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135 MG (Metro) 6R4 (1986) D165 WVX

MG Metro 6R4 (1984-86) Engine 2991cc V6 DOHC
Registration Number D 165 WVX (Chelmsford)
MG ALBUM

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This 6R4 is the ex Colin McRae, Nicky Grist 2006 Donegal Rally Car

Built for the short lived Group B rally category, the car was a world away from the BL. Metro super-mini from which it took the name. Featuring a mid-mounted engine, with four wheel drive transmission enclosed in a seam welded tubular chassis, with the development entrusted to Williams Grand Prix Engineering. The car was first shown in May 1985 and was powered by a bespoke three litre V6 engine which used some of the engine architecture of the Cosworth DFV. It featured twin overhead cam shafts and four valves per cylinder, though not turbocharged as were most of its competition. Mounted south to north (backwards), in mid-ship with a permanently engaged four wheel drive, driving separate propshafts to the front and rear differentials. Most of the body was of GRP with an aluminium roof panel and steel doors.

The car appeared in two guises the road going Clubman version with around 250bhp of which around 200 were sold to the public (£ 40,000) for homologation purposes, and around 20 competition cars which had an output up to 410bhp. The cars faced stiff competition in the Group B sector and despite a promising start to their programme Austin Rover withdrew, from the rallying scene at the end of 1987. Though they have since proved formidable in rallycross. Following the cancellation of the programme all parts and engines were sold to Tom Walkinshaw Racing, where upon the V6 engine reappeared with turbochargers in the Jaguar XJ220 super-cars

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Shot 17.07.2021 at Shelsley Walsh (Classic Nostalgia), Worcestershire 147-135

Taken in: UK / England / Malvern Hills District / Shelsley Walsh (show map)

Taken on: July 17, 2021

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