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Blasts from the past dig deep into your being. Even as the National Hockey League comes closer and closer to total parity - where any of the 16 playoff teams could feasibly win the Stanley Cup and the wealthiest franchise in the league is on the verge of missing the playoffs for the third straight season - I tell my hockey addict friend that I have a yearning for the good ol' days of dominance. "Remember when we were kids and teams clinched their playoff spot? It wasn't a few games shy of the season end." I want a blast from the past.Â
- Find Of The Day: Lancia Delta Hf Integrale Evo Stretch Limousine
Just when you think you've seen everything, you stumble across something even more amazing like these two (or at least they appear to be two different models) Lancia Delta HF Integrale stretch limos that are up for sale in Italy at €99,000...
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- Lancia Delta Hf Integrale: Readers Impression
This artist’s impression of the new Lancia Delta in HF Integrale guise is the work of “Autoblog.it†reader Enrico Vercelli. Despite of what you may think about the photoshoped Delta, it would have been great if Lancia would consider...
- Car Pcoty
British car magazine, CAR, whose editors proclaim on the cover that they offer the definitive view, has named their Performance Car of the Year. If you're looking for consistently sound opinion, CAR may not be the place for you. Once known and perhaps...
- Across The Pond - Opel & Vauxhall Corsa
You're deep in the heart of Kansas. You have long, flat, empty roads. You want to go fast, man. You are a hop, skip, and a jump from great mountain roads in Colorado. Arkansas' back roads are not far at all. And you're concerned that GoodCarBadCar's...
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evo LAPTIMES FROM CADWELL PARK
Blasts from the past dig deep into your being. Even as the National Hockey League comes closer and closer to total parity - where any of the 16 playoff teams could feasibly win the Stanley Cup and the wealthiest franchise in the league is on the verge of missing the playoffs for the third straight season - I tell my hockey addict friend that I have a yearning for the good ol' days of dominance. "Remember when we were kids and teams clinched their playoff spot? It wasn't a few games shy of the season end." I want a blast from the past. When an iPod was a Sony Walkman. When cranking a manual window lever required great effort and built up my forearms. Ah.... when the hot hatchback was not just hot; but wild. evo, a Brit car mag looks back to the hot hatch past more than just about anybody I know. Contrasting an all-time great with some newer and smaller hatchbacks may not be obvious, but it looks fun. And fast. Cars involved included the sub-Saturn Astra, aka Vauxhall Corsa; the successor to another all-time great, the Renaultsport Clio 197 Cup; and the predecessor of the Ford Verve/Fiesta. Oh, and the Lance Delta Integrale. Here are evo's laptimes from the Woodland Circuit at Cadwell Park. Other evo-related posts are available here.
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Vauxhall Corsa VXR 888 .... 53.3 seconds
Renault Clio 197 Cup .......... 54.1 seconds
Ford Fiesta ST185 ............... 55.5 seconds
Lance Delta Integrale Evo .... 55.8 seconds
evo's Jethro Bovingdon concludes: "If you're looking for a new car, then the Fiesta just gets our vote. Maybe what we really need is a car with the indulgence of the ST, the control of the Cup, and the performance of the 888. If it could have even a tenth of the character and sense of occasion of the Integrale then we'd really have a new hero."
evo.co.uk
- Find Of The Day: Lancia Delta Hf Integrale Evo Stretch Limousine
Just when you think you've seen everything, you stumble across something even more amazing like these two (or at least they appear to be two different models) Lancia Delta HF Integrale stretch limos that are up for sale in Italy at €99,000...
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- Lancia Delta Hf Integrale: Readers Impression
This artist’s impression of the new Lancia Delta in HF Integrale guise is the work of “Autoblog.it†reader Enrico Vercelli. Despite of what you may think about the photoshoped Delta, it would have been great if Lancia would consider...
- Car Pcoty
British car magazine, CAR, whose editors proclaim on the cover that they offer the definitive view, has named their Performance Car of the Year. If you're looking for consistently sound opinion, CAR may not be the place for you. Once known and perhaps...
- Across The Pond - Opel & Vauxhall Corsa
You're deep in the heart of Kansas. You have long, flat, empty roads. You want to go fast, man. You are a hop, skip, and a jump from great mountain roads in Colorado. Arkansas' back roads are not far at all. And you're concerned that GoodCarBadCar's...