A RU-vid channel dedicated to forgotten cars, facts and stories in the automotive world.
This channel was previously called 'Studio 2'; the name was changed in June 2024.
Below is a link to my website, where I am working towards scanning my entire brochure collection. The site also contains an ever-updating record of the automotive manuals, magazines & memorabilia I own.
Fun Fact: Over here in north america none other than carol shelby got his mitts on dodge's version of the sunbeam/plymouth horizon at around the same time and worked his magic on it too create one of the most legendary sleeper performance cars of the 80's. He took the humble dodge omni, bored out the engine too 3L and bolted a big garrett turbo onto it (making 275 horsepower) and switched out the standard suspension components for those from the dodge daytona cs turbo, thus creating the Dodge Omni GLH (Goes Like Hell) which went on sale in 1985. He then spent a year developing an evolution version that had 300 horsrpower, handled like a corvette, and could do a sub 8 second run to 60 MPH from a standing start. It went on sale in 1986 as the Dodge Omni GLHS (Goes Like Hell Still). There's a highly modified drag racing version of an '86 GLHS that makes 650 horsepower from its factory engine.
I dragged mine out from under a hedge and rebuilt it, and soon discovered it was originally a Martini edition. I parted ways with it when my son was born, though I wish I had the space to keep it.
They should've sold the mid-engine Horizon prototype to Carroll Shelby. Since the rear doors were nonfunctional there was no reason to use the boxier Omni-Horizon body instead of the Charger-Turismo coupe one (except that PSA didn't build and had no rights to the latter).
That's because the special edition the channel brand comes from was from the late-'80s (although the edition itself was named after the trim/colour department at Rover)
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.
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.
They're extremely colour/spec-dependent in my opinion, but they are at least better than the masses of modified VW T6s... My point in the video was more so that it was odd that MS-RT Transits and Rangers exist but not MS-RT Fiestas and Pumas; the cars M-Sport actually use for rallying.
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 ;)
They're not deleted, just unlisted - you can still find them in the public 'Unscripted Brochure Chat' playlist on the channel. I unlisted them for the same reason I unlisted an earlier video on the Dodge Avenger - I didn't want them to be potentially the first impression of the channel that new viewers got, as they were of lower quality than standard episodes.
Apologies, but Ihave no plans to do a video on Group B circuit prototypes, for two reasons: 1) There doesn't seem to be nearly as much to talk about as with the rally cars, since it wasn't as popular a class. 2) Since the two Group B videos are my most successful by a huge margin, it would look like I was obviously trying to emulate the success of those videos. If you do choose to make a video (or several) on the topic, I wish you the best of luck!
@@full-service-history both of those are very good reasons either way whatever you'll work on I'm excited to see it all. I might give it a shot never edited but got to try everything once
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 suppose it was compared to the 911 as it was the only point of reference the average consumer had for Porsche (the 356 having long been out of production)
The AZ-1 (and its Suzuki Cara counterpart) used the turbocharged Suzuki F6A engine in a very similar tune to the (Suzuki) Alto Works and Cappuccino... perhaps you're thinking of the Yamaha OX99-11, another Japanese mid-engined car from the '90s (albeit one that never made it to production)?
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.
I mentioned that they sold Lancias (at least I made a note to include that!), but I didn't mention any specific models. That's very interesting that they sold such a niche model as the 8.32, thanks!
@@full-service-history That minor off was nothing at all in the midst of an excellent and well researched clip. As a former employee of General Motors and having met the Team, your documentary is the best I have watched on Opel's forays into World Championship rallying. Keep it up, we will keep following.
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.
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!
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
An AZ-1 in a scrapyard? What went so badly wrong to lead to that happening? Also you are correct, here in the UK we got Xedos and a bunch of imported Eunos Roadsters (the latter being unofficial, but still very common).
@@full-service-history Rarely I see an xedos 2.5 v6 pop up on eBay and always fancy one but the maintenance and part finding would kill me. Yes in a local scrapyard in Barnsley a good 12-15 year ago there was a az-1 on a pile and I remember it due to the doors and how tiny it was. I went with my dad as you do and the bloke at the counter said it was a Suzuki cappuccino!
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.
