1984 Tour de Corse & Acropolis Rallys

The 1984 Tour de Corse rally will always be remembered for the debut of the Peugeot 205 T16,the first of the 4wheel driver mid engined Group B supercars.

The Tour de Corse was the fifth round of the 1984 World Rally championship and up against the new Peugeots were the Audi Quattros and Lancia 037s. Walter Rohrl was giving Audi's new Sport Quattro its world debute granted to alot less fanfare than the Peugeot.
Rohrls Quattro was in trouble from the first stage with engine oil temp at 160c and water at 118c. The new machine fianally blew up on the 8th stage.
Ari Vatanen on the other hand gave the peugeot a dream debute, leading the rally until he crashed out in fog and rain 20th stage and giving the lead and win to Markku Alen in his Lancia. Which would turn out to be Lancia's only win of the year.
Jean-Pierre Nicolas held up the Peugeot honour by bring the remaing 205 T16 home in 4th place.

The Acropolis rally held in Greece was the 6th round of the World Championship and Audi was back on form taking the first two places with Blomqvist and Mikkola driving the tried and tested Quattro A2.

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[Technoboy1000]

Great video!!

I'm going to learn French now.

[Marvdogger]

@Technoboy1000 lol, i cant understand a word of french either. But i still enjoy the video.

[WELSHYM249]

its in shitty french! :(

[Marvdogger]

@WELSHYM249 son, i am disappoint

[12valvepower1]

first

[Marvdogger]

@12valvepower1 High Five!

[fgtxpaco7458ss]

Epic Video!!!!!

[Silvermac27]

Great video,haven't seen this footage before,well done Marvdogger

[WELSHYM249]

@yanix70 i didnt mean to insult anyone i was just expecting it to be english sorry mate

[DelicatessenFilms]

Excellent video...thank you. Like honeybutterlover said, there is nothing like the sound of group B rally cars in the morning. Wikkid...

[honeybutterlover]

well done mate! don't care if it's in french or whatever...the sight and sound of gp.b cars is enough to make me weep like a baby.my childhood and teen years were totally into rallying and when i think of the pitiful shape the champ'ship is in nowadays...better left unsaid.by the way,i'm greek and just loved seeing the great acropolis rally in all its 80s glory.keep the vid's coming.any chance of a peugeot 205 t16 story? like s4 or quattro stories you did? thanks a million times

[yanix70]

@WELSHYM249

I could translate the vid but not for a guy who insult french people sorry

[yanix70]

OMG (3:12) !!!!