Talbot Sunbeam Lotus RWD Gr. 2 Rally Car: Sound, Accelerations, Jumps & Show at RallyLegend!

[@SharonD369]

Forget your Golf Gti’s the Sunbeam Lotus was a real proper Hot Hatch, rear wheels for driving and front wheels for steering. I can personally tell you it doesn’t take much to make them go like stink either, wish i still had one now that’s for sure 👌👌👌

[@jwwqp7099]

these old rally cars always sound awesome

[@repingers9777]

straight up sounds like a honda lol without fartcan exhuast and a velocity stack intake i like it

[@marcodonati1667]

Ne ho avuta una dal 1980 al 2002 e ci ho fatto 250000 km . Non la dimenticherò mai...e quanto mi sono divertito !!!!

[@davekennedy6315]

Those Lotus Sunbeams were proper rapid even by 80s/90s hot hatch standards (I think they did 0-60 in around 7 seconds) so they must have been incredible back in the early 80s. 150bhp in a little lightweight RWD car musta been fun!

[@SharonD369]

Mine was 1979 V plate, KKV 34V in Moonstone Black with Silver stripe. 🤘

[@davekennedy6315]

@@SharonD369 the original series, very nice. That'd be worth some money nowadays to be sure!

[@Sceneemofemboy0666]

For being precise 0-100 in 8.3 seconds

[@bat33.12]

@@SharonD369 mine was CTA 410Y one of the last ones made with the larger front headlights, moonstone blue and silver stripes. It was running 210bhp, with cams, big valve gas flowed head, twin 45 webbers, 4-2-1 manifold, exhaust system, forged pistons, lightened flywheel and competition clutch. Bilsteins all round, lowered springs, rear anti roll bar added, quaiffe LSD with lower ratio crown wheel and pinion, 4 piston AP front brakes with 2 piece discs and chrysler 180 rear disc brake conversion, along with a brake bias adjuster, and a set of ex works magnesium minilite wheels. It also had a roll cage, sump guard and tank guard as underbody protection. Stock 0-60 was 7.2 seconds mine was 5.9 seconds. It was built for road saloons and hillclimbs by the guy I bought it off and featured in Car and car conversions magazine in a group test driven by Andrew Wood one of the Vauxhall works rally drivers at the time. It came with a stack of paperwork and bills when I bought it in 87 and the engine work had cost more than I paid for the car. Amazing car in it's day and compared to the 2.0 pinto engined Mk2 Escort I used for road rallying before buying the Sunbeam it had much more rear grip but was still happy driving sideways just less sideways than an Escort 😂

[@nearlyretired7005]

​@@Sceneemofemboy0666 0 -100 what? Carrots?

[@bjorno2080]

Had the pleasure of driving one in a Carlisle dirt track in the 90s. Not fully rally prepared like these but still unbelievable fun. Rear wheel drive always helps.

[@RallyMaster-groupB]

R.I.P Toivonen. this thing in his hands was a monster!!

[@itsnotmeitshim]

Absolutely!!

[@itsnotmeitshim]

Really fantastic footage for an ex rallying Sunbeam owner!! Thank you.

[@enricocelani8292]

Spettacolare la vettura nera al Rally Legend, sembra anche più pepata, a livello motoristico, rispetto alle altre.

[@Floris_VI]

The yellow red blue painted one looks absolutely incredible, amazing car

[@Karibanu]

That livery is forever associated with Russel Brookes for me, saw it on an Opel Manta, Chevette HSR & I think an Escort too - not sure if it was sponsorship he brought with him or no ( anyone know for sure? ).

[@jonathanvoss5168]

@@Karibanu yeah, Brookes was sponsored by Andrews Heat For Hire for years and had it on his cars for most of his career

[@paulcaswell2813]

@@Karibanu There's a lovely story about how RB managed to get the Andrews sponsorship. Being a heating company, it seems that Andrews were looking to sponsor a hot-air balloon! Anyway, RB walks into the company's office and suggests that they sponsor his rallying endeavours. The rest is legendary, as you say. Escort, Sunbeam, Chevette, Manta, and even an Andrews-sponsord Integrale on a late RAC!

[@kanewolfenden5190]

Can’t beat a good old sunbeam 😫😊

[@TheBritInHungary]

Loved watching that. Had one in my mid twenties and still the most fun car I ever had!

[@paulcaswell2813]

Good to see the late Russell's car in the thick of it!

[@ckryses3962]

I see uploaded never respond or reacts to comments...still i am gonna applaud for all the efforts he has done for the videos... especially this one.... uploader gathered all history aka knowledge and pasted in description for free... Good work mate!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Guys like you are rare!!

[@slss758]

Pure show

[@francky6764]

Magnifique et extraordinaire Talbot LOTUS voiture fantastique qui m'a fait rêver durant mon adolescence. Mon père travaillait dans une concession Talbot dans les années 80 et j'ai eu la chance de rouler dans cette fabuleuse voiture❤. Toute mon admiration au pilote de la TALBOT LOTUS noire il est FANTASTIQUE !!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@daviderally3809]

Rosati con la Talbot nera viaggia da paura! che manico.....che manico!

[@paolocanobbio5341]

Chi ha avuto la fortuna ,come me, di correre con questa macchina, ne rimarrà per sempre innamorato!

[@enderflamegamer2334]

Rally Is the best

[@yidiermorera3896]

That sound is amazing. You make me very happy 😁🤠😁🤠😁🤠 ajua

[@dariorivera2226]

El sonido del motor del auto me recuerda al del ford escort rs 1600 pero más agudo sinceramente increíble 😎😎

[@tordarseneric2941]

good job

[@LilLuc]

Mamma mia che rombo

[@CriticoolHit]

Ignoring flash photography at night while you're doing 80mph into a hairpin. That's your real skill.

[@oscarzambon3666]

Che spettacolo la Talbot

[@MrAckers75]

Our garage sponsored a lotus sunbeam for classic rallies …….I drove it once and it was fucking scary as hell

[@damiantobiaszapater2376]

Se desempeña muy bien en su andar Talbot Lotus sumbeam. Hermoso como lo tengo en escala 1/43.

[@PassionSimcaTalbotHorizon]

Sunbeam !!!

[@GazMoz78]

The tick over and revving up off the line!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TehSpury]

Wish this car was in dirt rally 2.0

[@kikiautorcman787B]

The Lotus engine looks high torqued 👍💪💯🏁🏎️🤓

[@jonathanvoss5168]

It is, more torque than power. In the road car cruising in 5th gear you put your foot down and it just pulls and pulls

[@kikiautorcman787B]

@@jonathanvoss5168 Better than an automatic... 😁😉‼️

[@Mechtec500]

Probably as far removed from an original Lotus engine as possible.

[@jeps1332]

#TalbotThursday 😅

[@sos15_yt]

British in 1979:Talbot is French,it's not British anymore Talbot Sunbeam Lotus:Hold my Lotus-tuned engine Not to offending nobody

[@itsnotmeitshim]

This car was developed and built in the uk. The French parent company had zero input. All down to Des O'Dell.

[@sos15_yt]

@@itsnotmeitshim Ok,I didn't know it.I'm learning something new everyday

[@shafeeemamdee6638]

@@itsnotmeitshim Certainly was, Des went to the Butts College in Coventry with a friend who worked a Lotus. They'd built engines for Jenson who went bankrupt and had the engines laying about. Des asked lotus to provide two engines. One in road form and the other in rally spec and thus the Chrysler Sunbeam Lotus was born!! (later to be replaced by Talbot) Ask me how I know? I'm a coventry boy and Des worked for the Sport division in Coventry. This is my favourite car by a long way!!

[@bat33.12]

@@shafeeemamdee6638 All the Mk1 small headlight cars were Chrysler Sunbeam Lotus if I remember correctly and the later mk2 with the larger headlights were badged as Talbot Sunbeam Lotus including my own which was one of the last batch of cars sold in the UK CTA 410Y and it was first registered in 83 but there were a small number registered after August 83 on A prefix plates

[@Bull3tBikes]

3:49 , you’re welcome

[@G0UDIE]

It doesn't look easy to drive 😁

[@tipeneuriti5489]

What's makes it awesome balanced lil racer bring back the great cars Hillman hunter GLS sedan and Talbots kiaora im from new Zealand

[@pirkkovuori2813]

9

[@jeancharlesrabaux5658]

Un jour je t'aurais

[@sugarnads]

whenever the french decide to win the WRC ... Alpine A110 Talbot Sunbeam lotus Peugeot 205T16 Peugeot 206WRC Citroen C4 wrc...

[@jeancharlesrabaux5658]

Ma voiture preferer le sumbeam lotus je l aimé encore T inquite un jour tu sera à moi

[@GR1MRACER]

Drive like your trying to leave Detroit.

[@sos15_yt]

Fun fact:Talbot Horizon (obviously without Lotus version) was called Dodge Omni in the USA.And also existed sport versions like the Dodge Omni GLH* and Shelby Omni GLHS (yes,Shelby was in Dodge at the time) *GLH:Goes Like Hell** *GLHS:Goes Like Hell Som'more** **Yes,for real

[@sos15_yt]

...and Plymouth Horizon,yes,I recently watched your another comment 😅

[@Iansea1967]

@@sos15_yt this isn’t a Horizon, it’s a Sunbeam. A RWD car based on a shortened Avenger (Plymouth Cricket in the US I think)floorpan.

[@sos15_yt]

I didn't know how I activated the bold text 😅

[@ivdolgikh7739]

just sound

[@jussisaari7683]

what a pos car this was, however the rally version i'd happily add to my collection.

[@GR1MRACER]

Plymouth Horizon