Metro 6R4 Rally Car Revived As Street-Legal 450-HP Weapon With $360K Price Tag

The name 6R4 stands for6-cylinder,Rally,4-wheel drive, and MST is retaining all of these attributes. However, in place of the original 410-horsepower 3.0-liter V6 - related to the Cosworth DFV F1 engine - MST will be dropping in an Audi-sourced 3.0-liter supercharged V6. True to the original, this will be mid-mounted aft of the driver, but while the standard version of this motor produces 329 hp in the previous-generationAudi S4, for the 6R4, it will be dialed up to 450 hp, managed by a Motec engine management system.

It will retain a 4WD system, but instead of the original five-speed manual transmission, Sadev will supply a six-speed sequential gearbox and upgraded racing-spec differentials.

No performance claims have been made, but with carbon fiber bodywork by Innovate composites to reduce weight considerably compared to the original car's Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), more power from the Audi V6, and a new transmission and differentials, the MST 6R4 will be absolutely bonkers in the truest sense.

Various options and specs will be available, but MST has not yet confirmed all the choices. However, a representative toldCarBuzzthat the initial five units would be road cars with bespoke interior trim and that lightweight rally/race versions will follow.

Handbuilt in Wales, these bespoke modern recreations of the 6R4 won't come cheap. MST tells us they will be priced at £295,000 excluding VAT, or approximately $360,000 at the time of this writing.

That's a lot of money by anyone's standards, but a bespoke recreation of a rally legend may well be worth it. After all, when斯巴鲁22 b Prodrive同样重塑, it asked nearly double what MST is charging, and if you want aSinger ACS off-road racer, you're looking at more than $1 million.

While Americans may not be familiar with the 6R4, it's a legend in Great Britain.CarBuzzstaffer, Ian Wright, grew up seeing these at rallycross events in the UK and, in his late teens, got to drive one briefly on a dirt oval. To call the car loud and exciting is an understatement. We can't wait to see how this modern interpretation lives up to the original.