{"id":44157,"date":"2016-03-24T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=44157"},"modified":"2022-06-22T17:45:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:45:30","slug":"mg-metro-6r4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/mg-metro-6r4\/","title":{"rendered":"MG Metro 6R4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Group B rally inspired an entire generation to max the horsepower from their accessible little runabout.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And of all the mentalist classics that received the Group B makeover in the early-mid eighties, none was as unlikely or appealing than the Metro 6R4.<\/p>\n

The homologator model of this mad little car, known as the Metro 6R4 Clubman, developed around 250 BHP from its centrally mounted, 3-litre V6 engine.<\/p>\n

\"Metro-6R4-Homologator-2\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

The build of the engine was inspired by the Cosworth DFV engine – and unlike most Group B power units was naturally aspirated. The usual quota of around 200 units was produced in order for the car to qualify for Group B – but apparently there were around a dozen or so that sold around the world which were hopped up and deristricted – and produced more like 400 BHP.<\/p>\n

\"Metro-6R4-Homologator-3\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

We reckon the Metro 6R4 must be the most mentalist car ever to roll out of the plant at Longbridge – and though the car\u2019s Group B success never really took off after a promising third in the Lombard RAC rally of 1985 – it will always be remembered as the car that gave the ruthlessly unglamorous Leyland supermini a tweaked alter-ego.<\/p>\n

If it were possible to turn a Metro into a Group B monster of note – then surely you, young man – could turn up the dials on that little NOVA. So went the well-weighted marketing rational.
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\nReal inspiration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t