What are the best versions of ordinary cars?
About this episode
A lively discussion on the best versions of ordinary cars unfolds, featuring the hosts and their unique automotive experiences. They explore special editions and performance variants of mundane vehicles, such as the Peugeot 205 Lacoste and the Mitsubishi Magna Rally Art. The conversation also touches on personal car updates, including purchases and modifications, while sharing humorous anecdotes. The episode wraps up with a quiz that tests the hosts' knowledge of automotive trivia, leading to friendly banter and competition.
On this episode of Car torque Matty, Adrian, David, Ed, Scotty and Alam discuss their latest updates as well as discuss what are some of the best version of somewhat ordinary cars!
The boys battle it out in the quiz!
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Toyota Corolla
"... one? He put it on YouTube, but it was watch your Corolla turn into a pig, watch your Mazda turn into a som..."
Acura Integra
"...little train. My son has swapped it over with the Integra. We've had another fiddle with the Integra, which..."
Toyota MR2
"...tor does that. Like it's the same thing on on the MR2. It'll just be like really blah, blah, blah."
Mitsubishi Evo
"...d was, Hey, mum, how about I get you an automatic Mitsubishi Evo 10. And she's like, what kind of car is that? I'm..."
Toyota Crown
"... thought, you know, Mum, you could drive a Toyota Crown, you know? Yeah, they got reversing cameras and e..."
GMC Typhoon
"...week with cars. Yeah, not much at all. I took the Typhoon out to Cars and Coffee on Sunday. I didn't see it..."
Dodge Charger
"...t see it there. It was there. It was next to a VJ charger, which belongs to a good friend of the show, Adam..."
Volkswagen Type 3
"... kind of there did. You see Volkswagen there, the Type 3. I did. I didn't see him there, but I"
Toyota Camry
"... be could be the hot one. Like an Olympic spirit, Camry. Olympic Spirit, Camry. Absolutely yes, Spirit. S..."
Volkswagen Gtis
"...y did a GTI Swift. They did they they had two 1.3 Gtis, they had the early 80s one and then they had the..."
Opel Astra
"...was. Yeah, there was. GGSIGSI maybe? That was the Astra Astra. OK, maybe it wasn't GS. I think it was a w..."
Suzuki Ignis Sport
"...ht after. Then I think that gave way later to the Ignis Sport didn't. It did correct, yeah. Shumi is currently ..."
Ford Falcon
"...you had to choose between AVC Commodore and an XD Falcon, you know which, what spec would you go 4.2 manua..."
Ford Orion
"...n. That was around the same time that you had the Orion TI. He was supercharging and then the 380 came ou..."
Mitsubishi Galant
"...subishi. I was going to say the what's called the Galant VR4, the Galant. The Galant was a pretty boring c..."
Mitsubishi Delica
"... because like especially like when you see like a Delica this and they're jacked up on these mud muddy whe..."
Honda Civic
"...o, you know, presuppose this with technically the Civic isn't a mundane car, but it it, you know, the bas..."
Subaru WRX
"...re like, it's like somebody's like stretched out. WRX. And WRX like stretched upwards yeah, but still d..."
Honda S660
"just found recently too, is what a lot of people are doing in Japan is they get the, I can't remember which one it is. I think it's the S 660 if I remember correctly. So it's the new ones, the V twelves, and they're putting the like $18,000 exhaust on them and they sound like F1 cars, like Lambos and stuff. It is the funniest thing I've"
Honda S600
"ever seen because everybody's watching a car, they're like, where's this sound coming from? And then you see like this stock Merc come past. Yeah, the the, the S600's the yeah. The S 660 is quite a little"
Cadillac XTS
"...because most Bas and all those Falcons, they sold XTS or Glis and stuff and the people that bought like..."
Renault Clio
".... Continuing on with engineers being bonkers, the Renault Clio, the V6. Yeah, that's a great one. It's engined a..."
5 Renault 5
"...for years and years and years. But there was that Renault 5 turbo rally car which had the scoops down the sid..."
Jeep Cherokee
"...o and I'm on my L play it's going. What about the Cherokees? Well, yeah, what about a Cherokee? The group Che..."
Challenger Hellcat
"The 6.2 this did the the track hook. The 6.2 The Hellcat supercharger. That's the one you. Want we heard o..."
Dodge Challenger
"..., which I highly recommend going to, they had the Challenger there, the Hellcat, and I'm like, oh grass. Like ..."
Mclaren F1
"...he successor to the early sort of Shiraka and the McLaren F1 Allen Allen. Starter murder. Incorrect."
Lotus Esprit
"... we have the Cevelt, Robert Moore, beloved Lotus, Esprit and the Morris Marina. Do those two cars share? B..."
Marina Morris Marina
"...velt, Robert Moore, beloved Lotus, Esprit and the Morris Marina. Do those two cars share? Boris. Marie."
Honda Concerto
"... like to call it, which is basically, oh, I think Honda Concerto based sort of 80s, which is really scary consider..."
Pagani Zonda
"...y considering what it shares a component with the Pagani Zonda as was mentioned earlier. Matthew. Matthew."
Dodge Viper
"...to get. OK number six last one of these the Dodge Viper and the Mitsubishi 3000GT and just a hint it's it..."
Mitsubishi 3000GT
"...t one of these the Dodge Viper and the Mitsubishi 3000GT and just a hint it's it's the same thing as one o..."
Suzuki Swift
"...t of no no convertibles. That's correct. The next Suzuki Swift Hybrid is available with a manual gearbox. True o..."
Bentley Flying Spur
".... Bentley have just announced the next generation Flying Spur that has the same power plant as the recently lau..."
Mini Classic Mini
"that. So they range from 39225 for the Classic Mini up into the SEJCW Sport Countrymen at $77,990.00...."
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