SURROUNDED by Weird FWD European Cars.. and they're surprisingly QUICK!

[@kristianferrari8764]

Dom: You owe me a 10 second car Bryan (from rural UK): I got you a sweet seat diesel hatchback mate

[@lucasf4rt523]

1.9 tdi no shit

[@MrG_Motorsport]

Hahahaha 👌👍👍

[@uraniumcranium2613]

TDI total destruction imminent lol@@lucasf4rt523

[@SupremeLordEnki]

HAHAHAHA

[@statementleaver8095]

Yeah just Pop the "Bonnet" 😂

[@MSA_CS40]

So glad to see you guys covering these kind of cars. We appreciate it from all of us who actually have these cars in our country

[@chadbeaver9199]

Hey as an american may i say thank yall for building some cool shit!

[@chadbeaver9199]

@@SphinxFin makes me really consider a nissan 4pot diesel for my prelude.... But thats just blasphemy, right?

[@freebird1214]

that would be friken sweet @@chadbeaver9199

[@392gone]

As an American who drives a big ass V8 charger, this looks like it’s way more fun

[@joeyp8197]

This is hot rod

[@tailord5467]

Thank you again to kyle for coming over and having a chat with me and to have our interview and 3 of my runs included is a true honour (i'm the chunky guy in the volkswagen up 5 cylinder turbo) 🙌🏻

[@funkychicken1212]

I saw you at about 7.30 or 8 min in the vid - did u ever get that 10?

[@tailord5467]

@funkychicken1212 yeah at our next outing we managed to run a 10.99 at 130mph which a strong headwind 🙌🏻😂 thanks for asking 👍

[@quickdeuce]

That 5 cyl engine,, I'm only assuming it's AUDI? I had a 91 fwd AUDI 200 that had a damn FAST 5 cyl, FI, single turbo that had gobs of power. It was all luxury so didn't do any racing but one day I found myself on a new stretch of freeway, no one else in sight so decided to see if it would run the 150 mph number on the speedometer, IT DID! and was still pulling when I lifted. We don't see very many 5 cylinders on the drag strip here in the US but I've always wondered how that engine COULD DO if it were built with all the 'good stuff', proper electronics, turbos, drive axles and drive train. It was fun t o see you run an 11:00 @ 130+ 'tailord5467' 🙂

[@James_Maguire]

Hard to beat the noise of the 5 cylinder turbo . I have a fiat coupe 20v turbo also a 5 cylinder

[@tailord5467]

@James_Maguire thank you bud, they do make a great noise 🙌🏻

[@pe8268]

These 1.9 TDIs take no prisoners, that engine is an absolute savage

[@DrSmugface]

they are almos tunkillable

[@dariokovacic3208]

I had Opel Vectra 1,9 tdi. I bought it with 200 000 km, and drow it another 100 000 with no Service, oil change, no maitaince at All. Sold it 13 years ago to a car entusiast who has it till this day.

[@theslavicimmigrant4795]

very much doubt you did no oil change in 60k miles@@dariokovacic3208

[@joseanl]

I'm still amazed people want to do that to...was the first car a Seat Ibiza??

[@ivanriverooo]

Nooo that I thought too. That was an INCA. Or at lest the rear end was. ​@@joseanl

[@leeroy110]

That Renault 5 is bonkers. The power to weight they have managed from such a tiny engine and chassis!

[@raveninnsbruck9166]

They could make it weigh even less if they really wanted, could easily get to around 500kg

[@ChewieOnTwoWheels]

guys, you gotta give us some fore-warning of when you're coming over to the UK. There'd be a lot more people in the stands if we knew 1320 were gonna be there.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

Strongly Agree ✅

[@brandonsearle990]

1,000% agree

[@godlyname8544]

You guys have sick cars, and great track, on the balkans we use old airports with almost no prep. I am really curious to see one of our 7 second cars go on prepped track like that.

[@codestah454]

Shouldn’t need someone from the USA to show up for good attendance, support your local tracks

[@Haze_E1]

@@codestah454 yeah strange take want to go just because its being filmed by these guys, but not when its being ran normally >>

[@Mr_Jingles_147]

I'm biased as I'm from the UK and run at Pod, but your content from here is just amazing. Really highlights the UK/European scene, cars and drivers. The lightweight front wheel drive classes are huge in Europe, coal and gas!

[@brandonlimbird]

There is a lot of strange cars in UK that I don't get in America 🇺🇸

[@whynotagain3639]

​​​​@@brandonlimbirdthey're not strange, just different. I dare you to Google Vauxhall Calibra Turbo 4x4, I had one for years, they had Cosworth heads. I modified mine heavily, it also had a factory fitted Irmscher bodykit, in a green/purple flip factory paint job! The US was the only country in the world not to get the Calibra it was sold in South America as the Chevrolet Calibra! Considering it was a coupe version of the Vauxhall Cavalier, which was the same as any GM Cavalier in the US but with slightly different panels, it's quite odd the US was denied it!

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@whynotagain3639 The US had a Cavalier coupe, Beretta and Camaro. Also, the Euro Cavalier (Mk.3) and Calibra were based on the GM2900 platform, whereas the US Cavalier was still based on the J platform. The US market Beretta is pretty much analogous to the Calibra though. When Opel designed the GM2900, GM in North America retained the J platform for their Cavalier. In North American GM introduced the L and N platforms to fill the same size niche, the N is a stretched J and the L is more derived. GM had a complete clustershag of platforms at the time. Odds are the US wouldn't have gotten the Calibra, they would have gotten a GM2900 based Beretta instead of an L platform based Beretta.

[@whynotagain3639]

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 cheers, for the knowledge. I never noticed as a child but the early 80's Cavalier's both sides of the pond were almost identical apart from the rear and front lights, the side profile was identical tho. Weird it took me decades to realise. Also the same with the Vauxhall Chevette and Chevrolet Chevette identical side profiles. Lol

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@whynotagain3639 YW, glad it's of interest. It's nuts how much of a difference fascias can make. Supposedly the Chevy Chevette is a redesigned T-car that doesn't share body panels with earlier ones, but the Vauxhalls sure look like they share part of the bodyshell. It always tempts me to sketch up or model different badge engineering experiments, like international F-bodies, Chevy and Opel versions of the Fiero, etc. They've got so many real life examples of just touching up the nose and rear fascia to rebrand the car that it's pretty easy to just follow the established formula.

[@calebbetz6836]

"But it's still me road car." I can't help but love that.

[@Chester200100]

That Renault 5 was doing the dragster spin the wheels so fast that they expand and get bigger. Insane

[@rrooccaa]

Kyle i wanna thank you for walking past the 3ook lambo 'customer car' and giving the actual builds and their owners some spotlight. Dope!!!!

[@joshm8661]

My favorite was the yellow escort. It's wild to see so many tiny engines in casts going as fast as they were. Great video 1320video team.

[@RubbishFPS]

Waited all video for it and it did not disappoint. For sure the coolest one.

[@Atomic21-w1k]

The YB COSWORTH Engine has great tuning potentiale , with the right parts they make 1000+

[@joshm8661]

@Atom71- Absolutely, and they sound really mean too.

[@popuptoaster]

@@Atomic21-w1k People are going over to Duratecs these days, cheaper, lighter more reliable and more power potential, the YB is a good engine but you can't find them cheap anymore.

[@OndraMike]

this escort is even more impresive, if you consider, that this is still road legal car....the other ones didn't...

[@bobeyes3284]

I grew up on these cars. So good to see 1320 enjoying themselves on our tiny island.

[@maddoctor99]

Born and raised in the UK and ran at Santa Pod a number of times before I moved to Canada in 2013. The car scene was a huge part of my life from about 1995 until I left. What stood out for me was just how much has changed and the interesting directions that folks have gone in in the past decade. Thanks for visiting and uploading a slice of “home”!

[@bradleybatt1401]

out of interest how do you find Canada? The whole car culture etc and just life? Genuinely curious.

[@maddoctor99]

@@bradleybatt1401 Canada itself is great but it’s very much like most other developed western countries: it has a large middle class made up of folks who work, rent or own their own houses, who go on holidays and who generally earn enough to get by. Then it also has a poorer population who rely on the state to help them survive and a small but growing elite who own multiple large homes throughout the country and beyond. In general I’d say that Canadians are more outdoorsy than us Brits and taking part in sport is more typical per-capita than back in the UK. There is no chav culture here or even really any equivalent; youngsters are inherently more likely to follow a path of socializing, sports and activities rather than “hanging around” like I and most of my friends back in the 90s used to. Economically, Canada feels much the same as the UK: mixed. Some things are far more expensive in Canada than in the UK. For example, mobile phone bills, Internet costs, TV and cable, subscriptions, and particularly, the weekly shopping (which is almost double what it cost in the UK). On the other hand, some things are much cheaper in Canada that they are in the UK, such as restaurant prices, petrol prices, clothing prices, and particularly energy prices. So all in all it probably balances out. I have definitely noticed, though that it is easier to earn more money for the same job or at least have greater spending power on a given salary in Canada than it is in the UK. For example, my wife’s parents were both high school teachers (both now retired), but were able to afford a small holiday home in a nice part of the country and to be able to holiday abroad each year. My friends in the UK, who are teachers are not in that same position. My wife works in healthcare, and in the UK with, and perhaps only 1/3 of the salary that her job is able to earn in Canada. I am sure there are opposite equivalents of this, but I do not know of them. In terms of a car culture, though, the UK, trounces Canada easily in my opinion. There are far more classic beautifully restored American muscle cars from the 50s, 60s and 70s here than there are equivalent European cars in the UK. But this is probably just a sign that Canada was dragged along by the United States post WWII as both countries found themselves riding a wave of industrial investment from all the factories that were built to serve the war, had no damage to repair from invasions that never happened and had a huge motivated workforce ready to get moving. Their people were able to earn good money, buy homes at low prices, invest wisely and have disposable income to spend on toys like project cars etc. However, I would suspect the percentage of the population who own a car is broadly similar to the UK. I would guess that the percentage of people who own multiple cars (one of which is some kind of a project car) is possibly greater here than in the UK. I’m just basing that on anecdotal evidence - I know of more people here who have some kind of old motorbike or their dad’s old Chevy or whatever that they plan to restore one day. Maybe the fact that our properties in Canada are so much bigger than in the UK gives the ability to store and work on these kinds of projects whereas back in the UK we have small houses and a lack of space for this stuff. But Canada lacks the motorsport heritage that the UK has. Racing circuits that host the kind of track days that I used to find myself at every couple of weeks throughout the summer, year after year in the UK just don’t exist here in Canada. In Vancouver - which is one of the largest and most affluent cities in the west of the country - there are no full-time race circuits that are used week after week for organized, ratified, motorsport events. There are no professional series of racing leagues, as there are in the UK. There isn’t even a professional karting series, whereas the UK has a number of them, which are often the gateway into professional motor sport for many drivers. Overall, organized Motorsport in Canada is almost nonexistent, apart from a few very small, very niche events. Whereas in the UK, motorsport plays a significant part of life for many of us. At least it did for me, my family and all my friends. Two of my other hobbies/passions are comedy and music and if I rate the UK 10/10 for these (which I do!) then Canada gets a solid 2/10. You only have to look at the number of amazing Canadian comedians who made the very easy decision to professionally base themselves in the UK to see this. Sorry for the ramble!

[@piuthemagicman]

​@@maddoctor991st class reply, I genuinely enjoyed reading that and learning about Canadian life & culture :) Greetings from Finland and whenever you read this; have a nice day! 😌

[@martycrush6412]

The yellow mkl escort is stunning. As I get older, I appreciate more and more how gorgeous these things were. Unfortunately I’ve never owned a mkl or mkll, but have had 3 mklll’s. A mklV and mkVl, a mkl 2 and three focus. For me the mkl is the original and best😍😍😍😍👌🏻

[@sinenomine4540]

why did you buy so many cars?

[@DuBstep115]

@@sinenomine4540 I have had 11 bmw e36s, dont ask

[@stuartX11]

Marty. In 1982 a mate and myself drove a mint mk1 1100 ohv from Cheshire to Grimsby. White with red vinyl seats iirc. It broke down three times. Still a joyous trip 😁

[@martycrush6412]

@@sinenomine4540 that’s over a 28 year period. I’ve also had 2 golf gti’s, a vw sharan, a polo, 3 novas(1 sr, one gsi) 4 pug 106s 1 of which a phase one rallye, a vts Saxo, a cavalier Sri 130, an axGT and countless other daily’s. My only regret is that I didn’t buy everything I could and sat on it TIL now🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

[@martycrush6412]

@@stuartX11 definitely worth it for the memories alone 👌🏻

[@alexday5892]

Loving the commentary and also the interaction with the drivers. The good lucks are always appreciated by the drivers as they put so much passion and effort into it all

[@russhoffman6301]

While the US & Europe may be separated by an ocean, one thing brings us together. The love of cool cars and going fast. Great coverage.

[@dodododododo2010]

Thx m8 greatful to hear it. It’s so true 🤙🏽

[@YOUENNNN]

we have a lot in common actually, not only cars

[@sirbonobo3907]

You are litterally an european so what the fuck you talking about???? You Just live Actress the See and Mist of you are pretty ignorant thats all, its Like you are the brexiteers.

[@Phillips1]

The 53’ Ford had to be my favorite, it was so clean, looked pretty much original, and sounded great too!

[@chrishenniker5944]

The Zephyr is very pretty.

[@MrPrajitura]

Not to mention smoking the Lambo 🤣 that was hilarious.

[@TravelWithRonniemac]

That Yellow Ford Escort was next level for sure. Super sweet looking and almost scary fast. I seen him hang the front wheel on street slicks

[@slippyfishy]

Brilliant video. Welcome to England where some bloke in a shed built a 1.4 Renault that runs 9s.

[@vulpshade]

My inner German is screaming „OPEL! It’s an OPEL!“

[@doejeleuk1]

yes vectra or omega that would be insane

[@Fluxline]

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[@davidpedro7999]

Being from Portugal I felt right at home! And that Polo representing my country! Nice work guys! Thank you for showing different things! 😍😍

[@danisantos3255]

3:15 these guys are Portuguese too

[@francisconobrega4940]

@@danisantos3255 it had to be the 1.9 TDI ahah nice ones

[@raultamudo160]

I am from Spain and i can confirm. You guys across the border are insane :D. Much respect to my Portuguese brothers!

[@Skullbrothers]

there was a 1.9 polo doing laps around GTRs a few years ago. We also had the fastest GTR in europe for a while.

[@SysC0n]

Portugal caralho!!!!!

[@Chillidog650]

the 5 cylinder vw sounded really cool and the zephyr was just badass....all the cars were rowdy tbh

[@tailord5467]

Thank you 😊

[@magicmonkeyist]

​@@tailord5467 Is that a volvo 5 pot? Sounds a lot like my mk 2 Focus ST.

[@tailord5467]

@magicmonkeyist it's not actually bud, it's a vw engine, vr5 very similar to a vr6 engine a 15 degree v sharing a single head. Rather than a head per side of the v. They have a similar sound though as yours is a straight 5 with a turbo and mine a just off counter 5 cylinder not quite a full v not quite a straight with a turbo as well (they didn't come turbo from factory) 😊

[@magicmonkeyist]

@@tailord5467 Thanks for the reply! 👍🏻 Great build mate, sounds awesome! Gotta love the 5 soundtrack! 😀

[@tailord5467]

@@magicmonkeyist not a problem bud, thank you for the comments, exactly 5 cylinder is the way forward 🙌🏻

[@HKST51R]

The big boy fast cars are awesome, but it's still cool seeing the smaller budget stuff getting some screen time. Cool to see what these guys come up with🤙

[@jareknowak8712]

@@ProTuneHD "smaller"

[@quickdeuce]

@@jareknowak8712 only "smaller",, NOT AT ALL SLOW and not as 'low a budget' as some might think 🙂

[@youwantshum9860]

@@quickdeucedefinitely considered low compared to the big boys

[@MrLarsgren]

then see some of their timetrial cars. one mad lad combined a HDI block with hayabusa heads and ran it on gasoline. think it was like 13500 rpm. if its stupid but it works then its not stupid XD

[@HouseOfPetrol]

​@@ProTuneHDhe's talking about the price of buying these smaller cars here in europe. They are relatively cheap and make for great tuning platforms! They also won't cost an arm & a leg to build them like this. Dont get me wrong , it's still alot of money to come to that stage, but not as expensive as lets say , a viper , gtr , huracan , supra , skyline etc...

[@Scarl3t03]

Man, im very glad that an american actually came in europe for looking at our crazy build and loved it. Usually we get so much hate and jokes and people dont belive here we make such quick cars from small four cylinders. You made a great service to us and against ignorance

[@OLI-vx1md]

Love the laugh you give when the white Renault owner says his motor is 90ci .. then the appreciative shock when he says it's running around 500hp.. we dont need 4+ Litres to make that power like your side of the waters 😅

[@IML06]

Their side of the water have builds over 2000bhp , which Is understandable given the large displacement cars they have in abundance. We just gotta make do with what we got lol 🤣🤣🤣, I'm thinking of remapping and slapping a turbo in my 2004 civic 1.4l dohc engine (no vtec in my car 😔)

[@DeadThePainter]

@@IML06 i mean we have 1500HP street legal cars in germany .... so the medium is there ^^

[@MattZorrow14]

Very cool to see our friends across the pond enjoy the sport in their own style. I appreciate the enthusiasm. Those are some interesting and cool builds.

[@MrLarsgren]

then have a look at the cars that show up at dragweek sweden. alot of it is pure art. many of the parts are custom made and result in real funky builds. but holy cow can they find some hidden ponies in small engines...

[@tazbertdt]

Love the confusion of you lads checking out all the weird Euro stuff. :) Hope you had a good time here in the UK.

[@SUPRAMIKE18]

A 90CUI engine running methanol is one of the coolest things I've seen in ages lmao

[@Coldfin9er]

8v OHV pushrod engine, came stock with a turbo and a carb in the 80’s 😁. Fun little cars at 25 psi!

[@young3nsinglej]

And running a 9.7 too!

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

@@Coldfin9er yep, I remember these from when I was 18 (legal driving license age here in Italy), they were called "coffin on wheels" due to how many young lads were losing their lives with these kind of cars back then due to inexperience + night in a club + some alcohol. They were: this Renault 5 GT Turbo, the Fiat Uno Turbo, the Ford Fiesta Turbo on the turbocharged side, and on the aspirated ones there were the Peugeot 205 1.9l, the Ford Fiesta Xr2, the Renault Clio 16V (or the Williams that was a 2 liters) Going up in class there were the Lancia Delta Integrale, the VW Golf or Corrado G60, the Escort RS turbo and few others :)

[@rafaelpires4576]

@@AlessandroGenTLe Other coffins were the Citroen AX GT and GTi and the Polo G40

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

@@rafaelpires4576 ah, yes 👍 But those were pretty rare around here. I think I've seen just one AX on that trim in my life and the Polo on "trend" back then here was that ugly kind of mini station wagon that wasn't so powerful even in its GT form. Oh, a friend of mine also had the Daihatsu Charade 1000 3 cylinder turbocharged... That was scary... With a few touches to the turbo pressure that 700kg thing (or maybe even less) had around 130HP...

[@livingthroughtv]

The guy in the grey VW Polo has such a brilliant accent. Portuguese and Midlands mixed. Big up all the people who move to the UK and make the place what it is!

[@Hmmyeah2019]

Are you delusional? The UK have become a massive shit hole since mass immigration started 😂 I don't what UK you're living in but it can't be the same as me

[@erg0101]

The Yellow Escort is nice! But the White Renault 5 Turbo is just sick!

[@s2upid]

I could tell the guy with the VR5 swapped VW Up! knows his VWs. He knew what markets have what engines, and managed to shoehorn that AQN engine in that tiny hatchback.

[@tailord5467]

Thank you bud 🙌🏻

[@s2upid]

@@tailord5467 my first reaction was thinking 07K, then I remembered how crazy expensive those engines are to get in the UK. They're like 200-300 dollars here.

[@crimpinurpimpin]

That last escort was my favorite. The ford zephyr was a close second. Two completely opposite ends of the engines they picked for them. Both super cool.

[@gmain1977]

I was there!!! I been going Santa Pod almost 30 years, the FWD scene has taken off past few years back in day is mainly muscle cars and Hot Rods. Some of the cars sold in Europe was not sold in USA the Hot Hatch movement is huge in Europe they have Rally Background some of them. UK you do see mix bag of cars from Tran Ams, Cuda's ,Chargers, Supra's to Renault 5 Turbo's ,Corsa VXRs , Cosworth powered Fords etc. Downside we only 1 Drag Strip in UK that 1/4 mile. Hope you back again soon guys 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@DrInsane76]

That R5 GTT with the original engine in it is just wow!! 😮

[@13699111]

Thank you for posting all the great videos on your KZbin channel. I'm 71 year's old I've only ridden in one right side drive vehicle in my life. A local retired mail delivery lady still owns and still drives her right side drive jeep . As teenagers my nephew and his buddy's built 10 second Honda civic street cars. Like all of us when we were bullet proof teenagers there were some lucky to be alive moments.

[@readyon3506]

Kyle was shocked , he literally heard some cars names that he had no clue they were on production for years

[@fns58]

Yeah Fiat Punto and Seat Ibiza have been two key cars here in the EU for decades

[@zenithskull]

@@fns58as an American I’ve never seen nor heard of either .

[@paasosentomi]

not surprised. but yet again your stuff is weird for europeans and propably asians aswell@@zenithskull

[@chrisS19019]

@@paasosentomimaybe, I feel like the only surprising or weird vehicles would be F350s and 3500s everything else is like oh that’s a Chevy Malibu, Mazda 3, Corolla, Civic. We just don’t get the ultra small cars so the names don’t really reach us

[@kai_444]

​@@zenithskullamericans don't know much, I'm not surprised

[@Anuskasv0]

That Escort with the Cozza transplant was fantastic

[@TheCluelessEnthusiast]

Never thought I'd see front wheel drive diesel 4 cylinders runnings 9s. Insane builds

[@dinoman7189]

Ah pois é 1.9 PD ! Os melhores motores . 600 e tal cavalos que eles aguentam com nitro .

[@dinoman7189]

Ah pois é 1.9 PD ! Os melhores motores . 600 e tal cavalos que eles aguentam com nitro .

[@a.t.8343]

Welcome to europe

[@anusername8350]

1.9 TDI man.. can’t beat it.

[@TheCluelessEnthusiast]

@@anusername8350 are these a strong engine from the factory? How much power can one of these make with stock internals?

[@Shiroy95Viegas]

I find it funny, because americans are really not used to small cars, and when they see our models from europe the first thing they point out is how small it is 😂 But its actually heartwarming when they like a certain model/make from europe, cheers from Portugal !

[@QuantumS1ngularity]

Ah.. 1.9TDi... Also known as the European 2JZ. Not a fan of the diesel engines myself, but when an engine that's the size of a milk bottle can put out 600HP, it's certainly mind blowing.

[@Rrrowl]

1.9tdi has never been 2jz of europe. Bmw M57/N57 more likely if we talk diesel or b58 for petrol...

[@nytim666]

yeah if we are talking actual race cars b58 is the 2jz, with any diesel engine you get black clouds and since tuning is illegal in europe nobody wants this type of atention

[@HaleftHaut]

1.9 tdi not the size of a bottle... in fact is unnecessarily big

[@Snake2303]

My easy maped 1.9 tdi have around 160hp and around 470nm. The torque is impressive.

[@expert20valvehlx]

1.9TDI Euro 2JZ ahahhahahahhaha OM606 is EU 2JZ

[@fuddboi]

Can appreciate the vans, one running a 9.7 and the camper running a 10 second trip is insane.

[@alskjflaksjdflakjdf]

So cool seeing cars that never made it to this side of the pond. Thanks for shooting this video!

[@Sassenhaim]

That renault went away and was like thats a 9. 9.80 😮 respect! 9.70ftw!! 😂😂😂 Ridiculously fast😊 ❤

[@es5ape]

That Renault is a crazy beast!

[@mikedisalvo1479]

15:25 that orange golf is definitely the coolest car there 🤩

[@EdwardMcClung]

Isn't it actually shocking?

[@Gaindalf93]

@@EdwardMcClung it depends where you are from I guess, there’s loads of espacially volkswagen and bmw engines that you can go crazy with, (seat, Audi, skoda) also run the same Volkswagen engines, the 3 liter Mercedes diesel engines are also pretty crazy

[@xyanide1986]

That punto is an incredible build with its original engine.

[@R19Robbin]

Those diesels are pretty wild 🔥🔥

[@kalvaxus]

Damn that Renault 5 is impressive..

[@MrLapinor]

as a french i'm very proud of that renault 5 GT Turbo amazing

[@The-Real-Taco]

12:12 that front wheel was on a MISSION!!

[@tiagoabreu4107]

The best drag racing in Europe is Greece, Sweden, Malta and Romania. Best half mile in Europe is Germany.

[@poplaurentiu4148]

We send some Big Love from Europe to them US-A' muricans..

[@doddsalfa]

Nobody is better than Sweden in building cars drag included

[@exvils]

@@doddsalfa agreed, thats why they come to US to get podium

[@tiagoabreu4107]

@@doddsalfa Sweden are very strong, they have excellent work mainly with Volvos, 5 cylinder Audi and v8's, but I've seen things in Malta (which I had initially forgotten when I posted this comment), Greece or Romania that are at the same level or even better. Greece until recently had the fastest Evo in the world and competed with the US. not to mention other very, very strong cars they have. so on the street, just look at the cars that are for sale in their market. everything modifies automobiles.

[@doddsalfa]

@@tiagoabreu4107 there is no chance Greek or Romania is better than the greatest car builders in the world sorry

[@arranwright4625]

Kyle you always go the extra mile for car culture and its great to see the u.k getting some love ❤

[@seanhickling7340]

Mate... Have you not realised the rest of the world considers these cars as normal and it's your US cars that are really weird to everyone!

[@StationroadRatrods]

Nah, European cars are definitely just weird

[@harrychalmers1]

Classic yank behaviour. USA “we got the World Series buddy” Rest of the world “ no one cares and your the only people that play it.” Hardly World Series

[@sirhorace8883]

euro cars are 100% weird tho​@@harrychalmers1

[@BuBornham]

​@@harrychalmers1 I mean, consumer automobiles are a part of American DNA in a deep way that no other country can claim. Not mention, the US were the original innovators with them and the rest of the world followed. Also, baseball is plenty popular in other countries now (like Japan) and it's still the "World Series" and it's still held above any other baseball league in the world. Every single American sport with some title like that is LITERALLY the highest league of professional competition for that respective sport in the world. Sounds like you're just salty that the English collectively suck at most sports period, including the ones they invented lmao

[@harrychalmers1]

Classic American delusion 😂😂😂. God bless the yanks. They need all the help they can get

[@sebastienmartinot9228]

Renault 5 GT turbo is amazing ! I didn’t know that someone can push it to the 9!!! That’s crazy !

[@garyhowe88]

There's another in the 8's here too

[@johnpilsworth4949]

@@garyhowe88 yes EFI-parts 2.0 16v

[@RedTurboChannel]

I'll be posting a Santa Pod video soon. I will show you what the expedition of 22 cars from Poland looked like 🤟

[@robertjohnson4784]

Hey, Kyle and all the crew at 1320. Thank you for bringing us all these fabulous videos. Also, thank you for bringing us Cleetus LOL without you, he couldn't have done it.

[@allgood3192]

Renault 5 GT turbo !!! what a beauty ,an english brother driving our french car , good combo !

[@maadswift]

Fun fact, the track is slightly up hill, so technically the cars can be much faster at other tracks that are flat or downhill. Happy to see the pod getting some love.

[@mmllmmll22]

3:49 All i can see till now : Seat Arosa/VW Lupo, Fiat 126p, Seat Ibiza :D

[@TumzDK]

Haha, here in Denmark we call most of these cars small affordable cars, not weird. I’ve actually owned a 2000 VW Polo estate, with an 1.9 TDI

[@richardwild76]

They have small affordable FWD cars in the US too, but I'm guessing they don't drag race them!

[@craigconey9971]

Was it the 130 pd polo mate mymate had a 130 pd polo in a purple color it was a quick little thing

[@wykydytron]

Name one. In USA small affordable car is Ford f150...

[@craigconey9971]

@@wykydytron your rite and they are still huge 😂

[@richardwild76]

@@wykydytron not even hard. Chevy Cruze. There's loads, though more of them are Japenese than home grown. I've been around the US, I've seen what people drive, they're not ALL trucks and SUVs.

[@th3master]

Tdi's representing Portugal

[@VWPassat_3BG]

But the grey polo guy was wrong when he said that polos comes with 5 speed and pd100. Because all polos from 2002 (late) till 2008 they all had the option of 1.9tdi either 5 or 6 speed gearbox depending on what you ordered when it was new. Pd100 5 speed Pd130 6 speed

[@AkinaGhost]

​@@VWPassat_3BGHe wasn't wrong though he was talking about his specific Polo being the 1.4 diesel originally. There is such a thing as speaking different languages and misunderstanding what was being asked.

[@VWPassat_3BG]

@@AkinaGhost he didn't explain it well tho. Their English is horrible

[@bruhgart]

The Fiat around 12:00 has approach and departure angles that would make any jeep guy cry lol those tires are at the four corners!

[@sparky4878]

You mean the Renault 5?

[@themadscientest]

I love seeing people that go out and race just for personal bests and platform bests, it's what keeps racing fun.

[@hiller.photog]

I loved “Lady” by Modjo playing while we experienced the beauty of that yellow Cosworth Escort. Great seeing some fwd representation on the channel too!

[@theblueninjazx10r]

Been in the UK for 2 years and never went. Time to take a trip this weekend.

[@wojciechbieniek4029]

Santa Pod is the place to be, it's super chill, and atmosphere is amazing

[@theblueninjazx10r]

@@wojciechbieniek4029 I’ll plan on the attending one of the open track days 😎

[@Julian.Bingham]

@theblueninjazx10r might as well goto the Euro finals and do the whole weekend. You will not regret it. Santa pod is a world class event for sure😎👍

[@Phuc_Yhou]

Euro finals, Sept, see you there 😎

[@tyskieandturbos]

Come to the euro finals, biggest meet of the year, might even be a sneaky start line pass available

[@RyanFannon-fy1yf]

The escort at the end was the nicest but they were all cool

[@joaquindubini3681]

I don't think I've ever seen a FWD burnout. These guys are NUTS.

[@212RACING]

The best 1320 video I've ever seen. Awesome cars. I would love to See the street racing scene over there

[@kentbeitel9966]

Dude that cosworth escort is literally one of my dream cars!! 👌🔥 I love all the variety there

[@jareknowak8712]

Maluch na 1320Videos!!! Teraz widziales juz w zyciu wszystko!!!

[@niczymmiejskalegenda9899]

Cnie? Miałem takie WTFFF

[@FishingThePNW]

That 5 cylinder motor sounded so rowdy!

[@godlyname8544]

The vr5 soundns great. Its not the best engine for tuning. Because the vr6 is almost the same cost and makes more power. For small cars like this the vr5 is great idea.

[@tailord5467]

Thank you 😊

[@Kommisar_Lutter]

Damn, never seen 126 going this wild. Seeing a normal one on the road is so rare nowadays.

[@dixonqwerty]

That yellow Ford in the end made my heart melt. Gorgeous!!!!

[@JamesBalazs]

The 1000hp C20 Corsa is sick, love to see some Vauxhall / Opel stuff on 1320. Z20 and C20 have to be the best engines the US never got, the UKs answer to the K20A

[@JamesBalazs]

And the Skillaturbo / HelderPuto VAG diesel stuff - anyone who's been to pod will have seen these filling the burnout box with black smoke.

[@baasturbo6169]

What do you mean, the UK's answer? These are German (Opel) engines... and the Z20 was in lots of US cars, like the Chevy Cobalt and Saturn Ion. Even Saab sold lots of cars in the US with this engine.

[@stevenhigham3404]

The c20xe was developed by cosworth in the UK and the z20 is just a follow on from that.

[@JamesBalazs]

@@baasturbo6169 because they're not as common or as heavily built in the rest of Europe, and twice the price. In the UK you can buy a VXR for £3000, there are tonnes of shops that build and tune them, ridiculous aftermarket support, it costs max £2000 to forge them, you can now buy plug and play standalone kits for them, multiple companies making big turbo kits etc etc in a tiny country. They have a cult following here, in the US they're ridiculed "just buy a V8" and your options for tuning / engine builds are what, literally just ZZP? in a country 10x the size

[@JamesBalazs]

@@stevenhigham3404 exactly mate! Just because they built the cars in Germany doesn't mean it's an Opel designed engine. The C20XE was originally a Cosworth racing engine designed in the UK, doesn't take much research to confirm.

[@joshthemediocre7824]

I remember my first trip to europe..my mind was blown by all the cars i had never heard of. So many cool cars americans didn't have, it was a nice surprise because it was not something i thought about before i got there.

[@lorddoobsworth144]

I'm from the UK and see lots of cool American cars on videos that are not over here also. The grass is always greener on the other side as they say.

[@AnalogDude_]

Americans cars are rare to find over here, the fuel is quite a bit more expensive @ 2.00+€ currently, their built quality is also something, then replacements parts! their size is kinda unpractical and slow, i remember watching a Pontiac Fierro and it's max speed was 140km/h on the gauge. there was a time USA cars where limited to 150km/h max. They are mostly kept in garages and taken to some event on Sunday.

[@MV-ri7zu]

​@@AnalogDude_ there are plenty of nimble american muscle cars

[@AnalogDude_]

@@MV-ri7zu like i said, most of the time locked in a garage, some times you see a dodge ram, but that's pretty much it.

[@MV-ri7zu]

@@AnalogDude_ yeah probably too expensive to buy here. Again just saying that it has nothing to do with them being slow.

[@eriksimca9409]

you really, really should do swedens street week next year!!!!

[@Vteccer666]

sure he was not long over there

[@info1418]

+1, the start at Mantorp Park was amazing!

[@rnts08]

They were over there but it was some 5 years ago by now. Lots of new things on the roads now. And yes, they still "illegally" block off the highway and slow down the cops while the guys do their runs then everyone disperse and meet at the next preplanned place.

[@MV-ri7zu]

​@@rnts08 north europe has a much better car scene than the UK has

[@pede8889]

Volvo's are banned for being too cool

[@kiddlesk]

Loved that you ended on the MK1 Escort. Our first cars back in the 70's but wouldn't have imagined ever seeing one run 9's (with any engine) and still be MOT'd and fully street legal.

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

The fact a NA carb beat a lambo was bloody impressive

[@LordSeemz]

Watching Kyle trying to understand and pronounce the car names has made my day 🤣

[@tomcoxon3520]

Its strange to see somebody confusing a corsa with a vauxhall and calling the cars of my teenage years weired lol. But i guess the usa is alien to these cars

[@_Professor_Oak]

Driver: Fiat Punto Kyle: Peulo?

[@AK88onCars]

Great to see you guys back in the UK and at Santa Pod (a track us brits very much support!) 👍

[@drskull139]

in south africa we run the same cars and some of them really pack a punch the vw scene is big here 4 cyl engines you guys should come and do content here some day the street racing scene in boksburg jet park is insane our local magazine speed and sound have vids on their youtube channel of some of the racing here love the content keep it up

[@scousewillo62]

That Zephyr was stunning and also loved that street legal 73 Escort.

[@WCMT89]

The 2nd pass in Renault 5 was 🔥 the shifts were on point 😎

[@mistakay9019]

respect to the punto driver! nuts keeping that engine in there! that sub 10 Renny 5 was INSANE! that escort is PRISTINE! amazing video!

[@petersimpson1734]

As a someone who likes GM cars I have to say the two cars I liked the best were the old Fords at the end of the Vid :) I really liked the old Escort.

[@skank7525]

You should have seen my old 'Mexico' and the rs1800 and rs2000 and the series 1 escort rs turbo,all fords,look them up,great cars,sadly not many left.

[@PhillyDee215]

Everywhere you go you see something different and learn something new🎯

[@EZ-D-FIANT]

Never underestimate built PD 1.9 4 cylinders, great engines to tune and super common, we have a great scene here in the Uk, loads of uniqueness it's a shame you didn't find my active aero 4wd (900bhp) hybred SW20 but maybe next year when I bring the record back to the uk (sorry Kyle😅), I've got a passenger seat wink wink...👍👌👍

[@xx-----------xx873]

I agree, they’ll shower the surroundings in soot then do 50 to the gallon without trying. By far the best VAG engine.

[@olarul99]

In Romania, we have in the Romanian Rallye Championship a Seat Ibiza with the 1.9 TDI engine. That car is competing against the big boys and it's making always a good figure. That car is now around for a few years and it appears that it will still be rallying in the future.

[@pede8889]

Tud9 was far superior but mechanical pump

[@roseyboi1]

That yellow MK1 escort with the cozy lump 👌

[@S-AI6]

Imagine if Brian gave Dom that Renault 5...10 second car is a 10 second car...

[@neilvenners3309]

Great coverage Kyle and always a pleasure having you over here 🤙🇬🇧

[@Rodknockacres]

I love people that make small econo-boxes fast

[@mrmerlin6287]

These are simply run of the mill car models in The UK. Fuel duty is insane in Britain.

[@Rodknockacres]

@@mrmerlin6287 that is true. being in the states I’m so use to big cars

[@mrmerlin6287]

@@Rodknockacres Whenever I see a US import over here I'm taken aback by how wide they appear on English roads.

[@JD-eo7dr]

​@@mrmerlin6287i know what you mean there's a guy who collects American stuff on my street they are massive. He's got a Dodge Ram Mustang and a challenger he's obviously not bothered by our fuel prices😂

[@user-ry8og3tf4q]

Love the coverage! Those are some impressive fwd builds 🔥especially that Reno 5 with a 1.5 pushing 544hp 😮

[@RWL2012]

Renault

[@chuckyboy6977]

Renault were the first to take turbos to F1, in the early 80’s most teams ran turbo motors and some were getting 1400bhp+ from the 1.4 motor

[@Kazdy_moze_gotowac]

That white drag car. The gearbox shifts are so smooth!

[@vno23]

Weird cars ? you mean things that aren’t cookie cutter muscle cars 😂

[@Belfastboy420]

The Spanish smokers lol

[@benjiej1380]

Nothing spanish in this video

[@Racing_Dude]

@@benjiej1380SEAT is Spanish??

[@tiagoabreu4107]

​​@@Racing_Dudeyes, but we are PORTUGUESE, and Portugal is not Spain.

[@benjiej1380]

​@@Racing_DudeGerman car

[@TML34]

@@tiagoabreu4107the Portuguese smokers! 😂

[@firesyde424]

When you've seen one swapped turbo LS, you've sorta seen most of them. I like seeing the different engineering that goes into these cars such as hiding the intake and filter behind the engine, under the windshield wipers.

[@JustMeADutchGuy]

My first car was a R5 GT Turbo Fase 1 from 1987. Amazing they still use the original modified engine!

[@bigzu3630]

god damn, never saw an R5 going this fast, 9.73 is wild

[@charliefrharper]

As pretty much everything is illegal here in germany, it is good seeing some german brands get some love and are even registered in the EU.

[@exvils]

buy car from poland and keep polish licence plates.. that way you can drive modified car even in DE (as long as it didnt come with DPF from factory xD )

[@charliefrharper]

@exvils not that easy, buddy. As a German citizen, you have to register the car in Germany. Except you have a polish passport and/or a polish residence. In fact, my wife is polish and still has her polish passport. So I am planning on registering my car there. In its current state, I can't register my car here in Germany due to its modifications. Stupid Germany 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@exvils]

@@charliefrharper i am from Slovakia so many ppl here drive polish cars..( i used to go to PL with friends to buy them said racecars, as i can speak polish) same with Czechia. All you do is go to Poland, buy a car (you get "karta pojazdu" which are papers) and the car is yours.. you also need insurance (oc ac) but you can pay old owner to pay it for you, or any other Poland citizen (as you can't sign insurance in any other country on car which isn't registered in that particular country like you say) and then every 2 years you either go to Poland to get dekra inspection (or you pay so car "passes") or all you have to do is take your papers, stamp it and sign new date of inspection.. German policeman wont even understand what is written in papers from the car, you will have insurance paper with you so they have to let you go.. even more weirder thing is with cars registered in Ukraine, as they legally can have tinted front side windows and even front window. as i said above, only country that i know of which will take your car papers even if car is registered in other country is Austria, and only for deleted DPF and EGR system on diesel vehicle

[@charliefrharper]

@exvils Interesting! Good infos here! I thought in Poland you have to go to an inspection every year, no? I just recently unregistered my car here in Germany (Supra MK3) as some of the parts I used don't have any papers as they are of American origin, and they don't give a f. I am currently building another car (280Z) with a lot of US parts. It's already clear that I don't get it registered here. German laws and the people accepting them are just retarded 🙄 It's killing the hobby and the aftermarket industries. Lots of tax is being canceled in the name of "safety" and "climate change". How is it in Slovakia? I assumed that it wouldn't be that restrictive.

[@bradleybatt1401]

@@charliefrharper I feel bad for you German's and your stupid strict car laws. It's a shame cause Japan can have the best tuners for Japanese cars where as Germany can't do the same due to stupid strict laws.

[@Arturro671]

I like EU racing because you get everything. Even silly cars race. Where in the US I've seen drag races where majority of the cars were Mustangs Fox body, or Honda Civics (when talking about FWD).

[@NikoMoraKamu]

dude those are not silly cars , are our most common daily drivers cars xD most of european drivers have learned to drive or have one of those cars

[@gianni_schicchi]

@@NikoMoraKamucommon can be silly still. Silly Brits.

[@adr3510]

those silly cars are some of the most popular dailys, or were so in there time !