WRC one-offs - When Ari Vatanen drove BMW M3 on gravel in 1000 Lakes Rally Finland 1988

[@idokwatcher2062]

Back when M stood for Motorsport and not for Marketing.

[@Hermanos22]

Yes because the M now are terrible cars that won’t outdrive and outhandle 99 percent of all cars. Such a dumb bottom feeding comment from a rusted old simpleton

[@idokwatcher2062]

@@Hermanos22 Look at reports of owners taking their M2/M3/M4 to a track day and caliper paint melting off. Look at reports of spun crank hubs on M2/M3/M4. M-barrassment. Then look at brand dilution, M235i is a front wheel biased four banger that M division never touched.

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

@@idokwatcher2062 Never mind the fact that - and I say this with nothing but love for the small, punchy M2 in particular - BMW's proper performance cars get regularly trounced by Porsche Caymans and Boxters, the smaller AMG Mercs, Audi Sport's executive and compact cars, and more recently the Mustang and Camaro. Cashing in on that badge can't last forever. They are in for a rude awakening....

[@2K-Tan]

@@Hermanos22 Sheep that clearly knows nothing. Go back to unfunny Family Guy where you belong.

[@gathel8574]

Agree, M today are sucks

[@wejustsawmanfly]

I dont need it, i have talent - spoken like a true god damn boss

[@daver18qc]

Yet @3:14 EDIT: And @8:16 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ROZLETKO]

💪😎

[@icarustanovic3097]

And tree.

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

@@daver18qc I mean, true. But you HAVE to admire the self-confidence.

[@badcornflakes6374]

1:48 whoa

[@morbus74]

Back in the 80's 1000 Lakes Rally was something else....back then there was 39 stages, today we have approx 24. Back in the 80's there was almost 500km to drive, today we have only little bit over 300km...

[@donswier]

What Ari says about living life is always prophetic and uplifting. It goes so far beyond the usual interview comments. He's a great ambassador for the sport. ..Loving your videos all the way from USA.

[@dracofenix3860]

No wonder he got into politics.

[@boss12]

One of the greatest drivers ever.

[@haraldheld3602]

get a look at Walter Röhrl

[@simonv2036]

One of the greatest cars ever too

[@boss12]

@@simonv2036 not in this arena

[@simonv2036]

@@boss12 not gonna get into a debate with you in this. Imo one of the all time classic sports cars that was successful in many different categories. I wantched them race in Australia against cars with twice the engine capacity and it was David vs Goliath. David often won against the odds. I've got one in my garage and a spare motor for it too that I built. I'm biased.

[@boss12]

@@simonv2036 you’re not wrong at all. I agree with what you’re saying, but the WRC isn’t the best example of the E30’s vitality. The Integrale was the king.

[@schmid1.079]

May not be the fastest class, but the constant oversteer looks way more impressive and entertaining than any 4WD car could ever.

[@badcornflakes6374]

German call it "Das Whip"

[@sugarnads]

You should watch some 4wds. Theyre sideways ALL the time.

[@schmid1.079]

@@sugarnads Because the drivers make them go sideways. You dont see 4wd cars go sideways on corner exits for example because they dont really oversteer from accelerating.

[@OminousRain]

@@schmid1.079 it definitely doesn't look more impressive or entertaining than 4WD but to each their own.

[@HeavenlyWarrior]

That's because you don't know group B. There isn't more entertaining rally cars than group B.

[@eknaap8800]

That 4 cyl. M3 still sounds great!

[@TUHOKAPTEENI]

lol they say in finnish that it's six cylinder. But yes it's four

[@eknaap8800]

@@TUHOKAPTEENI 👏👌

[@im3phirebird81]

@@TUHOKAPTEENI Did they switch from Inline-6 to four in a sports car? ^^

[@allarpold9829]

@@im3phirebird81 the e30 M3 is a 4 cylinder car from the factory!

[@Anirossa]

Never quite gotten the chills for the 4 cylinder M3, the S38B36 however, that engine always gives me the chills

[@shitoryu8]

I'm always in awe of what rally car drivers, co-pilots, and the machines themselves can do.

[@tonydownunder5703]

Always flat out and always on the limit and always down to earth 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bennyadisuryo8151]

Nobody can changes his skill. Keep healthy mr Vatanen . Bless your

[@DaneLicanin]

One of the greatest ever sitting behind a rally wheel. Pikes Peak and Rally Paris-Dakar says it all.

[@wtfronsson]

Finnish crowd control. "If I can't stand over there, then that guy is most certainly not standing there either." lol

[@MizenDaCat]

The real problem was that journalists would stand in the road to take the best pictures, but often ending up making the cars brake in fear of hitting them.

[@LukkiV]

Chuckled cause it's true

[@maxvatanenrally]

Once again thank you for this masterpiece!

[@FireflyActual]

1:48 Surprise Timo Salonen!

[@hbtm2951]

Almost a photobomb

[@heintmeyer2296]

Something like 80 mm of rear suspension travel, must have been extremely challenging handling... that is some talented driving!

[@koka5002]

finnish crowd control made my day! thank you :D

[@Korski]

These are amazing videos! Keep them coming bro!

[@pttrn]

What an engine sound, dear god 😱

[@MrJunke420]

Go listen Ilmo larios bmw💪💪

[@InTecknicolour]

Timo Salonen: too bad you don't have AWD Ari the Chad: I don't need it, I'm talented.

[@XDthedevilsrejectsXD]

"Good luck" "I dont need it im talented" Savage

[@thewatcher5729]

I was there. A great performance by Ari!!!

[@thewatcher5729]

"4WD? I don't need one. I am talented!" LOL!

[@RallyeRacin9]

This is a great video, thank you.

[@myplast8263]

Very precise...very gifted....!

[@simonv2036]

Reminds me of the prodrive e30 m3 Manx rally.. that s14 working hard sounds sooo good.

[@ilkkak3065]

It is Prodrive M3 just different sponsor wich came with Vatanen.

[@supersideways]

This is amazing content amjayes2!

[@metarotta]

"Mut mä en tarvi, mä oon lahjakas." vitun kova :D

[@b4ptist]

Your back! wow I didn't realize you started posting again! awesome.

[@florinienasesc4801]

What can be more beautiful then Ari driving? What?

[@ButchE30M3S14]

Tarmac was the M3’s playground, Im already surprised it did what it did on gravel!

[@bennyadisuryo8151]

You are the legend till now. Dont know while you re still young and drive rally cars this dacade. Salute

[@t16205]

Ari is the GOAT

[@Nilotpal_Chakravarty_]

4:26 the Scandinavian flick❤️ looks so effortless

[@MrRX75]

The greatest man ever!!!

[@nisu_unn]

proper content, thanks

[@Oremountainsracing]

Dude that beautiful Vorfacelift 3 door E30 in the beginning 😢 poor thing

[@tormave]

I remember this year. I was a spectator on the city stage and at least one forest stage.

[@monikakalmar1818]

Ari ❤

[@ickerolig]

We need a RWD & no sensor class in WRC.

[@hashrulsubzero]

There is, it's called the R-GT (where you see a lot of modern Porsche 911 rally cars). Although it's not a very popular category as the other categories because there's not a lot of competitors enter it. Maybe more popular in some national rallies but not in WRC.

[@Pyllymysli]

What a beauty.

[@TopiAS06]

6 pyttyisellä bemarilla?

[@jolli84]

Lapin lisää 😁

[@666dngr]

särähti hieman omaanki korvaan se kommetti.

[@hessunator]

Ihan oikein se meni. Bemareissa oli suorakutonen noihin aikaan moottorina.

[@666dngr]

@@hessunator Paitsi että E30 M3 on nelonen ja kyllähän sen videosta kuulee

[@TopiAS06]

@@hessunator e30 M3 on 4syl tehtaalta. S14 mottia käytettiin dtm:stä, ralliin ja yms

[@Anirossa]

Would love to see a Sierra and a M3 going head to head on a track like this

[@giorgiogrillo7418]

Apprezzo la sua filosofia: "spingi, magari rischi tanti incidenti, ma vivi pienamente la vita"

[@hashrulsubzero]

6:34 Erm....what was that all about? 😅

[@schmid1.079]

Probably some photographer who wanted to get a shot standing on the stage, but marshals didnt allow it.

[@hashrulsubzero]

@@schmid1.079 ah okay

[@Maltinis]

I always wonder why they didint use xdrive system in e30

[@dracofenix3860]

Rallie cars in videogames after two corners: *covered in dirt front to back, windshield blade area coverage perfectly defined in the glass, null visibility in any other window. Sponsors completly covered in a uniform 2cm deep layer of mud* Real milk-white rally car after god knows how many kilometers of lose dirt and jumps: 3:58

[@galihxtreme]

That was M3. Imagine if CSL went rallying. It'd be hard to distinguish between it and *Lancia 037*

[@ilkkak3065]

Check out Finnish group F for more BMW's E36 M3 sings lovely after Finnish rally tuning for engine...

[@EL1AS_]

1:47 Salonen: If only you had 4WD so you could have some chances Vatanen: I don't need it, I have talent What a BO$$ 😂

[@ArnoldTriyudho]

I wonder if Ari is still keeping that Peugeot racesuit..??

[@Leonidae]

It's in his collection.

[@LohkareGames]

Not all rally cars are WRC, only the new ones.

[@sugarnads]

Totally burns timo salonen 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jt-hb8lh]

You should do Auriols 96 San Remo rally for Mitsubishi.

[@lympe7]

Ari the professor

[@EfficientTrout]

the og rally and pikes peak daredevil

[@abelardoruiz5544]

Damn...

[@tomasnokechtesledger1786]

Pretty bad rally car at the time, when most were 4x4. It really needed a lot of Talent.

[@russcattell955i]

Though it was better on asphalt rallies.

[@POVShotgun]

true, they wouldve done better by taking a clapped out 325iX and turbocharging the shit out of it

[@russcattell955i]

@@POVShotgun Impossible under group A regulations.

[@POVShotgun]

@@russcattell955i idk I guess m10 turbo 318ix

[@andies9817]

@@russcattell955i asphalt rallies are called racing, rallies are driven outside asphalt

[@ademyener740]

needs subtitles

[@exussr4275]

80s everything real not plastic

[@bjhbjhbjhweeee]

Two perfect machines made by the Germans. Tiger tank. and E30 M3.

[@gathel8574]

So not Leopard ?

[@bjhbjhbjhweeee]

@@gathel8574 Wirbelwind too !

[@djremotion2]

I would watch this but so many of my finnish bmw enthusiast peers have said that they stopped watching when you mentioned that engine was 6 cylinders, which ofcourse no s14 ever was. So I won't.

[@JJsAutomotive]

"vähema teho" is never acceptable. (N)

[@julianpapin9428]

Ari otti vähän nokkiin 😂 1:48

[@samsonian]

Admit it...everyone watching this would KILL to hammer a Bimmer THAT HARD without repercussions if it broke. ZERO mechanical sympathy!!!

[@nick4506]

wonder why they didint use a 4wd e30. if its the Chevy 6 cl engine the m3 motor would drop right in, some guy did that and ran in Mexico in the 90's

The car needed to be homologated. Couldn't have used a custom setup like that. Also, would the 4wd drivetrain have been tough enough for this kind of abuse?

[@nick4506]

@ its not a costom setup, im refering to the 325ix. and people have been rallying those pretty successfully.

[@miragef191]

Ariiiiii⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡💥💥💥💥💥💥🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾

[@HeavenlyWarrior]

In 1988 driving a BMW in rally is utterly pointless because it never had any chance to win.

[@90Pekkis]

Sierra jättää 😂

[@gurhankaya]

haha "unheard of"

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

in case you are unsure what car Ari is driving, its a BMW.... M3

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

meh. I remember Vatanen being miffed at the Circuit not using pace notes. Said it wasn't safe. Jimmy McRae put it well. 'You drive the road in front of you.'

[@harrigranqvist7871]

Eipä ollut kuusipyttyinen

[@Tedkelvin]

Finnish sounds like Maasai language...he he he..

[@Seppo100100]

Brand new M3 totaled in 2 days

[@michaeldeel7998]

ARI has allways been in love with himself....he thinks way too much of himself.. Noboy Loves Ari more than himself.. Walter Rohl is the same way..

[@IkeVMAX4]

And? Champions are that way. Confidence is the key.

[@duncanandrew5103]

What a load of bollocks. Ari just knows his own confidence. Listen to his interview at 50 yrs of wrc to understand the man and hear his story. Ari is an inspirational and humble man.

[@alexandremarino2003]

How dare you to upload porn to KZbin?

[@fns58]

Video is cool af, but that description text is driving me nuts. You really need to re-check how to use punctuation marks lmao, that shit is pure r/commentgore.