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It really only highlights why Peugeot got it 100% spot on. Crucially, they were the first to recognise car had to be mid-engine, turbo, 4x4. They had no idea how to make 4×4 system for mid-engine car, so they've offload it to a third party. They didn't have any kind of small turbo engine, so they've used block from 1.8 diesel, only concentrating on the head. And best of all, they've recognised car had to be as simple as possible, and as easy to maintain as possible. Although never being strongest or fastest or anything that ends on est, it won the lot and was by far best car of Group B.

2 modern sports cars that should get love and correctly restored, 924/44 and the Fiero, both are fun, look good, and when fixed correctly are nice.🤓😎👌

what the heck is a Renault Kwid. We don't have that one over here in France.

how I would love to be able to recreate a personal version of the Fiesta Tuareg. It was always my favorit trump card. Only that roof is almost impossible to make and unable to get an MOT.

I still remember that FSO Polonaise at the Ypres Rally. We than laughed at it and cheered on our local driver Guy Colsoul in his Opel 400

Its a wonderful car, especially the S spec. Love them, i have a similar 1985.5 V2 of the 145 bhp 944.

You forgot the Eunos 800 with a 2.3 Miller-Cycle engine.

The ranger and transit msrt are good

in 1982 i was crew on a 924 turbo GTU imsa team

You should dig into the story of Polonez 2000 coupe turbo; another forgotten rally car from FSO, but afaik FSO tried to homologate it contrary to Stratopolonez ;)

I wish Porsche would still make the 924 and the 944 as a kid I always wanted one.

Really interesting video and brand.

I have a 924S running a tuned 944 turbo lump and running gear. It’s very rapid point to point and is great fun leaving 997’s ,RS4 or M3’s behind.

Im 17, Just bought My first car, ‘81 Porsche 924, need some work but i love it

i would love to have a mazdaspeed AZ-1, tbh, id love to have any mazdaspeed model

I would like to have that Isuzu 😁

Why did you delete the 2 videos where you looked through a rover and a ford dealer brochure?

Hey mr. studio 2 are you going to do a circuit version of this video? would love to see it or i''ll have to do it myself XD

The Xedos 6 is one of my fave Madzas

Great video, I was going to comment that the block originated from Mercedes Benz, but that point was already made. I think the reason some journalists slated the 924 is because they compared it to a 911, why would you do that? The 924's competition was the Ford Capri and Alfa Romeo GTV, and it had those cars beat hands down.

I thought the AZ1 was made by Yamaha or had Yamaha engine

In your segment on the Porsche 959,you missed out its predecessor, the 953. This was a four wheel drive version of their original Group B car, the 911 SC RS. The 953 was used in Paris-Dakar before the 959.

Talbot Horizon Lotus: This car was designed by Lotus under the name "Project Macho" and used the rear half of a Lotus Esprit turbo chassis welded into the Horizon shell to mount the Esprit engine, gearbox and rear suspension. Front suspension is Sunbeam Lotus reversed. The car is now in the Peugeot museum in Paris.

Fun fact : Autozam sold rebadged Lancia Thema 8.32's iirc, i am not sure if you mentioned this already

Fiat Abarth one of the best sounding rally cars second to the s1 Quattro.

7:27 - 7:28 Opel Eurosport Director was the late Tony Fall (not Henry Fall).

Great video and great car the 924

I badly want a slick-top Euro 924 S M030/220, but the sport steering wheel & side mirrors from the 968, with hand-crank windows, rear seat delete, and no rear wiper, and livery-matching checkered seats.

i bought my first 924 at age 22 i loved that car

I LOVE thia car !!!

While I don't think it was ever officially confirmed, there were at least rumors that a version of the Eunos Cosmo was planned for sale as an Amati, which would make sense since it would have meant more units with which to amortize the JC platform's development costs.. Whether it would have retained one or both of the Cosmo's turbocharged Wankels, used the 1000's V12 or something else altogether is hard to say, but it certainly would have been an interesting alternative to the American, German and other Japanese luxury coupes of the time. Anyway, great video!

God that second 323 livery is magnificent. Only way to top it is to drag in Rod Millen's RX-7 FC. Gorgeous looking car, with a spectacular livery

I never knew about all the different ways Mazda tried branching out, but i dont think us brits saw alot of that action. The only memory I have is a autozam az1 in a scrapyard in our little town in Yorkshire. So out of place eith the escorts and astras surrounding it

Hang on. There were Citroens in one of those brochures …..🤨

Where to begin! First off I'm an American who has been a member, off an on, of Mazda Motorsports since 1993. This video has my jaw on the floor. My initial reaction is, this is what happens when you recieve an enormous amount of money in a short period of time and your company just likes building fun cars to drive because ALL Mazda vehicles are fun to drive. That's always been their selling point and is overwhelmingly supported by all the car magazines in the day that always named the Mazda(insert model being tested) the most fun to drive. Being American the only two brands I know that you listed are Eunos and Autozam because I play Grand Turismo 6, other than that those all sound like people with too much money that Mazda gained by their highly successful collaboration with Ford to use Mazda engines and chassis to build popular cars like the Escort and Probe. Otherwise Mazda would've been gone if this and the MX-5 had not happened. They've always been a fairly reliable brand. Light on their feet. Most of their engines are square(bore&stroke are =) so don't make high #'s much of torque or hp but are reliable enough to go 500k miles and their rotarys are still kicking ass on the race tracks of the world. Their racing program in America for amatuer racers is excellent with phenomenal discounts on stock parts and contingency prizes all season. I'm more than pleased with my more than 30 years indirectly associated with this company. If anything else, Mazda perfected the proper British two seat sports car('64 MGB owner too.)😊 Great video.

My Gym teacher used to own a Mazda Xedos with the old mazda badge which zsed to confuse me so much, I don't think I ever saw another one since.

Fantastic episode

I really loved the tv and magazine ads Mazda did in the 90s, here in the NL. Brilliantly funny, very much tongue in cheek, would immediately be banned now. What lame times we live in. ‘We can’t do cheeky humour, someone 10.000 miles away wil be offended and sue us’. That 323 mag ad. A succession of photos of two crash test dummies having a good time, hem hem, half the Kamasutra came by. They even had a smoke after the deed. The 323 was roomy, was the message. It’ll stay with me forever. With the tv ad they played Moi non plus for the music. My mum was a bit upset, and that’s a feat. There’s a worse one :)

Two things: I thought the Eunos/Xedos brand was rather promising, especially the 6 looked enticing. The name was lame but I liked the car. Second: that Mini Cooper diecast, lower left front stage? I once had a Bburago 1/18 Mini Safari Rally. Not sure but it might’ve been an Innocenti. That diecast bears the legendary #37 though. Could you just dig into that for a bit? There must be a story in there somewhere.

Wow, never knew how many interesting concepts M2 completed. I knew about their Roadster based creations but that was all.

I was obsessed with these obscure JDM brands and such when I was ~13-15. I love this topic. Also your presentation style and humour is on point :) Keep it going, I crave more. MORE! Greetings from coldass Finland!

One of my ultimate dream cars is an AZ-1 with a 13B engine swap, a tiny MR rocket ship would be hilarious

damn, that episode was more on the confusing side, what the hell mazda

That bad reputation is kind of ironic because I'm certain if VW/Audi had gone through with the project, the car would be more valuable today as "the Audi Porsche designed" instead of "the Porsche with that weak Audi engine".

4:15 Reseda Green, I had one in that color, it popped so much, I've never had as much positive comments from any other Porsche I've had. It just stood out, in all seasons, day or night, rain or shine.. One of the nicest green metallics out there.. But you gotta get used to it

Lots of people enjoy these cars, and if you read magazines from back in the day it got good reviews aswell , apart from some purist, but it was expensive though which got some critics, and the earliest model years were a bit harsh (they changed alot after 1977). I dont care much about status, as drivers car i think they are better than the 911s, doesn't sound as well though :) hence my improved 924 turbo is still here since 2006.

924 = a nimble, Brilliant little GTi with excellent road-holding manners. Loved it! But the old injection system is not 'mechanic' friendly. EFI kit to the rescue!