Rally Champions of the 1980s

"The greatest decade of the WRC...captivating viewing" Autosport

For the World Rally Championship, the 1980s was a decade of drama, controversy, triumph, tragedy and, most importantly, Champions. In this action-packed DVD we meet every World Rally Champion from a turbulent time, as well as the cars they drove.

Explosive archive footage from famous events like the RAC, Monte-Carlo and 1000 Lakes rallies charts the road to victory of the seven men who would reign supreme in the 1980s, and recalls the awesome skills, bitter rivalries and fierce competition which made this such an unforgettable era.

Rally Champions of the 1980s recalls the story of each title battle, with edge-of-the-seat footage from the special stages of the world showing these greats at their best. We discover how the stars overcame the odds and each other to claim championship glory, and what else the decade held in store for these legends.

For many fans, the cars were as much the stars as the drivers, and Rally Champions of the 1980s shows exactly why. This is a chance to revel in full-blooded action featuring the icons of the decade, including the Audi Quattro, Sierra Cosworth, Toyota Celica and Lancia Delta, plus Group B rockets like the Peugeot 205 T16, Metro 6R4, Lancia S4 and Ford RS200.

This DVD also pays tribute to two other great names of the 1980s, title contender Michelle Mouton, the first woman to win a World Rally Championship event, and the incredible Markku Alen, who held the title for just a handful of days in 1986.

This was a decade of massive change, monster machines, spectator madness, terrible tragedy and some of the closest World Rally Championship battles ever seen prepare to meet the Rally Champions of the 1980s!

Starring:

Walter Rohrl
Ari Vatanen
Hannu Mikkola
Stig Blomqvist
Timo Salonen
Juha Kankkunen
Miki Biasion
"The greatest decade of the WRC - no arguing! - and the heroes who tamed it make this captivating viewing for fans of the era. Footage and interviews with all the '80s champs add to the fever" Autosport

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[TheQuattroking]

the long wheel base model handled better than the later short version hence the big winged s1e2 was developed to make it handle and literally keep it on the ground even stig blomqvist decided it best to see out his championship year in the long wheel base as the shorty was way too twitchy, when you consider that its wheelbase is 4 inches shorter than that of a vauxhall corsa and that it was fire,n out 500 hp from what has to be one the sweetest sounding engine,s it did command ur full attension

[SparrowNoblePoland]

@TheQuattroking According to B group Quattro drivers it was worst handling rally car ever which doesn't of course mean that it was slow but heavy front and no center diff must have a terrible effect in handling characteristics.

[TheQuattroking]

sounds like just another pig ignorant commentator who would,nt know the arse end from the front end.he,s only reading it from a script cobbled together,stick to what ur good at mate, NOTHING !

[deltasterone]

what a devastating commentary to the audi

[zextreme47]

noice