Climb Dance

[Barry]

I think this is one of the finest car videos ever produced. Ari Vatanen attacking Pikes Peak hill climb in a Peugeot 405 T16. I just love it when he's going sideways at 100MPH with one hand on the steering wheel and holding the other up to keep the sun out of his eyes.

 

 

[taqir]

Nice video mate, were they using drones in 1989 to get the aerial shot of car following or just a extremely expensive video camera with superb skilled cameramen.....?

Peugeot rally cars were great, dont know what happen to them now with commercial models.

[Barry]

The aerial stuff was all done by helicopter.

Peugeot are still competing in rallying but TBH, rally coverage is crap these days. It used to be a family sport that was on television every weekend but now it seems to have gone underground and only the die-hard fans are watching.

Here's one of my favourite Peugeots. Well, when I say Peugeot, the only thing remaining from the original car is the bulkhead and windscreen frame lol. It was built by a farmer in his shed and I love the engineering that has went into it. It has been completely space framed, has a mid mounted Cosworth V6 engine, Metro 6R4 running gear and fibreglass panels from an ice racer. It was extremely competitive in England a few years ago and won a lot of trophies but it was banned on 'safety grounds'. Although the truth is that it was banned because the guys spending 200K stg on ex-WRC cars couldn't handle the fact they were getting beaten by a 306 a farmer had built in his shed so they kicked up a fuss about it.