maddest hot hatches ever on top gear website!

just saw the pulsar in top gear website at no6 on maddest hot hatches ever, whats your views the first five are all serious money nowadays aswell!
http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/top-gear-maddest-hot-hatches-2013-6-5

I think its done really well to get at number 6 with such iconic cars 1 up for all pulsars imo

It says GTIR-B, so is this an RB model? Just curious as it says close ratio gearbox but states top speed of 145mph?

Dont know. But i was surprised the delta integrale wasn't in there

Yeah pete should be the rb model not sure where they got the 145 though obviously was referring to the road car aswell as i reckon .

could of shown a better picture like one of the rally cars

This was one of the comments:

"Owned a Nissan Sunny GTi-R. Ab-so-feckin-lutely bonkers car. Godzilla's little brother. Souped it up to some 380 hp and ran it 125,000 miles in 2 1/2 years. Never failed me. Was rarely overtaken, even on unrestricted Autobahns. Nice touch: revv it up in 4th into the limiter, then quick shift into 5th w/o lifting the right foot. Only issue were the running costs. That thing ate tyres (400 quid one tyre) brake pads and discs (think of two grand for the front axle) and the fuel consumption was, erm... well, let's put it that way on the 'Ring getting almost into single-digit mpg was easy. On the road coasting behind a lorry averaged 30 mpg. Real life more like 20 mpg. Sometimes less.
Still, it's one of my cars that I direly miss...."

Dont think he actually had one, i mean, 2 1/2 years of faultless driving...
Seriously though, where was he going for his parts? £400 a tyre etc!

yeah to true pete 2half years of no faults cleary says he hadnt owned one 400 quid on a tyre must be those really special ones that makes it a zillion bhp

finally gettign the recognition it deserves

there was a section in topgear mag about them too, had them listed with the cossies etc, pulsar has a better 0-60 time than the cossie too

someones coming to look at mine tomorrow (for sale) now im sad after reading this lol

I suprised your still getting rid mate looks a decent pulsar that one ..... did you get the price you was asking for it .

well il find out tomorrow if he buys or not lol

if it does go, il try get him to join here

Am a bit late to this conversation but there's some mad cars on that list and its so nice to see the GTiR has finally got a bit of recognition! Bit of a guilty pleasure but always fancied a Renault 5 Turbo 2...

Good little cars they are don ..... had a phase 2 very quick little things shame about the build quality though but it is french

Yep I had a J-plate phase 2...great car to drive & ran a 15.3 at York with 12psi boost...ahh those were the days!!

Ive had 3 phase 2 R5's & there awesome cars once you get fueling setup sweet. My last 1 was about 170-180 bhp with a VNT turbo setup, 3rd gear spin ups in the dry, came on boost at 2300 rpm, Little monster it was. Don't half miss it

nomad wrote:  yeah to true pete 2half years of no faults cleary says he hadnt owned one   400 quid on a tyre must be those really special ones that makes it a zillion bhp  

Had my first one for 4 years and about 16,000 miles and I don't remember it going wrong..

It's the modifications that ruin them.

Headgasket eaters, if fueling is poor