As so very few remember this car, just wondering if any have driven one recently and have any comparative statments to make with new-gen cars? Autocar recently said a 20v was able to match the cross-county speed of the new Impreza sti.

Owned an early ur-q which was the WR engine (2144cc) rather than the later MB engine 2226cc which had torsen diffs.

Mine was a 1984 model. Owned it from 1995 to around 1998. Loved it to bits. Fab piece of kit.

Ownership wasn't problem free though (as you would expect on such a motor). Blew a turbo, and needed new valve stem oil seals when I sold it. Nothing **REALLY** **REALLY** major though.

Massive road presence ~ it was soooo wide and intimidating, and it had an exhaust note to die for. The Scoob sounds well, however the quattro on full song sounds fantastic :D :D Can't beat the warble of a 5 cylinder turbo at full chat.

The 90 litre fuel tank errr rather massive and was really worrying to fill ! Somewhat of a wallet bashing experience to say the least.

I can imagine the 20v would be awesome, in fact I'd love one.

aahhhhh my old beast... those were the days :(



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