The solution for road-car owners was to move the intercooler to a vertical position in front of the engine, but Nissan couldn’t do this on the rally car without producing another 5000 GTI-Rs to ...

With the Golf GTI, VW democratized affordable cars that ... Renault's desire to dominate the Group 4 rally stage gave us the world's first turbocharged, mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive hot hatchback.

The rally is based in Karlstad ... Petter Solberg (NOR), Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 Photo by: McKlein / McMaster “I don’t go there trying to win. It’s for the show and to enjoy the driving.

Things got even better when Peugeot applied the inevitable GTi touches though, and by the time the facelifted 306 came along, the 306 GTi had a solid claim to being the best hot hatchback on sale.

O'Connell and co-driver Mark Wiley finished just three seconds in front of the VW Polo GTi R5 of Tyrone's Niall McCullagh/Ryan McCloskey.