The Rare MG Metro 6R4 Britain's HairyChested Group B Challenger
And with a barely believable - but verified - 175 miles on the clock, this 1985 MG Metro 6R4 must be one of the best preserved. It is due to go under the hammer at Silverstone Auctions' first Autosport International sale on 12 January at the NEC Birmingham and has a pre-sale estimate of £180-200,000. With more than 600bhp and unlimited.
The Rare MG Metro 6R4 Britain's HairyChested Group B Challenger
1985 MG Metro 6R4 works car C874 EUD Much has been written about the wonderfully crazy Group B rally cars. A show case for manufacturers technology, it had relaxed homologation requirements (only 200 road cars needed to be registered) and liberal regulations producing cars that soon captured the hearts of fans and drivers.
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In a deal worth nearly £500,000, Austin Rover was relieved of 35 unsold 6R4s, the last of those remaining from the 220 or so built to satisfy Group B competition rules. Too bad if you missed AR.
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In a mere three month period, August to October 1985, Austin Rover built 200 MG Metro 6R4s and had them inspected by the FISA, hence successfully homologating the car into Group B effective November 1st, 1985 (homologation # B-277). Austin Rover was one of the rare few manufacturers to be able to stay within its original homologation scheduling.
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MST Cars MG Metro 6R4. Welsh company MST Cars announced it's developing a replica of the MG Metro 6R4 that competed in the Group B category of the World Rally Championship in the 1980s. New from.
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Here, finally, was the MG Metro 6R4: six-cylinder, Rear-engine, four-wheel drive. Simple enough. A month and a half later, the 6R4 entered its first rally. The prototype 6R4 swept eight stages and was leading by nearly three minutes before an alternator fire put the engine out of contention. It would be something that plagued the program until.
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The MG Metro 6R4 was a highly-modified rally version of the brand's staid Metro subcompact hatchback. A three-liter, four valve, twincam V6 was installed in the rear of the car - behind the front seats - and four-wheel drive was fitted to best compete against the wild Group B rally cars of the time. While street-legal models were offered with.
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MG Metro 6R4 statistics. Price new £45,000 (£16,000 Clubman) Price now £200,000-£400,000. Engine 3-litre V6 twin-cam with four valves per cylinder. Rivals Peugeot 205 T16, Audi Quattro, Lancia Delta S4. Verdict A promising career cut short, but a historic technical showpiece. Loading Comments. Of all the cars to take on the brawn of Group B.
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The MG Metro 6R4 is one of the icons of Group B era and probably one of the best sounding rally cars ever made. It is powered by a V64V 3.0-litre N/A V6 engi.
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Inside the dour attic of a Northern Irish scrapyard sleeps a legend, mortally wounded and ostensibly destined for the nearby crusher.The icon in question was one of ten works MG Metro 6R4 Group B rally cars. This bewinged, cartoonish cuboid of a car evaded the crusher's jaws thanks to the perceptive eyes of its current owner and rallycross.
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The MG Metro 6R4 is one of the unsung hairy-chested heroes of the legendary Group B rally era. It was co-developed by the Williams Formula 1 team and unlike its Group B turbocharged rivals, the 6R4 was fitted with a naturally-aspirated V6 capable of over 400 hp sending power to all four wheels - the name "6R4" stands for "6-cylinder, Rear-engine, 4-wheel drive."
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Over $600,000 will get you this oddball rally legend. The MG Metro 6R4 was one of many Group B rally cars to take a sizeable departure from the model it was based on, but with a mid-mounted 300 (ish)kW V6 and a 0-100km/h time that would give a Porsche 911 a run, it's arguably the wildest of the bunch. And now there's one for sale in the UK.
The Rare MG Metro 6R4 Britain's HairyChested Group B Challenger
The Metro 6R4 came on to the scene at the very end of the Group B era. Sporting a mid-mounted naturally aspirated V-6 engine and all-wheel drive, it was meant to do battle with the Audi Quattros.
The Rare MG Metro 6R4 Britain's HairyChested Group B Challenger
The MG4 EX4 will be fully unveiled at Goodwood FOS with a 429-hp dual-motor powertrain from the MG4 EV XPower hot hatch. Jul 11, 2023 at 9:11am ET. By: Dan Mihalascu. MG Motor, the British.