The 1982 Manx Rally

[honeybutterlover]

Oh My God.That was what rallying is about.The entry list is like a who-is-who of driving legends.VATANEN,TOIVONEN,MIKKO­LA,BLOMQUIST...,sideways all the time,great open roads,you got more excitement from a single rally then ,than you do with a full season of Loeb- vs- himself now.

No wonder people enjoy historic rallies nowadays more than modern s#*t!!!

[mikethefoto]

Group 4, which then became Group B.

Then the FIA screwed it all up, as usual.

[21Wook75]

What group were these rally cars?

[RallyKillen]

@21Wook75 That class are callad Group 5

[tw20turbo]

you wouldn't see a mk2 laying down rubber like that now!

[SPYDOC1]

The 80's were the best rally years, I loved it. I suspect a world Grp N car would be as quick as these were then, but the whole experience was awsome, respect.

[OozyDesertFox]

@SPYDOC1 I remember the 80's rallying. the best ever. The group B cars were awsome to watch and hear. Regarding speed, shortly before Henri Toivonen was killed he drove a test day in Spain for the press, 1 week before the Spanish Grand Prix in a Lancia Delta S16. The time he acheived would have put him 3rd on the grid from memory. Remember the Group N cars are near standard. The Lancia produced up to 900hp.

[SPYDOC1]

I remember reading an artical from the eighties of when an audi quattro was car "0" on a british championship round and beat the field by a ridiculas amount of time. I 've been adicted since 1979.

[Tidermans]

If I would have been born in the 60s.. damn.. I'd have been at every single rally event.

They are really giving their rides shit lol. I love 80's rallying

[freedomsoldier187]

Ari , crash or win, best ever !

[rallydrummer]

my dad actually sat in Vatenens escort before the start of this rally :)

[su79nioj]

Vauxhall/Opel #1, 2, 4.

[Rawr454]

R.I.P. Henri Toivenen!

[mill6771]

these old rally vids are best vids ever thank u very much

[McCesna]

I'll second that mate it's no where near as good now like, wish I was born in me dads era :-(

[mill6771]

same here mate wud love to be born in dads days also, i wud have deffo tryed gettin into rallyin back then, done next best thing tho bought mk2 escort last year lol

[elreinocerca]

thank you

[elreinocerca]

hi and i `ve got a ? what`s the brand name of the 7:11-16 car?? thanks in advance

[Vamppas]

Ford Escort mk2

[willybendit]

Great to see the old cars again much better then the (W.R.C) cars great vidio roll on the 08 historics season

[jasa2345678910]

Better get the old Chevette out for the summer & have some old skool fun!

[Mknives]

Ari was the LAW!!

[weecraiglikescars]

that was before front wheel drive cars

[saabdude67]

Funny how Russel's attitude about crashes changed from the late '70s when interviewed about Pentti's sentiment, "Every driver should roll at least once or twice a year to show that he is still pushing!"

[rewkn4u]

I'll have to get the escorts out of the garage again

[emartingo]

Simplesmente fantástico...those were the days !!!!

[josiejo1975]

excellent video those were the days, ace footage, excellent rally drivers with lots of my hero's,please keep them coming may see my uncle!!!!!!

[escort1600sport]

Excellent!!

[rallymaster1701]

awesome rally back in those days. Lovely little acctident ari ad tho.

[FM77]

Top notch video..thanx a million

[Josti88]

Great entries the British championship had back then.