provided its in stock condition (the hard part is finding one), it won't use too much gas. SR20DETs are strong motors and in stock form they only run ~7psi. Relatively lightweight for an AWD 2litre set up, so plenty of pull.

GtiR Pulsars still tip the scales at over 1500kg though?? well the one that was in front of me on a weighbridge recently..

[Dell'Orto]

That'd have to be including people and fuel surely. They're chunky, but no where near that heavy.

[Loudtoy]

I thought someone told me they were 1280 dry or i could have just pulled a random figure out of the air.
I did read that bit about 1998 + for the year as well but seeing as i read all post's first i sort of forgot that bit

[MR2SIK]

he has a subbox/amp etc in the boot, not sure how much fuel he had, but it wont have been anymore than I had when I weighed mine, we had been driving kinda spiritivley for the afternoon

In comparison, my car weighed in at 1290kg with about 1/2 tank of fuel, so even if the scales were out, theres still a decent amount of difference.

[Al]

The only requirement a gtir doesn't meet is the 1998+ (last model released was 1994 iirc).

Since when is a cheese grater good looking

[Lanius]

The only requirement a gtir doesn't meet is the 1998+ (last model released was 1994 iirc).

Since when is a cheese grater good looking

Haha yeh, bit of an aquired taste. I didn't like them at all for a while, but came to appreciate the look after a while. Miss the one I sold, although it was for a good reason at the time

[Leon]

Mazda SP20?

[Alex B]

Slow slow slow slow slowwwwwwwwwwwww. Aka made the MR2 feel very quick.

[Al]

Mazda SP20?

More girly than mr2.

[Loudtoy]

Mazda SP20?

More girly than mr2.

Questionable

[Adamal]

Bugger it. Get an R34 GT-R

[B1NZ]

AWD is preferable to RWD. Just want something new. I've done FWD and TBH don't trust my own self control in a turbo RWD. Also I tend to go looking for gravel when I can so that would definately be a bonus.

Lol you sound like me when I was looking for a new car, I wanted turbo but was a little worried about having the rear wheels overtaking me in the wet.

I settled on a WRX STI, I must admit I was a little scared of Subarus at the time whith reliabilty issues.

I talked to a few people about them and it seems if you leave them stock and maintain them properly they seem to be fine (excluding TT Legacys)

So far no problems and I love it - Also it must be noted that I was always a mitsi fan and always wanted an evo, But when it came to it the impreza was alot nicer to drive in everyday situations and I couldnt justify the extra 4-5K for an Evo