Jump to content

4x4 versions of standard cars

sierraman

By sierraman
in AutoShite

 Share

Recommended Posts

AMC Rebel Rank: Renault 16

AMC Rebel

Posted
Posted

BX GTi 4x4. I'd forgotten all about these.

40758532045_6cff3cd7e7_c.jpg

1991 Citroen BX 19GTi 4x4 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Wasn't there a 4x4 405 as well?

 

I had one of those (the BX - in that colour - in fact in might have been that one) They were true shite.  The transfer box was made of cheese and the unique parts (such as the exhaust) were discontinued they day they left the factory seemingly.

 

There was a specialist who charged £800 to rebuild the box back to cheese OEM standard so it would last about another 20K

 

Some Citroen beard told me there were only 310 RHD ones evah.

 

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/citroen_bx_gti_4x4

 

There was an estate too IIRC.

AMC Rebel Rank: Renault 16

AMC Rebel

Posted
Posted

A Friend has a Renner Scenic RX4. It is quite frankly the worst pile of shit I have ever seen. The 4x4 system appears to have been engineered by a blind drunkard using the very cheapest possible cheese, The tyres are a size not available anywhere in the UK, the engine is overworked, and has hence shat it's head gasket, the interior trim is kak and it's really not very large. It also has shite ground clearance, and the spare wheel on the boot gets in the way of everything.

 

Utter Autoshite.

Where can I get one?

  • Talbot, inconsistant and UltraWomble
  • Like 3
Talbot Rank: Isuzu Florian

Talbot

Posted
Posted

Where can I get one?

I might know of one with a blown head gasket for sale....

 

(it's also had all the bearings in the propshaft upgraded for much higher quality ones in an attempt to make them last more than 400 meters of driving)

Talbot Rank: Isuzu Florian

Talbot

Posted
Posted

The transfer box was made of cheese

Same issue as the early LR Discovery gearbox-to-transfer-box-problem. It was splines between a shaft and a gear that are very poorly lubricated and then fret against each other, wearing the splines away until one day you go to take up drive and just get a clicky-whirring-grinding noise and no actual movement.

 

Killed the vast majority of them well before 100k miles.

cort1977 Rank: Renault 16

cort1977

Posted
Posted

525ix was 4x4 wasn't it?

Yes, back in the days of real BMWs (same sausage, three sizes) an X after the model name denoted 4x4.  Often not available in the UK along with the diesels that were deemed not worth converting to RHD for the backward British.

 

FCA recently brought out 4x4 chargers and challengers in an effort to squeeze the last juice from the Mercedes platform...  Still would though, there can't be too many 300hp 4x4 cars available.

 

 

 

andy18s Rank: Lancia Gamma

andy18s

Posted
Posted

AFAIK the Mondeo,Cav,405 ect 4x4's were released in order to allow them to be used in BTCC at the time as Audi were cleaning up with 4wd

The Mondeo even went as far as to be tested in rwd but it wasn't fast enough....

kinkersaab Rank: Citroen Ami

kinkersaab

Posted
Posted

post-4577-0-44949400-1534515362_thumb.jpg

and one of these, mine was an estate in jrg though

  • Skizzer, Spottedlaurel and blakey79
  • Like 3
kinkersaab Rank: Citroen Ami

kinkersaab

Posted
Posted

Number #415162637 of cars I didn't realise I wanted until someone posted an eBay link on here

 

JDM yo.  

AMC Rebel Rank: Renault 16

AMC Rebel

Posted
Posted

AFAIK the Mondeo,Cav,405 ect 4x4's were released in order to allow them to be used in BTCC at the time as Audi were cleaning up with 4wd

The Mondeo even went as far as to be tested in rwd but it wasn't fast enough....

 

I don't think that's true - I went to a lot of BTCC in the 1990s - ALDI did win the 96 by using 4wd - but in my recollection then changed the rules as the ALDIs were indeed way ahead.  No-one else much used 4WD and it was banned for BTCC in 1998.

  • Lacquer Peel
  • Like 1
Lacquer Peel Rank: Talbot Tagora

Lacquer Peel

Posted
Posted

Sticking with the UK market, Mercedes 300 4Matic. I remember a lady of the manor type where my mum worked owning a 300T 4Matic.

 

84290d8e9e8b7f861512beb833bfb6a5.jpg

 

Four wheel drive versions of regular cars seem to be making a comeback, especially versions of RWD executive cars. I don't see the point when winter and all season tyres are so good now.

  • kinkersaab, danthecapriman and Aston Martin
  • Like 3
kinkersaab Rank: Citroen Ami

kinkersaab

Posted
Posted

ooh, i had some of those too, everytime they get a mention i cant resist showing a pic of their front springs...

 

how odd?

post-4577-0-49394700-1534518516_thumb.jpg

 

stonedagain Rank: Citroen Ami

stonedagain

Posted
Posted

Were they sold in the UK? I can't find any definitive info but it wouldn't be the first time Nissan had built interesting* cars in the UK but not sold them here (see 16v Bluebird GP, Bluebird 3-door Turbo). :)

The 2.0 eGT was sold in the UK & Europe, also lower spec (LX, SLX) available in Europe. The build volume was very low,so they're like unicorn shit should you decide to look for one!
Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

Timewaster

Posted
Posted

I believe that some MK1 Freelanders were 4x4 before the props were removed "for economy".

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...