By Kamil Kaluski
Summer time is definitely more car-guy-friendly for driving events, shows, rallies, and general get-togethers. Winter does not need to all cold and dark, however, as we will learn today. While ice racing is somewhat popular around the norther regions of our land, I have yet to see autocross on snow which, I think, is a brilliant idea!
As with the summer events, we will look at the images of awesome-ish and interesting cars doing what they are not really suppose to be doing. Like before, all images came from the awesome Polish site called Stado Baranow, which means which means a Heard of Sheep (direct translation) but it could mean a Group of Morons, too, which seems more fitting. And it would be fitting for Hooniverse too, if we ever sell this place and need to start something new.
Snap oversteer… is possible with a 24-ish horsepower engine.
weee….
Two stroke. If you put you face closer to your screen you can smell the exhaust.
Not quite a rally car.
Late-model box is to winter as a Husky is… to… uhmm… winter.
In 1982 this was on my ‘cool list’
The later years of 126p, probably around 1986-1989-ish. Not the updated bumpers and with rear fog-light and reverse lights, which became mandatory about that time. Also, people who had rear fog-lights didn’t always use them, like most Audi owners… mostly because it would put too much strain on the electrical system.
Story time: I’m at my first ever New York Auto Show, some time around 1987. I hop behind the wheel of some Audi and I check out the interior. I thought that is was very sporty, well laid-out with focus on the driver, this most be a cool sports car.
I get out of and my mind is blown… it was an Avant! I made a mental note to myself to get one of those when I’m older.
Great design. This is one of the few times, however, when its replacement was better looking.
Rally car! Now we’re cooking with oil!
Not sure of that rubber-band will hold those wheels.
Any Italian car in snow and salt = ballsy.
Yea! I’d love to hoon that!
Can these things can even go around a curve without wagging their butts?
Ahh, yes… when not oversteering, they’re understeering.
Two-box design.
Poetry in motion.
Childhood dream car. Actually went to look at one when I was in my 20s. What a disappointment that was.
Still… would hoon.
Group B heritage.
Everyone, everywhere, love the E30.
Proper Lancia usage.
For Sweden!
One of the best vehicles in this whole post is probably also the least interesting.
Lada 2105 (I think), once a family man’s dream, not a winter hoon mobile.
The original CUV. Want. Would daily d.*
Awesome looking Euro headlights.
Pulling a sled with a car is an awesome idea… until the car stops.
Euro Escort. Better looking than its North American cousin in my opinion, especially inside.
Driver fail.
How can you not smile when you see this?
Polonez, mid-drift, Trabii, no drifting capability.
German Ford Granada… it was decades ahead of its Euro cousin.
Polonez, doing what its designers intended it to do… not falling apart.
The last of the best Benzes?
Personal luxury coupe… hooned!
Zastava, a rare 3-door version. The funny thing is, the five door looked exactly the same, just with doors in place of the fixed rear window.
Good old Scandinavian flick.
Not sure if AWD/turbo, or just looking like it. Great rally heritage. Also, I drove the U.S. version of the AWD/Turbo Celica… wasn’t impressed.
Late Sierra… another rally legend. I want one.
Everything is right about this.
Sadly, there are no action shots of this beauty.
I wanted this more than the E30 M3.
If it moves, it hoons.
Majestic.
Again, no action shots.
Beautiful design.
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on Highway 9
For Brad.
*if/when it ran
Jeff Glucker
A Trabant, with "T R A B A N T" across the front? I thought they usually had just the Sachsenring "S" logo up front.
Lancia Fulvia? I'm in luuuuuuv.
What an awesome looking autoX track. I especially like all the Polski Fiats being driven in anger.
There is a cosworth benz on the local classifeds. its amazingly clean and original with only 104k km on it. The ask is $5000, I dont think the dealer knows what he has, or Im way off in thinking it should be priced at about $9000.
I would have it inspected closely by an M-B mechanic (or someone else very familiar with the 190E 2.3-16). A friend of mine owned one for awhile, and he started having weird driveability issues. When he took it to be looked at, he learned the p.o. or someone else had disabled emission and engine control parts, jury rigged the underhood wiring, etc. He eventually found another sucker (in Calif.) to take it off his hands.
From the pics it looks very original and not molested in any way. The car is two hours away from my house and I cant buy somthing that old as my wife would kill me. She is slowly getting a sour taste from our current 98 Volvo S70 and its been about 98% reliable in the almost three years we have owned it, with the only trouble coming from the security/immobilizer system three days after buying it and again this past christmas eve while visiting family two hours from home. It needs the complete front suspension including the rack replaced because of the terrible (off) roads that pass for streets in this place.
Excellent captions! But a Volvo 300 on a cool list? Wow! Nice track, fun blend of cars. Won't racing/hooning on snow end up being a race on ice anyway?
I will one day own a 190e Cossie. ONE DAY. That is just poetry in motion.
Love that blue lanciabut man if he uses it in the salt and snow I hope he cleans it well before putting it away. I bet the tin worm is just aching to get at that thing.
The Lada is a 2105 indeed. Out of 3 that look like this the 2104 is a station wagon and 2107 has a different Mercedes-like grille.
I'm pretty sure that tan Trabant wagon is one of the late VW-engined four-stroke models because of the offset grille opening. Cool nonetheless!
<img src="http://www.stadobaranow.pl/wp-content/gallery/x-rajd-bgc/img_7664.jpg" width="660"> OLRF, could it be!? Right where I have the 'up to big boobs' in mine, above the rear view mirror. And Kamil, thanks. Did SB have a larger image of the trabi and polonez?
Did Trabi's ever have a four stroke like late Wartburgs? The late Wartburg, with VW 4 stroke, also had a partial grill opening like that Trabi has.
Yes, they did.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant
What more can be said!? One of my favorite posts of all time on Hoon! With thanks to Stado Baronow. That site always makes me wish I was there more than any other site I think. I drove a 126p from Lublin to Elblag (and back of course) in 1980 with 3 full size people on board. I remember the frustration, challenge and danger of passing other cars. No self respecting 125p driver wanted to be passed by a downhill momentum wound up 126p. But it went just fine and we all made it back!