The 10 tastiest hot lead from the 90’s
Posted on 22-03-2016 at 20:10 by nicolasr – 102 Comments”
From that time you were still as first road at the traffic lights with 130 hp.
The nineties. What a glorious time that was. Not only in terms of music (because let’s be honest, we would be without the Spice Girls still so much of David Beckham and his beautiful cars have heard), also on the economic front, it was all hosanna. That meant that there was money for nice cars. Not only in the topsegement, a few scales lower was also plenty of fun. It was the decade that the hot hatch is kind of commonplace. Any self-respecting car company had one or two in his portfolio. Therefore, because it’s almost the weekend, a completely random list of the 10 tastiest hot lead from the last 10 years of the previous century. With, of course, room for additions in the comments!
– Let’s start with this, the Ford Fiesta RS Turbo.
A bomblet with 133 hp. That engine dragged him in with 8.2 seconds to 100 and the cake was only on at 213 miles per hour. Today, this is not exceedingly fast, but in the early 90’s really.
– Beware that you don’t notice your Rover 200 BRM
This Rover 200 BRM was mainly of his orange grille. Nothing powerdomes or in big letters on the side, just an orange mouth and everyone can see that you hard can. Because he was sure to be fast. 145 hp from its 1.8 litres. Thus he got to 205 kilometers per hour in 8.3 seconds, he was on the 100.
– This should of course not be missing, the VW Golf VR6
A hatchback with a 6-cylinder in the cabin. 2,8 or 2,9 litres (if you go for the four-wheel drive Synchro went) and seriously a lot of power for that time; 174 for the ‘ordinary’ and 190pk for the Synchro. This tore you in 7,4 seconds for the 100 and 224 won the drag battle. In 2016 still not values to be ashamed of.
– Fiat Punto GT
This Punto GT was also not a thing to call it. Equipped with a 1.4 turbo with 136 hp. Also good for a 0-100 time of 8.2 seconds and a top of just under 200 miles per hour.
– The Spanish fury, the Seat Ibiza Cupra
Cupra, a crazy name that stood for Cup Racing. For that you could well with that fast Seatjes. 2.0 liter 4-cylinder, 16 valves and 150 HORSEPOWER. Did you standaardsprint in 8.3 seconds, and he kept it for seen at 216 kilometers per hour.
– This car wore almost all of the other classmates for breakfast; the Ford Escort Cosworth
The Escort is actually no Escort was. They grabbed namely the cassis and the mechanics from the Sierra RS Cosworth and pasted there Escort-panels around it. Because it is a homologatiemodel was for the Group A rallyklase, if a fine 4-wheel-drive is also not to be missed. And then the engine. A 2 litre turbo with thick 220 hp. Thus clapped he in 5.7 seconds to 100 and he went on to 232 kilometers per hour. If you have the version without taartschep back ordered, took you almost the 240. Funny detail, the car took exactly 100.000 guilders. And for exactly the same money you could also get a much bigger Scorpio Cosworth buy. But if you wanted to, of course not!
And what we thought of this? The Citroën Saxo VTS
120 hp, available in 8,7 seconds for the 100 and 205 kilometers per hour as the maximum. You had him as a VTR, but that was a little less quickly. Of course as the latter is only 8 valves and the VTS 16 pieces.
And its brother, the Peugeot 106 GTI
Indeed. The little brother of the big Saxo. With a shared heart, so also 120 HP, also to the 100 in 8,7 seconds and continue up to 205 real kilometers per hour.
– A stylish executioner, the Audi S3
You could on the S3 notice that we are already a bit further in the decade were. The power in fact increased significantly, from 1.8 litre turbo took Audi namely 210 HP. Because of the four wheel drive he was also seriously fast road at the traffic lights, in 6,9 seconds he was on the 100 to mashed potatoes to 238. The same block was also in the TT spooned and in the Quattrovariant kicked his way to 225 hp.
– My favourite, the Renault Clio 16V
That is the advantage of a piece of writing, you can be completely subjective and a particular model as a favorite places. Of which act. For me, this is the ultimate hot hatch from the 90’s. 1.8-litre, 16-valve, 136 hp, 0-100 in 8.3 seconds and 209 km or max. And a powerdome on the hood. Who wouldn’t want that? Of course you also had the Clio Williams, with its 150 HP strong 2 litres of still a little bit faster, but for me, this is 1.8 the favorite. Why? Because I him had, I think!
But this piece is crying out for your own favorite. So call but, what I’ve forgotten, why is the Clio wasn’t the tastiest, and what then?