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Tuned versions of regular cars used to be all the rage. Aftermarket firms such as Tickford were household names, building up a following by taking normal cars and making them go much faster than their manufacturers intended them to go.
But that’s all in the past, right? Wrong. The aftermarket scene is more alive today than it ever was, with a huge number of brands ready to modify almost everything on sale. We’ve brought along three of our favourites to see what they’re like on the road - there’s a supercharged Mazda MX-5 from BBR GTI, a 360bhp Ford Focus ST by Mountune and a very fast and very loud Toyota GR Yaris from Litchfield.
Join Matt Prior, James Disdale and Illya Verpraet as they see if these modifications are worth the extra cost.
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@davidstorm4015
@davidstorm4015 Год назад
I would take the MX5 all day long, it's a superb driving machine. Just a small point to note, the ratting noise experienced by the driver in this video is a doddle to sort out. It's caused by the metal lugs that locate the roof into the structure around the windscreen on either side, just put a small felt self adhesive pad into the the top of the recesses where the roof lugs locate and it's gone forever. This fix also has the advantage of tightening up the location of the roof and pulling it down ever so slightly on the front roof seals so it fits better.
@waynesimpson2074
@waynesimpson2074 Год назад
On mine, and others, there was simply an M6? torx bolt (without micro-encapsulation) working loose. Pull the overhead trim out of the way to reveal then a birra loctite sorted it.
@davidstorm4015
@davidstorm4015 Год назад
@@waynesimpson2074 thanks, that's great infgo, but on mine it wasn't loose bolts it was the sound of the locating lugs rubbing on the recess that they fit into. The felt pads cured it immediately and it has never come back (3 years ago when it was fixed)
@FireManiac58
@FireManiac58 9 месяцев назад
I actually just fixed this last week by wrapping electric tape around the metal tabs. God it’s so much better without it rattling around
@hadrienlf23
@hadrienlf23 Год назад
1568kg for the GR Yaris ?? You meant 1268kg right ? Mine is 1273 stock from the factory with fuel
@exaflop
@exaflop Год назад
circuit pack?
@jazzbassjames6403
@jazzbassjames6403 Год назад
@@exaflop what parts add 300kg to make a circuit pack?
@parenthlete
@parenthlete Год назад
Circuit pack has lighter alloys by 20kg and that’s rolling mass saving
@albertt7784
@albertt7784 Год назад
@@jazzbassjames6403 15 sand bags if the boot could some how fit them...
@exaflop
@exaflop Год назад
@@parenthlete but heavier diffs
@starstar5657
@starstar5657 Год назад
For road driving, you just can't beat an MX-5. Probably the best reasonably priced car out there. Nice review.
@billshoe22191
@billshoe22191 Год назад
Great job on this. The Miata would be my pick of the three by quite some margin.
@dantan6952
@dantan6952 Год назад
Wow; the GR Yaris has put on 300kgs!
@mbarbe007
@mbarbe007 Год назад
I think that they messed up. Impossible to gain 300 kgs.
@rotorhead5006
@rotorhead5006 Год назад
Road-tester lunch had been consumed before wekgh-in!
@arckylie3081
@arckylie3081 Год назад
Probably just a typo, The 5 being right above the 2 on a keypad🤷🏻‍♀️
@FreshYoungDude
@FreshYoungDude Год назад
NC Mx-5 is the best bargain sports car on the market. Love mine.
@jjchockey
@jjchockey Год назад
I just got my 2001 SE totaled. I have been thinking about getting an NC because i'm sure it drives fantastic, I just can't get past the looks and cheap plastic interior. Maybe if I drove one I could look past it.
@FreshYoungDude
@FreshYoungDude Год назад
@@jjchockey nc2/3 front end looks drastically better. Love my nc3
@jjchockey
@jjchockey Год назад
@@FreshYoungDude I think the NC1 looks the best of the 3. I hate the smiley front of the NC2 and NC3. I gotta go drive one.
@FreshYoungDude
@FreshYoungDude Год назад
@@jjchockey will be much cheaper. Nc2/3 has forged internals and a higher redline though. Pick your poison. Good luck!
@jjchockey
@jjchockey Год назад
@@FreshYoungDude Ya I just found a 2006 99k miles with LSD, Ohlins, and exhaust, for $9500
@khamid1
@khamid1 Год назад
I understand mistakes happen, but it is embarrassing to get a spec sheet wrong when you have an entire production team to check the edits.
@GTFour
@GTFour Год назад
which car/spec?
@coalhouse_walkerjnr4735
@coalhouse_walkerjnr4735 9 месяцев назад
Yes, but to err is human. which of us has never made a mistake? However, I suppose to truly c0ck-up, you must be a god, a motoring god, maybe?!?...
@alanwayte1688
@alanwayte1688 3 месяца назад
Embarrassing that you feel the need to gloat when your day is spent in McDonald’s
@khamid1
@khamid1 3 месяца назад
@alanwayte1688 cute you think your opinion is accurate or matters 😏
@BySixa
@BySixa 2 месяца назад
​@@GTFour within the first minute, the weight of the GR Yaris
@darrenprior6339
@darrenprior6339 Год назад
You sure you got the weight right on that Yaris. Book says 1280kg. Surely a tune and few suspension mods didn't add 289kg to the build as per your opening intro?
@Ellis01234567890
@Ellis01234567890 Год назад
This road is close to me and is my go to quick blast road in my 2013 208 GTi. Can't wait for my Christmas day drive this year starting with this road, then probably up round Brecon area before heading to my mums house in Abergavenny for Christmas dinner and presents.
@coalhouse_walkerjnr4735
@coalhouse_walkerjnr4735 9 месяцев назад
This is where I live. On a clear day you would just about spot my house in the distance in some shots. These are great roads on which to pilot any nicely modified car. My Bugeye Sube and Mk1 MR2 transport me to driving fun heaven right here. And of these three, on these roads, the one I'd most love to try: the MX-5. Working on it.....
@MrPetePastie
@MrPetePastie Год назад
Extra marks Illya Verpraet for the sweater. I have the exact same one - long live Lidl's value for money mens clothing!!
@Carrera-gp9od
@Carrera-gp9od Год назад
The exhaust on the Yaris sounds dreadful.
@loomspace
@loomspace Год назад
The only Akrapovic exhaust I've ever heard that sounded bad.
@popsbubbles1242
@popsbubbles1242 Год назад
The Yaris's stock suspension in my mind has settled down, I was thinking of changing it but it has somehow improved and settled down.
@ThrottleBody
@ThrottleBody Год назад
The yaris has never been that heavy 😂
@jamiep61
@jamiep61 Год назад
I enjoyed watching the Video. The Yaris Is my favorite that was driven
@Pavel_Bazhnyov
@Pavel_Bazhnyov Год назад
Great cars, spot on commentry
@benbuchanan672
@benbuchanan672 Год назад
Interesting video (and I have no idea nor care what a GR Yaris weighs). But there’s a world of difference between fiddling with an Ecu and bolting on a supercharger. The only truly modified car there is the MX5.
@everydaybiker
@everydaybiker Год назад
That mx5 sounds fantastic
@TheBeebg
@TheBeebg Год назад
Gr allllll day. Just collected mine and grading to Lichfield soon
@MegaWayfarer
@MegaWayfarer Год назад
Can you please do a side by side comparison of BBR supercharging versus turbo? I do not know which would be best for my MX5 NC2.
@Bains12300
@Bains12300 Год назад
I'd expect supercharging will give you a closer feel to NA, that said, I've had the stage 2 turbo kit on my NC for over a 2 years and absolutely love the car!
@fudganuld
@fudganuld Год назад
oohh......that Yaris in that green....Nice.....Ha! And BBR did a Wicked MG Maestro Turbo...
@adamfreeman3000
@adamfreeman3000 Год назад
Do Autocar have a monopoly on monotone road testers or something???
@Cernunn0s90
@Cernunn0s90 Год назад
Did those suspension mods add 289kgs to the GR Yaris? :O
@jjchockey
@jjchockey Год назад
Idc how good the Yaris or Focus is. Nothing can replace a lightweight, low slung, RWD, dedicated sports car chassis with double wishbone front suspension. Plus it is half the price. No comparison.
@pedro7401
@pedro7401 Год назад
what are the wheels on the nc ?
@djmichie
@djmichie Год назад
Feel like the tyres choice on the focus was wrong. Cup will be great in the dry but too much of a compromise in the rain
@ReeceT20
@ReeceT20 Год назад
Would love to see something with a better engine, like a birds M1/240I
@alanwayte1688
@alanwayte1688 3 месяца назад
My 991.2 911 T Litchfield ❤❤❤
@jareknowak8712
@jareknowak8712 Год назад
Toyota should make a V6 form 2 Yaris engines. :)
@tinhinnh
@tinhinnh Год назад
bingo!
@mugenmark
@mugenmark Год назад
Didn’t realise that Akropovic seemingly make exhausts out of lead piping! Shockingly embarrassing mistake with the Yaris weight.
@adamfreeman3000
@adamfreeman3000 Год назад
You say the Focus ST has too much power for the chassis.... isn't "more power than grip" the defining factor of what makes an exciting drivers car? Also, your testing it in November, in the wet, on Cup 2 tyres, of course you're going to struggle to put the power down, as you would too in any performance car with more than 200 BHP (imagine a BMW M2, or i30 N... all would struggle to put all their power down if you booted it in 2nd gear in the wet)
@MadelnMachines
@MadelnMachines Год назад
Why didn't you use the current MX5?
@dodgywheelsandropeywiring5697
Because BBR are still developing a kit for it, they only have a few mods for that generation on their website and they've got a lot more power out of and experience with the 3rd gen.
@mattwarren69
@mattwarren69 9 месяцев назад
I'd take the MX5 no question. I'll be acquiring a Mk3 soon ( standard 2.0 litre ) and I'm thinking of getting a BBR 220 ( NA ) upgrade . However not sure about going down the forced induction route ? trying to weigh up the pros and cons..... I've heard keeping them NA maintains the sweet spot but I don't know?
@aceytoja
@aceytoja 4 месяца назад
Big downsize of not keeping it NA is the massive reliability decrease. Kept NA they are bulletproof.
@duffyt26
@duffyt26 Год назад
Did everyone working at Lichfield sit in the GR Yaris whilst weighing it.....?
@malluturbo
@malluturbo Год назад
Do a drag race video...
@lukaszmajewski2757
@lukaszmajewski2757 Год назад
MG Motorsport exhaust sounds much better (with street more quiet option).
@thegirthquake8574
@thegirthquake8574 Год назад
2:52 that wouldn't be intake-turbo surge would it? Because that's bad news.
@jmooch59
@jmooch59 11 месяцев назад
2 and 1/2 K rpm is almost idle on a small displacement engine. Turbo technology these days is miles ahead of 3 decades ago.
@f00lxpl
@f00lxpl Год назад
1570 kg GR yaris damn!!
@JohnSmith-yr6je
@JohnSmith-yr6je Год назад
Tough choice between mx5 and Yaris
@e4superfly
@e4superfly Год назад
I had a e92 m3 v8 that weighed 1580kgs with no fluids so how can a yaris all of a sudden gain 300kgs and weigh almost the same
@GTFour
@GTFour Год назад
The Yaris is probably the overall fastest and it's a super clever bit of kit but just being a Yaris with the shape and how high it is just doesn't excite, the supercharged MX5 on the other hand rather does though!
@BoostedNDMiata
@BoostedNDMiata 10 месяцев назад
How about a more modern ND Miata with 340 hp as the test mule? I happen to know a BBR Stage 2 Turbo ND1 that would make a better comparison. 😂
@exaflop
@exaflop Год назад
check that yaris weight guys.
@barneyrubble9309
@barneyrubble9309 Год назад
Yaris is justvepic but I'll take the mx5...its affordable and you can actually get one
@stephenpru6482
@stephenpru6482 Год назад
Nooo way the GR weight that much 🤣
@jorgesilva3153
@jorgesilva3153 Год назад
The Focus is lighter than the Yaris???? 😱
@popsbubbles1242
@popsbubbles1242 Год назад
The Yaris is 1280kgs they put the incorrect weight up
@ronniet906
@ronniet906 Год назад
Nice technical analyis of the Litchfiled mods. Could not agree more, the engine and suspension mods help, and the AKRAPOVIC exhaust is dreadful. AKRAPOVIC sound engineers sure had an off day here, doesn't live up to AKRAPOVIC standards.
@neil1jnr
@neil1jnr Год назад
Stretched tyres on the Yaris ruins it. Get some decent, lroper sidewall rubber on there and it would be perfect.
@gaycha6589
@gaycha6589 Год назад
It has stock rubber
@AmjadJDM
@AmjadJDM Год назад
@@gaycha6589 nope, these are 255 wide Pilot Sport 5s. The standard car comes with 225 wide PS4Ss.
@tinhinnh
@tinhinnh Год назад
id go with 235 or 245; i mean i has 4wd, it doesnt need grip help
@jimmyfarley5581
@jimmyfarley5581 Год назад
I recently watched a video from EVO Magazine where they tested the latest MX5 with a BBR Supercharger kit. Now I know the MX5 is light and power isn't everything but 250bhp from a modern Mazda 2 litre Supercharged engine? Really? Surely 300bhp would be the minimum? I was a bit disappointed. 250bhp from a modern 2 litre really isn't that special anymore. 20 years ago maybe. In 2022? Nah.
@GTFour
@GTFour Год назад
In a light and really well balanced chassis makes the difference though
@oneeleven9832
@oneeleven9832 Год назад
How on earth can you get the weight of one of the most popular cars of the last decade wrong…abysmal journalism guys🤦‍♂️
@adamski1400
@adamski1400 Год назад
Anyone know those wheels on the GR? Must be OZ's of some kind
@rhysturner8462
@rhysturner8462 Год назад
They are from BBS.
@jimmyfarley5581
@jimmyfarley5581 Год назад
Yaris all day long!
@TheCronan
@TheCronan Год назад
Those weight numbers are way off....
@MultipleMadness1
@MultipleMadness1 Год назад
Why do manufacturers/tuners put 1 piece seats in hatches for midgets. Looks like the Yaris seats wouldn’t take someone above 5’8. The wife’s i20N has seats that don’t suit my 6’3 frame the same way and my head would wrap over the top in a crash
@mugenmark
@mugenmark Год назад
I’m 6’2” and fit fine in my GR Yaris.
@hydrotricine
@hydrotricine Год назад
Mx5 by far the best, Yaris second, Focus? who wants a heavy family car?
@CarazyDiamond
@CarazyDiamond Год назад
Just 3 days back I’ve driven a rented Vauxhall Crossland from Glasgow to Inverness and back with my wife. All the time it was a quite a challenging drive because of short day light and heavy downpour. The first thing that I realised that, smaller the car the better is the driver focus (lesser struggles). Secondly in order to enjoy a scenic drive one can hardly go beyond a speed to enjoy the entire situation (man & the machine) where the balance of experience will shift from a pleasure experience towards a- just managing driving experience. Certainly, Crossland wasn’t a suitable car for such a drive, I’ve asked for a faster Fiesta which no surprises, last minute wasn’t available at Europcar. But again a factory spec Miata with good power to weight or even a BMW Z4 could easily be a best choice for the occasion. Other than I was thinking to take a Ford Puma (because it has wider squat, better power about 150bhp) will be up for such a trip. Lastly I wanted to enjoy the trip and don’t wanted to change the gears all the time. So a good paddle shift car would be my choice to engage with nature and the human next to me rather than proving to be a (highly) skilled driver (which ones need to be in above mentioned conditions). Last thing a it should be the first thing the road belongs to everyone, sometimes taking the best car won’t give the exemplary experience as there are other cars with drivers with a different complication going in their minds.
@babylon5mh
@babylon5mh 8 месяцев назад
Personally, I wouldn't put too much stock in Litchfield for tuning. They are arrogant and ignorant, with money being their main focus. One of their people named Ian proved that when I made the mistake of asking about an issue I had. Just beware if you try them, and don't have their Nitron suspension if you don't need it.......... its a money grab, plain and simple
@teamtempest844
@teamtempest844 Год назад
Ford do not approve Mountune on MK4 Focus.
@mugenmark
@mugenmark Год назад
Focus RS FPM375 was the last warranty friendly upgrade if memory serves
@massimo
@massimo Год назад
The weight on the Yaris is wrong..... just by 300 KG....... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@B__L
@B__L Год назад
Litchfield have awful customer service. If you aren't bringing a GTR that you're willing to pump tens of thousands in they don't want to hear it.
@mrporsche4236
@mrporsche4236 Месяц назад
Supercharged cars are fun and turbo cars are boring its that simple
@petercavellini3232
@petercavellini3232 Год назад
Nearly fell asleep, commentators were all a bit Nigel Mansell, no empathy.
@Trappygit
@Trappygit Год назад
The cars are boring.
@FenderUsa
@FenderUsa Год назад
empathy?
@mrlionrocks
@mrlionrocks Год назад
Yaris review good, mx5 good, the lady in the focus was dull 😔
@Lenoch_
@Lenoch_ Год назад
That long hair guy is so dull in front of a camera
@th3b0untyhunter
@th3b0untyhunter Год назад
Who is the foreign chap, not that it matters as he needs to go as he is truly bloody awful
@leobuckey
@leobuckey Год назад
The GR sounds awful 🤢
@Xolition
@Xolition Год назад
Ok enough of this guy. Finally unsubscribing. RIP
@bobimoto28
@bobimoto28 Год назад
The Yaris is in a different league of its own...love this car ❤️ i bet the others are great too but the Yaris is amazing...i drove the standard one ❤️
@MegaRetr
@MegaRetr Год назад
Wow; the GR Yaris has put on 300kgs!
@Trappygit
@Trappygit Год назад
How on Earth can someone with a job in automotive journalism end up making errors like this and no one pick up on it? Astounding.
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