SURROUNDED by Weird FWD European Cars.. and they're surprisingly QUICK!
Venturing into foreign territory, we found ourselves surrounded by an exotic assembly of European cars rarely seen on U.S. roads. Though we struggled to pinpoint the makes and models of some of them, it was obvious these vehicles were going to be entertaining and fast!
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Dom: You owe me a 10 second car Bryan (from rural UK): I got you a sweet seat diesel hatchback mate
1.9 tdi no shit
Hahahaha 👌👍👍
TDI total destruction imminent lol@@lucasf4rt523
HAHAHAHA
Yeah just Pop the "Bonnet" 😂
So glad to see you guys covering these kind of cars. We appreciate it from all of us who actually have these cars in our country
Hey as an american may i say thank yall for building some cool shit!
@@SphinxFin makes me really consider a nissan 4pot diesel for my prelude.... But thats just blasphemy, right?
that would be friken sweet @@chadbeaver9199
As an American who drives a big ass V8 charger, this looks like it’s way more fun
This is hot rod
These 1.9 TDIs take no prisoners, that engine is an absolute savage
they are almos tunkillable
I had Opel Vectra 1,9 tdi. I bought it with 200 000 km, and drow it another 100 000 with no Service, oil change, no maitaince at All. Sold it 13 years ago to a car entusiast who has it till this day.
very much doubt you did no oil change in 60k miles@@dariokovacic3208
I'm still amazed people want to do that to...was the first car a Seat Ibiza??
Nooo that I thought too. That was an INCA. Or at lest the rear end was. @@joseanl
That Renault 5 is bonkers. The power to weight they have managed from such a tiny engine and chassis!
They could make it weigh even less if they really wanted, could easily get to around 500kg
guys, you gotta give us some fore-warning of when you're coming over to the UK. There'd be a lot more people in the stands if we knew 1320 were gonna be there.
Strongly Agree ✅
1,000% agree
You guys have sick cars, and great track, on the balkans we use old airports with almost no prep. I am really curious to see one of our 7 second cars go on prepped track like that.
Shouldn’t need someone from the USA to show up for good attendance, support your local tracks
@@codestah454 yeah strange take want to go just because its being filmed by these guys, but not when its being ran normally >>
That PUNTO build is berserk , he’s getting 410bhp out of 88 cubic inches for the Americans. Proper work lad !
The 5gt turbo too that was over 500. They have always punched above there weight if you can keep them together 😂
My favorite is Sunbeam Stiletto with 632 engine with twin 88mm turbos does mid 7's in the quarter mile that's crazy!!
@@brandonlimbirdthat renault is over bore. With +1500cc engine.
@@PinaGt001 I love the sound of a big block V8 with twin 88 mm turbos...
@JD-eo7dr soo true trying to keep these little 1.4s alive was the true test 😂
That Renault 5 was doing the dragster spin the wheels so fast that they expand and get bigger. Insane
My inner German is screaming „OPEL! It’s an OPEL!“
yes vectra or omega that would be insane
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I'm biased as I'm from the UK and run at Pod, but your content from here is just amazing. Really highlights the UK/European scene, cars and drivers. The lightweight front wheel drive classes are huge in Europe, coal and gas!
There is a lot of strange cars in UK that I don't get in America 🇺🇸
@@brandonlimbirdthey're not strange, just different. I dare you to Google Vauxhall Calibra Turbo 4x4, I had one for years, they had Cosworth heads. I modified mine heavily, it also had a factory fitted Irmscher bodykit, in a green/purple flip factory paint job! The US was the only country in the world not to get the Calibra it was sold in South America as the Chevrolet Calibra! Considering it was a coupe version of the Vauxhall Cavalier, which was the same as any GM Cavalier in the US but with slightly different panels, it's quite odd the US was denied it!
@@whynotagain3639 The US had a Cavalier coupe, Beretta and Camaro. Also, the Euro Cavalier (Mk.3) and Calibra were based on the GM2900 platform, whereas the US Cavalier was still based on the J platform. The US market Beretta is pretty much analogous to the Calibra though. When Opel designed the GM2900, GM in North America retained the J platform for their Cavalier. In North American GM introduced the L and N platforms to fill the same size niche, the N is a stretched J and the L is more derived. GM had a complete clustershag of platforms at the time. Odds are the US wouldn't have gotten the Calibra, they would have gotten a GM2900 based Beretta instead of an L platform based Beretta.
@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 cheers, for the knowledge. I never noticed as a child but the early 80's Cavalier's both sides of the pond were almost identical apart from the rear and front lights, the side profile was identical tho. Weird it took me decades to realise. Also the same with the Vauxhall Chevette and Chevrolet Chevette identical side profiles. Lol
@@whynotagain3639 YW, glad it's of interest. It's nuts how much of a difference fascias can make. Supposedly the Chevy Chevette is a redesigned T-car that doesn't share body panels with earlier ones, but the Vauxhalls sure look like they share part of the bodyshell. It always tempts me to sketch up or model different badge engineering experiments, like international F-bodies, Chevy and Opel versions of the Fiero, etc. They've got so many real life examples of just touching up the nose and rear fascia to rebrand the car that it's pretty easy to just follow the established formula.
"But it's still me road car." I can't help but love that.
The yellow mkl escort is stunning. As I get older, I appreciate more and more how gorgeous these things were. Unfortunately I’ve never owned a mkl or mkll, but have had 3 mklll’s. A mklV and mkVl, a mkl 2 and three focus. For me the mkl is the original and best😍😍😍😍👌🏻
why did you buy so many cars?
@@sinenomine4540 I have had 11 bmw e36s, dont ask
Marty. In 1982 a mate and myself drove a mint mk1 1100 ohv from Cheshire to Grimsby. White with red vinyl seats iirc. It broke down three times. Still a joyous trip 😁
@@sinenomine4540 that’s over a 28 year period. I’ve also had 2 golf gti’s, a vw sharan, a polo, 3 novas(1 sr, one gsi) 4 pug 106s 1 of which a phase one rallye, a vts Saxo, a cavalier Sri 130, an axGT and countless other daily’s. My only regret is that I didn’t buy everything I could and sat on it TIL now🙄🤦🏻♂️
@@stuartX11 definitely worth it for the memories alone 👌🏻
Love the laugh you give when the white Renault owner says his motor is 90ci .. then the appreciative shock when he says it's running around 500hp.. we dont need 4+ Litres to make that power like your side of the waters 😅
Their side of the water have builds over 2000bhp , which Is understandable given the large displacement cars they have in abundance. We just gotta make do with what we got lol 🤣🤣🤣, I'm thinking of remapping and slapping a turbo in my 2004 civic 1.4l dohc engine (no vtec in my car 😔)
@@IML06 i mean we have 1500HP street legal cars in germany .... so the medium is there ^^
My favorite was the yellow escort. It's wild to see so many tiny engines in casts going as fast as they were. Great video 1320video team.
Waited all video for it and it did not disappoint. For sure the coolest one.
The YB COSWORTH Engine has great tuning potentiale , with the right parts they make 1000+
@Atom71- Absolutely, and they sound really mean too.
@@Atomic-71 People are going over to Duratecs these days, cheaper, lighter more reliable and more power potential, the YB is a good engine but you can't find them cheap anymore.
this escort is even more impresive, if you consider, that this is still road legal car....the other ones didn't...
Thank you again to kyle for coming over and having a chat with me and to have our interview and 3 of my runs included is a true honour (i'm the chunky guy in the volkswagen up 5 cylinder turbo) 🙌🏻
I saw you at about 7.30 or 8 min in the vid - did u ever get that 10?
@funkychicken1212 yeah at our next outing we managed to run a 10.99 at 130mph which a strong headwind 🙌🏻😂 thanks for asking 👍
That 5 cyl engine,, I'm only assuming it's AUDI? I had a 91 fwd AUDI 200 that had a damn FAST 5 cyl, FI, single turbo that had gobs of power. It was all luxury so didn't do any racing but one day I found myself on a new stretch of freeway, no one else in sight so decided to see if it would run the 150 mph number on the speedometer, IT DID! and was still pulling when I lifted. We don't see very many 5 cylinders on the drag strip here in the US but I've always wondered how that engine COULD DO if it were built with all the 'good stuff', proper electronics, turbos, drive axles and drive train. It was fun t o see you run an 11:00 @ 130+ 'tailord5467' 🙂
Hard to beat the noise of the 5 cylinder turbo . I have a fiat coupe 20v turbo also a 5 cylinder
@James_Maguire thank you bud, they do make a great noise 🙌🏻
Brilliant video. Welcome to England where some bloke in a shed built a 1.4 Renault that runs 9s.
That R5 GTT with the original engine in it is just wow!! 😮
While the US & Europe may be separated by an ocean, one thing brings us together. The love of cool cars and going fast. Great coverage.
Thx m8 greatful to hear it. It’s so true 🤙🏽
we have a lot in common actually, not only cars
You are litterally an european so what the fuck you talking about???? You Just live Actress the See and Mist of you are pretty ignorant thats all, its Like you are the brexiteers.
The 53’ Ford had to be my favorite, it was so clean, looked pretty much original, and sounded great too!
The Zephyr is very pretty.
Not to mention smoking the Lambo 🤣 that was hilarious.
Loving the commentary and also the interaction with the drivers. The good lucks are always appreciated by the drivers as they put so much passion and effort into it all
Mate... Have you not realised the rest of the world considers these cars as normal and it's your US cars that are really weird to everyone!
Nah, European cars are definitely just weird
Classic yank behaviour. USA “we got the World Series buddy” Rest of the world “ no one cares and your the only people that play it.” Hardly World Series
euro cars are 100% weird tho@@harrychalmers1
@@harrychalmers1 I mean, consumer automobiles are a part of American DNA in a deep way that no other country can claim. Not mention, the US were the original innovators with them and the rest of the world followed. Also, baseball is plenty popular in other countries now (like Japan) and it's still the "World Series" and it's still held above any other baseball league in the world. Every single American sport with some title like that is LITERALLY the highest league of professional competition for that respective sport in the world. Sounds like you're just salty that the English collectively suck at most sports period, including the ones they invented lmao
Classic American delusion 😂😂😂. God bless the yanks. They need all the help they can get
A 90CUI engine running methanol is one of the coolest things I've seen in ages lmao
8v OHV pushrod engine, came stock with a turbo and a carb in the 80’s 😁. Fun little cars at 25 psi!
And running a 9.7 too!
@@Coldfin9er yep, I remember these from when I was 18 (legal driving license age here in Italy), they were called "coffin on wheels" due to how many young lads were losing their lives with these kind of cars back then due to inexperience + night in a club + some alcohol. They were: this Renault 5 GT Turbo, the Fiat Uno Turbo, the Ford Fiesta Turbo on the turbocharged side, and on the aspirated ones there were the Peugeot 205 1.9l, the Ford Fiesta Xr2, the Renault Clio 16V (or the Williams that was a 2 liters) Going up in class there were the Lancia Delta Integrale, the VW Golf or Corrado G60, the Escort RS turbo and few others :)
@@AlessandroGenTLe Other coffins were the Citroen AX GT and GTi and the Polo G40
@@rafaelpires4576 ah, yes 👍 But those were pretty rare around here. I think I've seen just one AX on that trim in my life and the Polo on "trend" back then here was that ugly kind of mini station wagon that wasn't so powerful even in its GT form. Oh, a friend of mine also had the Daihatsu Charade 1000 3 cylinder turbocharged... That was scary... With a few touches to the turbo pressure that 700kg thing (or maybe even less) had around 130HP...
I grew up on these cars. So good to see 1320 enjoying themselves on our tiny island.
The Yellow Escort is nice! But the White Renault 5 Turbo is just sick!
Kyle i wanna thank you for walking past the 3ook lambo 'customer car' and giving the actual builds and their owners some spotlight. Dope!!!!
the 5 cylinder vw sounded really cool and the zephyr was just badass....all the cars were rowdy tbh
Thank you 😊
@@tailord5467 Is that a volvo 5 pot? Sounds a lot like my mk 2 Focus ST.
@magicmonkeyist it's not actually bud, it's a vw engine, vr5 very similar to a vr6 engine a 15 degree v sharing a single head. Rather than a head per side of the v. They have a similar sound though as yours is a straight 5 with a turbo and mine a just off counter 5 cylinder not quite a full v not quite a straight with a turbo as well (they didn't come turbo from factory) 😊
@@tailord5467 Thanks for the reply! 👍🏻 Great build mate, sounds awesome! Gotta love the 5 soundtrack! 😀
@@magicmonkeyist not a problem bud, thank you for the comments, exactly 5 cylinder is the way forward 🙌🏻
Born and raised in the UK and ran at Santa Pod a number of times before I moved to Canada in 2013. The car scene was a huge part of my life from about 1995 until I left. What stood out for me was just how much has changed and the interesting directions that folks have gone in in the past decade. Thanks for visiting and uploading a slice of “home”!
out of interest how do you find Canada? The whole car culture etc and just life? Genuinely curious.
@@bradleybatt1401 Canada itself is great but it’s very much like most other developed western countries: it has a large middle class made up of folks who work, rent or own their own houses, who go on holidays and who generally earn enough to get by. Then it also has a poorer population who rely on the state to help them survive and a small but growing elite who own multiple large homes throughout the country and beyond. In general I’d say that Canadians are more outdoorsy than us Brits and taking part in sport is more typical per-capita than back in the UK. There is no chav culture here or even really any equivalent; youngsters are inherently more likely to follow a path of socializing, sports and activities rather than “hanging around” like I and most of my friends back in the 90s used to. Economically, Canada feels much the same as the UK: mixed. Some things are far more expensive in Canada than in the UK. For example, mobile phone bills, Internet costs, TV and cable, subscriptions, and particularly, the weekly shopping (which is almost double what it cost in the UK). On the other hand, some things are much cheaper in Canada that they are in the UK, such as restaurant prices, petrol prices, clothing prices, and particularly energy prices. So all in all it probably balances out. I have definitely noticed, though that it is easier to earn more money for the same job or at least have greater spending power on a given salary in Canada than it is in the UK. For example, my wife’s parents were both high school teachers (both now retired), but were able to afford a small holiday home in a nice part of the country and to be able to holiday abroad each year. My friends in the UK, who are teachers are not in that same position. My wife works in healthcare, and in the UK with, and perhaps only 1/3 of the salary that her job is able to earn in Canada. I am sure there are opposite equivalents of this, but I do not know of them. In terms of a car culture, though, the UK, trounces Canada easily in my opinion. There are far more classic beautifully restored American muscle cars from the 50s, 60s and 70s here than there are equivalent European cars in the UK. But this is probably just a sign that Canada was dragged along by the United States post WWII as both countries found themselves riding a wave of industrial investment from all the factories that were built to serve the war, had no damage to repair from invasions that never happened and had a huge motivated workforce ready to get moving. Their people were able to earn good money, buy homes at low prices, invest wisely and have disposable income to spend on toys like project cars etc. However, I would suspect the percentage of the population who own a car is broadly similar to the UK. I would guess that the percentage of people who own multiple cars (one of which is some kind of a project car) is possibly greater here than in the UK. I’m just basing that on anecdotal evidence - I know of more people here who have some kind of old motorbike or their dad’s old Chevy or whatever that they plan to restore one day. Maybe the fact that our properties in Canada are so much bigger than in the UK gives the ability to store and work on these kinds of projects whereas back in the UK we have small houses and a lack of space for this stuff. But Canada lacks the motorsport heritage that the UK has. Racing circuits that host the kind of track days that I used to find myself at every couple of weeks throughout the summer, year after year in the UK just don’t exist here in Canada. In Vancouver - which is one of the largest and most affluent cities in the west of the country - there are no full-time race circuits that are used week after week for organized, ratified, motorsport events. There are no professional series of racing leagues, as there are in the UK. There isn’t even a professional karting series, whereas the UK has a number of them, which are often the gateway into professional motor sport for many drivers. Overall, organized Motorsport in Canada is almost nonexistent, apart from a few very small, very niche events. Whereas in the UK, motorsport plays a significant part of life for many of us. At least it did for me, my family and all my friends. Two of my other hobbies/passions are comedy and music and if I rate the UK 10/10 for these (which I do!) then Canada gets a solid 2/10. You only have to look at the number of amazing Canadian comedians who made the very easy decision to professionally base themselves in the UK to see this. Sorry for the ramble!
@@maddoctor99Motorsport wise I am very lucky to live in germany. In fact, 30 mins drive to the Nordschleife 😊
@@maddoctor991st class reply, I genuinely enjoyed reading that and learning about Canadian life & culture :) Greetings from Finland and whenever you read this; have a nice day! 😌
Damn that Renault 5 is impressive..
The fact a NA carb beat a lambo was bloody impressive
That Yellow Ford Escort was next level for sure. Super sweet looking and almost scary fast. I seen him hang the front wheel on street slicks
Being from Portugal I felt right at home! And that Polo representing my country! Nice work guys! Thank you for showing different things! 😍😍
3:15 these guys are Portuguese too
@@danisantos3255 it had to be the 1.9 TDI ahah nice ones
I am from Spain and i can confirm. You guys across the border are insane :D. Much respect to my Portuguese brothers!
there was a 1.9 polo doing laps around GTRs a few years ago. We also had the fastest GTR in europe for a while.
Portugal caralho!!!!!
Ah.. 1.9TDi... Also known as the European 2JZ. Not a fan of the diesel engines myself, but when an engine that's the size of a milk bottle can put out 600HP, it's certainly mind blowing.
1.9tdi has never been 2jz of europe. Bmw M57/N57 more likely if we talk diesel or b58 for petrol...
yeah if we are talking actual race cars b58 is the 2jz, with any diesel engine you get black clouds and since tuning is illegal in europe nobody wants this type of atention
1.9 tdi not the size of a bottle... in fact is unnecessarily big
My easy maped 1.9 tdi have around 160hp and around 470nm. The torque is impressive.
1.9TDI Euro 2JZ ahahhahahahhaha OM606 is EU 2JZ
The guy in the grey VW Polo has such a brilliant accent. Portuguese and Midlands mixed. Big up all the people who move to the UK and make the place what it is!
Are you delusional? The UK have become a massive shit hole since mass immigration started 😂 I don't what UK you're living in but it can't be the same as me
The big boy fast cars are awesome, but it's still cool seeing the smaller budget stuff getting some screen time. Cool to see what these guys come up with🤙
@@ProTuneHD "smaller"
@@jareknowak8712 only "smaller",, NOT AT ALL SLOW and not as 'low a budget' as some might think 🙂
@@quickdeucedefinitely considered low compared to the big boys
then see some of their timetrial cars. one mad lad combined a HDI block with hayabusa heads and ran it on gasoline. think it was like 13500 rpm. if its stupid but it works then its not stupid XD
@@ProTuneHDhe's talking about the price of buying these smaller cars here in europe. They are relatively cheap and make for great tuning platforms! They also won't cost an arm & a leg to build them like this. Dont get me wrong , it's still alot of money to come to that stage, but not as expensive as lets say , a viper , gtr , huracan , supra , skyline etc...
I love seeing people that go out and race just for personal bests and platform bests, it's what keeps racing fun.
I find it funny, because americans are really not used to small cars, and when they see our models from europe the first thing they point out is how small it is 😂 But its actually heartwarming when they like a certain model/make from europe, cheers from Portugal !
Kyle was shocked , he literally heard some cars names that he had no clue they were on production for years
Yeah Fiat Punto and Seat Ibiza have been two key cars here in the EU for decades
@@fns58as an American I’ve never seen nor heard of either .
not surprised. but yet again your stuff is weird for europeans and propably asians aswell@@zenithskull
@@paasosentomimaybe, I feel like the only surprising or weird vehicles would be F350s and 3500s everything else is like oh that’s a Chevy Malibu, Mazda 3, Corolla, Civic. We just don’t get the ultra small cars so the names don’t really reach us
@@zenithskullamericans don't know much, I'm not surprised
Thank you for posting all the great videos on your KZhead channel. I'm 71 year's old I've only ridden in one right side drive vehicle in my life. A local retired mail delivery lady still owns and still drives her right side drive jeep . As teenagers my nephew and his buddy's built 10 second Honda civic street cars. Like all of us when we were bullet proof teenagers there were some lucky to be alive moments.
Love that Renault5 build.
Renault 5 GT turbo is amazing ! I didn’t know that someone can push it to the 9!!! That’s crazy !
There's another in the 8's here too
@@garyhowe88 yes EFI-parts 2.0 16v
Never thought I'd see front wheel drive diesel 4 cylinders runnings 9s. Insane builds
Ah pois é 1.9 PD ! Os melhores motores . 600 e tal cavalos que eles aguentam com nitro .
Ah pois é 1.9 PD ! Os melhores motores . 600 e tal cavalos que eles aguentam com nitro .
Welcome to europe
1.9 TDI man.. can’t beat it.
@@anusername8350 are these a strong engine from the factory? How much power can one of these make with stock internals?
That Renault is a crazy beast!
That punto is an incredible build with its original engine.
Can appreciate the vans, one running a 9.7 and the camper running a 10 second trip is insane.
The best 1320 video I've ever seen. Awesome cars. I would love to See the street racing scene over there
That white drag car. The gearbox shifts are so smooth!
That Escort with the Cozza transplant was fantastic
Love the confusion of you lads checking out all the weird Euro stuff. :) Hope you had a good time here in the UK.
My first car was a R5 GT Turbo Fase 1 from 1987. Amazing they still use the original modified engine!
Loved that you ended on the MK1 Escort. Our first cars back in the 70's but wouldn't have imagined ever seeing one run 9's (with any engine) and still be MOT'd and fully street legal.
15:25 that orange golf is definitely the coolest car there 🤩
Isn't it actually shocking?
@@EdwardMcClung it depends where you are from I guess, there’s loads of espacially volkswagen and bmw engines that you can go crazy with, (seat, Audi, skoda) also run the same Volkswagen engines, the 3 liter Mercedes diesel engines are also pretty crazy
Very cool to see our friends across the pond enjoy the sport in their own style. I appreciate the enthusiasm. Those are some interesting and cool builds.
then have a look at the cars that show up at dragweek sweden. alot of it is pure art. many of the parts are custom made and result in real funky builds. but holy cow can they find some hidden ponies in small engines...
That Zephyr was stunning and also loved that street legal 73 Escort.
The Fiat around 12:00 has approach and departure angles that would make any jeep guy cry lol those tires are at the four corners!
You mean the Renault 5?
Those diesels are pretty wild 🔥🔥
That last escort was my favorite. The ford zephyr was a close second. Two completely opposite ends of the engines they picked for them. Both super cool.
Renault 5 GT turbo !!! what a beauty ,an english brother driving our french car , good combo !
That little fiat was crazy! Talk about jumping off the line! LOL
Tdi's representing Portugal
But the grey polo guy was wrong when he said that polos comes with 5 speed and pd100. Because all polos from 2002 (late) till 2008 they all had the option of 1.9tdi either 5 or 6 speed gearbox depending on what you ordered when it was new. Pd100 5 speed Pd130 6 speed
@@VWPassat_3BGHe wasn't wrong though he was talking about his specific Polo being the 1.4 diesel originally. There is such a thing as speaking different languages and misunderstanding what was being asked.
@@AkinaGhost he didn't explain it well tho. Their English is horrible
you really, really should do swedens street week next year!!!!
sure he was not long over there
+1, the start at Mantorp Park was amazing!
They were over there but it was some 5 years ago by now. Lots of new things on the roads now. And yes, they still "illegally" block off the highway and slow down the cops while the guys do their runs then everyone disperse and meet at the next preplanned place.
@@rnts08 north europe has a much better car scene than the UK has
Volvo's are banned for being too cool
Really loved a bit of UK coverage! Thanks
Didn’t see any weird cars as an English but the R5 GTT, the punto GT and the MK1 escort 😍❤️
12:12 that front wheel was on a MISSION!!
That 5 cylinder motor sounded so rowdy!
The vr5 soundns great. Its not the best engine for tuning. Because the vr6 is almost the same cost and makes more power. For small cars like this the vr5 is great idea.
Thank you 😊
That Renault 5 gt turbo is nuts!!😮 Hell,they are all nuts to be honest 😅
Dom: You owe me a 10 second car Bryan: Sorry all I got is a 9 second Renault 5
I was there!!! I been going Santa Pod almost 30 years, the FWD scene has taken off past few years back in day is mainly muscle cars and Hot Rods. Some of the cars sold in Europe was not sold in USA the Hot Hatch movement is huge in Europe they have Rally Background some of them. UK you do see mix bag of cars from Tran Ams, Cuda's ,Chargers, Supra's to Renault 5 Turbo's ,Corsa VXRs , Cosworth powered Fords etc. Downside we only 1 Drag Strip in UK that 1/4 mile. Hope you back again soon guys 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
The best drag racing in Europe is Greece, Sweden, Malta and Romania. Best half mile in Europe is Germany.
We send some Big Love from Europe to them US-A' muricans..
Nobody is better than Sweden in building cars drag included
@@doddsalfa agreed, thats why they come to US to get podium
@@doddsalfa Sweden are very strong, they have excellent work mainly with Volvos, 5 cylinder Audi and v8's, but I've seen things in Malta (which I had initially forgotten when I posted this comment), Greece or Romania that are at the same level or even better. Greece until recently had the fastest Evo in the world and competed with the US. not to mention other very, very strong cars they have. so on the street, just look at the cars that are for sale in their market. everything modifies automobiles.
@@tiagoabreu4107 there is no chance Greek or Romania is better than the greatest car builders in the world sorry
Seats are totally underrated!
god damn, never saw an R5 going this fast, 9.73 is wild
I could tell the guy with the VR5 swapped VW Up! knows his VWs. He knew what markets have what engines, and managed to shoehorn that AQN engine in that tiny hatchback.
Thank you bud 🙌🏻
@@tailord5467 my first reaction was thinking 07K, then I remembered how crazy expensive those engines are to get in the UK. They're like 200-300 dollars here.
So cool seeing cars that never made it to this side of the pond. Thanks for shooting this video!
Maluch na 1320Videos!!! Teraz widziales juz w zyciu wszystko!!!
Cnie? Miałem takie WTFFF
Crazy seeing 9s from these tiny cars. Incredible work
That yellow Ford in the end made my heart melt. Gorgeous!!!!
3:49 All i can see till now : Seat Arosa/VW Lupo, Fiat 126p, Seat Ibiza :D
Haha, here in Denmark we call most of these cars small affordable cars, not weird. I’ve actually owned a 2000 VW Polo estate, with an 1.9 TDI
They have small affordable FWD cars in the US too, but I'm guessing they don't drag race them!
Was it the 130 pd polo mate mymate had a 130 pd polo in a purple color it was a quick little thing
Name one. In USA small affordable car is Ford f150...
@@wykydytron your rite and they are still huge 😂
@@wykydytron not even hard. Chevy Cruze. There's loads, though more of them are Japenese than home grown. I've been around the US, I've seen what people drive, they're not ALL trucks and SUVs.
The 2nd pass in Renault 5 was 🔥 the shifts were on point 😎
Fun fact, the track is slightly up hill, so technically the cars can be much faster at other tracks that are flat or downhill. Happy to see the pod getting some love.
The orange mk1 golf is an absolute weapon 1.9tdi 4wd running mid 9s!! What a build!
the sunbeam doing 8s was nice but van next to him doing 9s lol
That Cosworth Escort was spectacular. AND the perfect year. I would proudly blow the doors off shit here in Dallas with that.
Love it! A lot of these cars are from the 90s… on these cars I started to be a car mechanic student.
That yellow Escort was just absolutely stunning!
I loved the interactions with some people and the cars are weird but so awesome. Some beautiful work!
Been in the UK for 2 years and never went. Time to take a trip this weekend.
Santa Pod is the place to be, it's super chill, and atmosphere is amazing
@@wojciechbieniek4029 I’ll plan on the attending one of the open track days 😎
@theblueninjazx10r might as well goto the Euro finals and do the whole weekend. You will not regret it. Santa pod is a world class event for sure😎👍
Euro finals, Sept, see you there 😎
Come to the euro finals, biggest meet of the year, might even be a sneaky start line pass available
Awesome coverage. Interesting to see your perspective on these
This was awesome! Those guys are making some jam with those little motors.
Not a FWD fan. In fact I only drive RWD and rotaries for that matter, it's a personal preference. But god damn, hats off to these folks. Well done!
That yellow esciort is fu
Dude that cosworth escort is literally one of my dream cars!! 👌🔥 I love all the variety there
Great coverage of the event 👏
The escort at the end was the nicest but they were all cool
I'll be posting a Santa Pod video soon. I will show you what the expedition of 22 cars from Poland looked like 🤟
19:21 Classic MK1 sound from a YB! Top build mate 💪
I was recently at Santa Pod for the 'Dragstalgia' event. Drag cars from the 1950's onwards. Beautiful cars, ridiculous 1/4 mile times, a noise level that was beyond belief and me suffering hearing loss for 2 days!! I've already booked my tickets for next year!! I love the fact they have the "Run What You Brung" on each weekend so you can race your own car if you want to!!
That up sounds gooooood! So cool to see you guys get out of the states! Seeing people that watch from over seas react to seeing you guys must be awesome!
Thank you bud ❤
@tailord5467 ofcourse man! Wish we got those and the polo's in the states, Along with many many other things haha thing is super sweet! Keep doing what you love!
@anthonyliso6791 thank you dude, its a shame but I understand the size of the US is just mental compared to Europe we can cover the distance of 4 countries and you can travel the same amount of miles and still be in the same state 🤣
Watching Kyle trying to understand and pronounce the car names has made my day 🤣
Its strange to see somebody confusing a corsa with a vauxhall and calling the cars of my teenage years weired lol. But i guess the usa is alien to these cars
Driver: Fiat Punto Kyle: Peulo?
I loved this video. Thanks for sharing it with us 👌🏻
I remember my first trip to europe..my mind was blown by all the cars i had never heard of. So many cool cars americans didn't have, it was a nice surprise because it was not something i thought about before i got there.
I'm from the UK and see lots of cool American cars on videos that are not over here also. The grass is always greener on the other side as they say.
Americans cars are rare to find over here, the fuel is quite a bit more expensive @ 2.00+€ currently, their built quality is also something, then replacements parts! their size is kinda unpractical and slow, i remember watching a Pontiac Fierro and it's max speed was 140km/h on the gauge. there was a time USA cars where limited to 150km/h max. They are mostly kept in garages and taken to some event on Sunday.
@@AnalogDude_ there are plenty of nimble american muscle cars
@@MV-ri7zu like i said, most of the time locked in a garage, some times you see a dodge ram, but that's pretty much it.
@@AnalogDude_ yeah probably too expensive to buy here. Again just saying that it has nothing to do with them being slow.
I loved “Lady” by Modjo playing while we experienced the beauty of that yellow Cosworth Escort. Great seeing some fwd representation on the channel too!