What other Euro brands do you own?

[ndphotonl]

And the Clio RS (169BHP) for the interested Movie was shot when I had an Elia backbox fitted, but sold it again later as I liked the stock look (invisible exhaust) better in the end

Elia backbox overview by Andy Ramdin, on Flickr

Mid silencer pipe sheared off...

Broken Exhaust by Andy Ramdin, on Flickr

Only mod: K-tec inspired DIY intake with an Apexi filter

Engine Bay by Andy Ramdin, on Flickr

[850 LPT]

Finally the weather cooperated and I was able to enjoy the first drive of the season in my 79' Ford Capri.

[BlackBart]

^^^ Hey! I haven't seen one of those in a long time. I once had a '73 Capri V6. Had an Ansa quad exhaust, sounded good.

My non-Volvo list, immediate family-owned:
Audi A4 Avant
Land Rover LR3
'86 BMW 325ES (E30)
'67 Alfa Romeo Duetto

[abscate]

I’ve driven one of those Euro Capris ( not to be confused with the Mercury) fun.

I’ve got quite a fleet...

BMW X3 2006 SWMBO DAILY
V70 2005 NA mine And SWMBO long distance cruiser
V70 1999 T5M my daily
Vw T4 transporter Westfalen...camping, towing, group hauling, body disposal
s70 1999 Abby’s car
2003 VW Beetle T4 1.8 convertible...my testosterone car
Two 1950s VW beetle projects

[850 LPT]

I’ve driven one of those Euro Capris ( not to be confused with the Mercury) fun.

Do you remember what year and model?

I've gotten a lot of comments over years, and it goes something like "hey my brother had one of those in the seventies". Oh really?
Then people look at me funny when I tell them that this is a different car and it's very likely that they have never seen one before. Almost the same body as the Mercury Capri MK II, but literally everything else about the car is different.

[matthew1]

I’ve driven one of those Euro Capris ( not to be confused with the Mercury) fun.

Speaking of Mercury Capris, gone are the days of the lightweight sports car. Except for Miata and its Fiat twin. Even 2020 BMW M2 is 3600lbs, and the 2 line is their attempt at fighting down size and weight. That's 400lbs more than an S70!

A car needs 300 hp now to be "fast", with all the weight they carry around. And the really fast ones have 400, 500, 600 hp. Thank goodness for engine management, fat rubber and brake tech to provide mpg, ability to turn and stop to these monsters.

The car I learned to drive with was a '79 Plymouth Horizon 5-dr hatchback, 2154 lbs, with a 65 hp VW inline-4 4-speed, and it was kinda fun.

Tuners and builders are rediscovering the joy of light cars from the 80s and 90s, as evidenced by what I see in the various automotive groups on Facebook, and kudos to them.

BTW the B pillar on my Golf Alltrack is probably 6 inches wide, a monsterous bulkhead sight-blocker, certainly made this way to score high in rollover testing, and it blocks the hell out of my view to the left/left-back blind spot.