Metro 6R4 Colin McRae course car

[Nbuilder1]

We miss you Colin RIP.......

[howtogrowvegetables]

bring back the flames the fuel overuns, and Chatsworth park, I will never ever forget the "Year of the metro". Tony pond said it was the only rally stage that he heard the crowd above the noise of the engine. All I remember above the noise was a wall of light infront of the metro, lights? No it was camera flashes. Dave Richards - the public has spoken now will you listen? The welsh forests are great but it is not Welsh rally, its the rally of GB something others forgot a longtime ago.

[12valvepower1]

@wellytopjohnny here here

[thenicedudejay]

witty has a point that Colin Mcrae could drive as a brave & daring madman.

even more so when he had been off at a stage & tried to earn some seconds

back on next special stage.but in order to drive like that he had to be very skillfull ,

or he would going off again.i will never forget one year of the swedish rally ,

where he was off on a stage & next stage he had one higher gear than all the other drivers had at same places on the stage.Colin must had balls the size of

melon for such driving !!

[merryhobgoblin]

@thenicedudejay I agree that Colin was brave,but not stupid and to say someone "isn't that good" and just has bravery is just crass. He was a highly skilled, world champion driver,not some brave hack that didn't have any skill and wasn't that good. Witty decides to make stupid comments then remove them but still leaves them on his profile...lol that's how bright he is. Guys like Witty are so much better than Colin,yet have we ever heard of them? No is the answer,just another keyboard warrior.

[witty9742]

If only words did fail you my friend, the world would be a more peaceful place I am sure!!

Everyone is certainly entitled to an opinion, however I feel for you as to have a opinion upset you to such a degree must be difficult to deal with... I thank you for your feedback and look forward to hearing from the "other drivers" also..

Thanks again for your time, effort and passion!!!

[merryhobgoblin]

@witty9742 Well i think that your response just goes to illustrate my point! Yes don't bother answering any of the points,you just sit there in complete ignorence,i mean after all thats all you have to offer to the sport. What have you achieved in rally sport? I mean you can't be a driver after making such crass comments so you might wish to answer those points, maybe? Having an opinion is one thing but when you take up a position so diametrically opposed to the actual facts thats just sad

[Logheuger]

look this kartfreak.... grüsse

[witty9742]

colin was not such a great driver as everyone says... he was just brave and daring and didnt know anything but flat out.. thats why he is so well liked and entertaining to watch..sooner watch 80s and 90s rally than this methodical,calculated rallying with team orders nowadays

[merryhobgoblin]

@witty9742 you know it's amazing how there is always some jealous, under achieving misserable snot like you on just about every video on youtube. I happen have known Colin and indeed his whole family very well and have driven with him on numerous occasions and have worked in the motorsport industry my entire life. If you were to speak to other drivers like Seb Loeb or any of the many Finnish drivers they would also tell you just how good he was,but i suppose you have achieved so much more

[merryhobgoblin]

@witty9742 You sir a complete arse,i suppose you have won more than 25 rallies had 42 podiums 477 stage wins and of course there is the slight matter of being world champion? You have no clue what you are talking about and know nothing about the people and the skills involved and yet you can say "ah your not that good" what a total and complete moron you are.I have emailed your comments to a few drivers so lets see what they say aswell shall we? WORDS FAIL ME TO YOUR IGNORANCE!!

[Taxidoors1]

serious control some pilot RIP colin

[ribinoct76]

anyone know who the mate in the passenger seat was???

[williamcorsa1995]

6r4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lewdabake]

proper driver, goin into the bends sideways, that shows how a car is ment to be driven on the loose... colin maybe the greatest ever, but who can say who really is

[justforever96]

Wait a minute...isn't part of the purpose of a "course car" to drive the track ahead of the race and make sure it's clear of fallen trees and/or stupid spectators? And as a warning to people that "the race is under way"? So why would you want to drive around the track that fast? Maybe the "course car" I'm thinking of was only for the old-school rallies that were actually held on public roads? I guess that would make more sense.

[paultatters]

Great Great driver!!! No turbo great for throttle response but sadly nearly 200bhp down on the S1/T16 E2 and S4 liked this car but AR never had a budget and when it made its debut on the RAC 1985 it was 6 months off the pace as tooling/engine and budget issues rendered it obsolete

[justforever96]

I just love the Metro 6R4. I love all Group B cars, but the 6R4 is special...it was the renegade, the only natural-aspirated car of the bunch. I like cars that dare to be different (people too). The Metro had awesome handling, and the NA V-6 meant loads of torque, and NO TURBO-LAG! A big advantage on courses without straights. I've seen a longer version of this video before but I've been unable to find it since. I KNOW it's the same from the corner where he knocks the signs over at the end.

[justforever96]

Group B definetely kicks WRC's ass any day. The entire (Western) world is so obsessed with "safety this, safety that" these days, it's sad. Danger is what made Group B exciting! I can't say that WRC ISN'T dangerous, but not like The Killer B's were. What about the old days, when if you wanted to race, you expected that you might be killed? Only Real Men May Apply, you know? They make enough money, there oughta be danger too. And don't tell me I'd "feel different if I were driving"...I wouldn't.

[12valvepower1]

colin mcrae rally 3. ps2. still the best game for rally i have ever played.

[JOJOBANANAZ1]

WRC has been a joke for about 10 years. REMEMBER KANKUNEN IN A FAT PEUGEOT for pensioners. WHO YEARNS TO HAVE A XSARA? CITROEN C4? FOCUS ? THEY'RE ALL CRAP NOW. ORIGINAL SCOOBIES WERE LAST OF THE GREAT RALLY CARS. 6R4's are ALWAYS BEST THING IN ANY EVENT.

[evilintel]

Now why couldn't anyone drive this car like this when Gr.B was around? Maybe then it would have given Peugoet and Lancia a fright.

[Copshootcop74]

Thankyou Colin R.I.P...... I'm hoping Kris Meeke will follow in your footsteps....... as he has been taught well!

[21trident]

Driving blind, no notes, and a mate for a passenger, Now that is awesome, and only one legend can do that, Colin Mcrea R.I.P

[UkuDooku]

'IF IN DOUBT.......FLAT OUT !!!'

Sadly missed..Richard and Colin, pretty sure they're both sideways in heaven

[Mozzofull]

This is what rallying`s all about..Colin McRae!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrStrudds]

Absolutely superb driving.

[johnLabella]

i wonder if anyone has this film WITHOUT the commentary!!

[ingrowntoenailman]

they were fast, so fast that when things went wrong they went really wrong, yes the crowds gathering on OUTSIDE of corners didn't help either...

[witty97421]

he knew only one speed... flat out!!!!

[gilesstocks]

they where banned due to poor crowd control .

[2007mcskimming]

know how it says the rally is being ledd by jim carty thts ma oncle :D

[StreetSlider88]

them cars r rapid

[wwwsmoothwww]

now that is driving !! R.I.P

[YoutTube7]

R.I.P

[sikknote666]

wellytopjohnny... one word Darwin..

[sikknote666]

Colin would have been a GpB legend nuff said

[Zlaja16]

...what prevented him from doing it ?

[supertrix101]

the FIA Banned group b for some reasons...

[TheTopfuel]

they were banned cos they were fire hazards, crowd control, was not the main reason, the engine layout had its hottest parts , turbo, exhaust system , built too close to the fuel, & oil tanks!! which made them explode on heavy impact! the s4 of toivonen, & cresta was the end, as they died in a fireball,

[ps3Evo]

Groupe B cars were just too powerful for the conditions that rallies are ran in. Pure and simple. It was only the lancia that was a fire hazard. The Ford RS 200 was involved in a fatal accident previous to Toivonen's crash. Most drivers would agree that the 6R4 was actually a safe car. From a lifetime fan of rallying.

[supertrix101]

agreed

[111alonso]

im very privaliged to own 1 of the wheels from his 2001 ford focus used in rally gb it has all the fia stickers on it i think it may even be 1 of the wheels that were on the car when he rolled it near the end of the rally when he retierd because the wheel has had a welding job done on it

[MetalSanke]

@111alonso

Thats going to be worth a shitload one of these days.

[creationofsociety]

depends on the car , it was mostly around 650 , they used different amounts , on some rallies for example audi s1 used 450 horsepower , and on some they kricked it up to 650 , but lets add to that , that the tires werent all that good , so it was mindblowing they could keep those cars on the road , but cuz it killed a driver , and cuz they went just as fast as the class under group b , they banned them , wich is very logical to me , safety first !

[phuturephunk01]

They were banned for ten years. Then new safer ways of creating space-frame chassis for them made them runners for group B, against Imprezas and such like. Still holding their own. I used to watch These and Audi Quattro's, RS Escorts etc start the first stage of the Lombard RAC Rally, from Bath every year when I was a kid. A 6R4 came to our school and ripped up our playground, did a signing etc. then fukd off. My first car was a Metro - naturally.....it was shit.

[JJMetalMad999]

lol

[klonkku10]

but if rallying is too safety like nowadays it's boring to watch.

[supertrix101]

agreed

[battfinkz]

r.i.p. colin true sportsman who still gives me the shivers when i watch his old vids, he took the time too stop and wave to my son in a pit stop too years ago and i used to go every year just to watch his exciting attacking style of rallying.peace

[Arbiurtoo]

Great video

[likegravy]

It's a shame colin wasn't in his driving prime in the group b era. The man has no fear!

[janfredriklarsen]

That was with biturbo.. Used in ERC. Rallycross

[RAMXacrifice]

Extra skidding :P! colin it is ;)damn without notes!

[jelleyman123]

r.i.p colin

[veroooom]

Legend.

[julzrafpilot]

what a legend colin Mc Rae!!!

[julzrafpilot]

100% agree tottally

[gilhooley28]

love the 6r4.

saw one at a track day at knockhill overtaking two porsche 911 turbos on he main straight in one go.

amazing machine...

[AXSweetie]

couldnt agree more, he was a legend, and defo bring back the old skool rally cars, the 6r4`s there better than any other, awsome machines!

[cheryltweedyismint]

Colin Mcrae was a legend....RIP, When this vid was filmed he was a legend in the making.

tHE 6R4's were beasts, Bring back old skool Rally cars I say.

[leeperryismerry]

I saw one of these on Friday!

I couldn't believe it! an 6R4! :)

[theschuminator]

rallying iis shit now its jus anti lag anti lag bang bang, the escorts had proper noise ariv vatanen

[Sephiroth5300]

If he had only been born 10 years earlier. He would of raced Group B. Can you imagine how fast Colin would have been in a Quattro S1, or a Lancia Delta?

It would of been total domination.

[FoxGTR34Nismo]

Wow, nice to see a classic Group B monster on the tracks! Love the noise! As much as I love newer rally machines, nothing can compare to these off road terrors, the "Killer Bs".

[most6wanted]

i agree 100% im big rally fan i wud luv to see the group bs return in a special championshipor if i cud go back in time and see them live

[nidgybaby]

Mki & MK2 escorts are now going for silly money up to 45 thousand for say a works bda....I read on a site for metro 6r4s, that they are extremly good value for money probabaly much less than the high end escorts.....I think soon cars like this will sky rocket in price in years to come.....

[6R4NET]

45k is a very low figure, some mk2 escorts are going for 70-80k with a full propper spec. You could get an extremely tidy and very good specd 2.5 short stroke engined 6R4. There is an ex works 6R4 which is for sale for in the region of 130,000 pounds!

[nidgybaby]

Wow... thanks for the education...I owned a mk1 mexico replica about 10 years ago selling it for the measly sum of £1000 was the wort move i evermade even good replicas are fetcing silly money even mine would be worth £4000 or even more

[eurocobra91]

yup, however i wouldn't have a 6r4 as they are not road legal, but absolutely gorgeous.

i also found a mk1 escort mexico body, except with a cosworth engine, pulling 170-180bhp, reworked chassis too, it was only £10k

[6R4NET]

Of course 6R4s are road legal, how do you think they get from stage to stage and the fact they need to have an mot etc like any other road car.

[justforever96]

@6R4NET- I don't know...I saw a video of a WRC Focus racing from a stoplight, and some guy said "is that thing even road legal?". I said that of course it must be, because they have to drive from stage to stage. Some other guy replied to me and said that they have to get special permission to drive on specific roads on race days, otherwise their not legal. Maybe he didn't know shit, and I'm no rally expert, but it sounded plausible to me. I HAVE seen RS200's on roads, but not in race trim.

[6R4NET]

@justforever96 The chap you spoken to doesnt know shit, I have worked on 6r4's and know friends with wrc cars and they have to be road legal just like any other car that uses the high way. No rally car in the uk has special permission to drive on specific roads.

[justforever96]

@6R4NET Ah, well that's good to know; thanks. I always have to mentally file anything I'm told on YouTube as "suspect", since at LEAST half of it is crap, whether intentional or not.

Now, when you say "no rally car in the UK", do you mean JUST the UK, or everywhere? Because now that I think about it, I believe the Focus I was talking about was filmed somewhere else, Scandinavia, perhaps. I don't remember. Hell, it could have been France. Or do they even drive fast cars in France? ;)

[Taz1451]

@6R4NET I thought the higher end 6r4's were only for track racing, and rallying like this. Then they had some 300hp road legal ones..

[6R4NET]

@Taz1451 The higher end (Works cars) were made for rallying but they are still road legal, as long as they are road registered, have a valid mot and tax and insurance you are fine. The 250bhp clubman cars which were sold for road use or club rally competitors were fine for the road too. A mate of mine is having a 3.5 rallycross 6r4 engine in his 6r4 and that will be used on the road with 500bhp plus.

[g4m3rsc0r3]

@6R4NET just sexual lol

[alansmith1982]

@6R4NET u can buy one for £30k av seen them in the auto trader mate

[AudiencePrizeWinner]

Last shot in this video is a Colin's Masterpiece. RIP.

[corybungo]

I was there that day. I feel so proud to have said that.

Thanks for the memories Col.

[most6wanted]

ya colin was a legend for sure great driver,i saw him drive in killarney brilliant

[123motoxmad]

R.I.P

LEGAND

[eplekart]

COLIN IS THE KING FOREWER R.I.P

[Rhodri101283]

Love the way he slides it around that last corner, Andrew Marriot sounds like he's having an orgasm!

Superb video!

[StabbyStoo]

Awesome car, fucking awesome driver. That's why Rallying is so awesome to watch.

RIP Colin Mcrae.

[bobbj77]

I was there, it seems like yesterday

[Krylov79]

Still crazy to believe that He's gone.....

[12valvepower]

he is a god to me, R I P

[doubts]

He was enjoying that.

[messiazzz]

who could it be?

AMAZING COLIN 4EVER

[adamfruitcake]

Wow what driving, you can tell Colin would have been a champ in the group B days.

[Vamppas]

or not

[adamfruitcake]

huh?

[BigIainGillies]

thats y he was so well known. no1 watching this video can honestly say they can drive like that. rip

[EuroGermanNews]

Great video. Colin, we miss you. Rest in peace. Look the Tribute Video for Colin on my channel.

[manderson969]

total legend, the best we will ever see! R.I.P

[martrally1980]

Absolutley awesome Colin was the greatest talent we will ever see a true inspiration, will be sadly missed.

RIP Colin

[prostreet572]

rip colin

[amiamedeo]

omg, he's the only 1 who can drive like that with a metro...

R.I.P. , my friend, my idol, my champion...

[skmoore]

> omg, he's the only 1 who can drive like that with a metro...

You never saw Tony Pond on the drive down from the Turini then! :-)

[SevcaCZ]

Thats right, Tony Pond drove really flat out, great driver. RIP Colin!

[janeybee83]

A true inspiration. You will be missed by all who have met you. RIP Mr McRae.

[strongbow5ml]

RIP, You were the best.

[Aranzubia]

R.I.P. Colin

[weecraiglikescars]

RIP colin

he inspired me to rally i used to hate rallying before i new him

[MonsterMawd]

Fearless and so talented. We'll miss you Colin.

[gkthedude]

Brilliant Driver!

ABsolute legend.

True inspiration to car enthusiasts around the world.

RIP Colin McRae

[EuroGermanNews]

Great video. Colin, we miss you. Rest in peace. Look the Tribute Video for Colin on my channel.

[tommyovhull]

R.I.P

[PartyBoy4]

My idol, my hero, RIP

[col5times]

What a scottish hero !! R.I.P Colin i have seen you so many times even stood beside you on the banking in devilla forest when i was about 12 years old !!

Thanks for the memories Colin R.I.P

[cossieman93]

R.I.P the only scottish world rally champion so far and ever you will always remembered for being the best rally driver in the world

[j66gah]

Rip colin u were a Scottish hero and the best driver in the world my thoughts will ur family also

[digitaltactics]

rip one the greatest drivers in the world what a loss :(

[alexwhittie]

RIP :(

[s1rallye]

r.i.p legend

[fred12fred]

RIP

[CozzieBhoy]

RIP Colin. A true Rally Legend.

[sonicstep]

As with Richard Burns you will be remembered. Rest in peace... .

[OuijaB0ard]

RIP Colin McRae Always a Legend 15/09/07

[CapsuleWonder]

6R4's are awesome. Metro in name only.

[sonicstep]

Yep! The only similarity is the shell. I did see one on the the road 5 years or so back locally though with a front wing, and I kid you not. I saw it while waiting to be served in a shop and it was no replica, I took a good look.

[antiLeixo]

Nice ;)

[Rallyfan]

Colin, please, back to rallying!!!

[tsport100]

How often is the 00 car THE SHOW??

[cossworth]

Mcrae in a Group B rallycar! YES!!!

[Corbbi]

damn!

[nJAssOO]

wow!

[warsoul]

vrooom vrooom screechhhh..

[genocyber36]

hes driving it without using the notes, insane, awesome

[Rab1bluenose]

mcrae is the man

[OuijaB0ard]

Geez that was quick! Ive seen 6R4's on gravel in real life but I think their drivers where takin it easy and shortshiftin at like 5000rpm to preserve the car. Its good to see someone thrashing one again for old times sake.

[ruuman]

man that boy can drive

[flat0401]

Fantastic. That's awesome to see. Go Colin!!

[6R4fan]

Awesome!