Opel Manta 400: Group B Rally Homologation Legend | Carfection 4K
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- Henry Catchpole drives the Opel Manta 400, an iconic Group B homologation car from the era of McRae, Brookes and Vatanen.
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i wish Opel would still be this awesome brand they were back then
They still are Astra VXR are amazing
Couldnt agree more....
rockzs74r - not compared to similar offerings from VW, Ford, MB, Audi. Crap by comparison
@@gaycha6589 well the Astra is Euro car of the year 2016.
@@gaycha6589 am an owner of both a 2014 Opel Astra J OPC and a Ford Focus RS500, and wouldnt call the Astra J OPC crap. It has a beautiful design being a 3 door coupe, awesome bucket seats, adaptive Boge/Sachs suspension, forged 20 inch wheels, Brembo brakes, Drexler mechanical diff, really enjoy driving it 👍
In Germany,the Opel Manta is a cult car.
There were the popular Manta driver jokes and even 2 successful comedy movies about Manta drivers in the early 1990´s.
The Manta was the sportscar for the working class,who couldn´t afford a Merc,BMW, Audi and definetely not a Porsche,but wanted something different than a VW Golf.
Back in the day,before the JDM trend came over,the Mantas were the Nr.1 Tuner cars in Germany.
The Manta in the late 80´s/early 90´s was what the Supra became in the early 00´s. People use to put big turbos on their Mantas or swapping out the engines altogher and some guys even dropping V8´s in them.I knew a guy,who had put an Audi Quattro inline 5 and a bigass single turbo in his Manta,pumping that thing to over 300 PS.They used to do all kinds of crazy modding on these cars back in the day, because they were very sturdy build.
Everytime I watch the VLN or Nurburgring races there's a Manta and everyone goes wild whenever it comes on the stream lol
Now I see why haha
@@NishantDash One thing I forgot,you need to put a fake fox-tail on the car´s antenna and wear a mullet if you drive an Opel Manta,it´s kinda mandatory. xD
@@doublep1980 Don't forget the boots.
Manta Manta!
@@doublep1980 Sounds like a Chevy Camaro Iroc-Z driver from the U.S.
I was a race horse jockey in my early 20s driving like a race car driver from track to track to beat the clock to get into the Jock's room in time to be able to be legal to ride my mounts. iIdid a lot of ZOOOOOMING down the interstates in my Manta. I owned two of them...first was silver...the second maroon. Great memories!
Wow, I didn't expect this video from a non-German channel. As an Opel fan I appreciate it.
Group A and Group B produced the best road going racers and some of the best racing/rallying we have seen. Lot to be said for homologation specials.
At least the spirit lives on, with flared arches on things like the BMW M2 or the Audi RS.
@@nessuno5403 not really.
As a youth I owned a white GTE and absolutely loved it. At 54,000 miles I sold it to my brother, but the crap i had to drive in meantime - Astras, Cortinas etc - meant that I bought it back 30,000 miles later. What a great car.
What a truly beautiful car...My first car was a used beaten up blue 1979 Opel Manta 1.9 Litre and then finally I managed to get the Opel Manta GTE in white...oh what days they were...
It's so unapologetically and gloriously 80's, love it.
Opel Manta, one of my dream cars in terms of looks and rwd combo. Thanks for the video !
You instantly become my friend
@@Arockalypsse Haha :D I own a E36 328i Turbo instead of a Manta, something similar tbh but not that rare :D
My first car in 1998 when I was teenanger in Poland. Still have it and one B1 as well. Love them.
I've owned a few cars in my 30+ yrs driving and I can honestly say that the one that brings back the feeling of cool is my old opel manta. Had a mk1 which didn't have the flared arches, spoilers and twil lights but had a far cleaner and pure shape to my eyes. Mechanically it was a very simple car but with that coupe shape, frameless doors and 5 spoke factory alloys was so sexy back then and always reminded me of the unobtainable Ferrari Daytona in Miami Vice.
Forget that Drivetribe gubbins... this is the channel for those who love cars.
Many thanks as always to those involved.
We love you Hairy Snatchpole!!!
Always loved the Opel Manta.
"Mechanical Flatulence" would make a good band name.
Contra Band would be a good band name.
I’m very pleased with the fact that Carfection puts out real content. Not just hype pieces for modern cars.
The opel manta: the car I've only observed from a distance and already love.
Henry P! You have found a niche, full of sexy classical cars with a biig following. This car was from my youth, I know the very brave guys who rallied them in Denmark and Europe. This version is so beautiful, raunchy exhaust note and beautiful to look at. Bravo!
Took me back many years holding my dads in the forests of wales 🏴 in the pouring rain. Just waiting to hear that sound
Genuinely love to see one in person proper rwd car from a proper era
Brilliant Henry brilliant! More required please..... 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The Manta just looks so... right. I still love it.🙂
Memories, beautiful memories.....
I LOVE THIS CAR !!!
I owned the latest Opel Manta with the Irmscher trim before it was replaced by the calibra. Was an A registration too. It was an absolute pleasure to drive. The paint was called Starmist Black. Metallic very dark grey that looked black. Gorgeous.
the GSI Exclusive? Nice!
@@boerharms2209 Wasn't the Opel Manta GTE 'exclusive' like a very unique dark metallic blue with red graphics, twin headlights and dark alloy wheels?
I don't remember seeing any other colour?
@@pdtech4524 Yeah, the exclusives had the quad headlights, big rear bumper, 3 piece spoiler and the red accents on the seats and exterior logos. rims were the standard 5 spoke GTE rims, but finished in dark metallic grey with silver wheelrims
I believe the UK spec GTE exclusives were indeed largely monaco blue. they were however offered in a range of colors: red, grey, black, gold. With monaco blue being one of the most popular options
@@boerharms2209 Handsome looking cars, there was one around the corner from where I lived when I had my Opel.Manta 2.0 GTE coupe, mine was like a bright scarlet orangey / red colour, not factory, a 1984.
The exclusive was a 1988 which would have been the last year maybe?
Only ever saw Monaco blue exclusives here in the UK anyway.
I used to own a Manta 400 replica done in the Bertie Fischer Shell livery. It was originally yellow with the irmscher stripes on the doors. Had c30se running gear. Such a good car.
The background music keeps making me think theres someone jingling keys outside my door ...
I WISH they'd stop using music underneath speech segments. So distracting when you've got decent headphones/speakers, and particularly if you decide to use a track which uses 'real world' sounds as percussion - obviously that's going to sound like something happening on screen or in the room.
Its absolutely infuriating. I call it the curse of youtube..relentless, pointless, annoying, distracting and incessant, infantile, puerile music..usually some stupid tippity tappety hip hop dross.
I always loved these as a youth, the "thinking mans Capri!" I would love to own that one or an Opel Royale, great vid, thanks.
I love the unique content we get to view on this channel 😍
The dad of a school friend had one of these and it was my first taste of rallying... in the raw. I revelled in the chance of a passenger ride. Happy, heady days. Thanks Henry!
My dad had an Opel Manta - he loved it
I know the feeling, I love my Ascona B :D
More rally legend videos please.
Ari MkII Escort
McRae Subaru
Carlos and the Corolla
Juha and the Peugeot
Great vid 👍
Toivonen and the S4
Sainz and Celica
I had 8 mantas over the years always wanted a 400, even a replica would have done .
That is one cool car! Don’t you just love the 80s? I certainly do.
Never heard of a manta until this video . Now I’m glad I did !! This is an amazing car !!!!!!
A lesser known icon. With the same shutlines as all other 80’s GM products.
LOVE videos on unique cars like this, thank you
As a Manta enthusiast, I thank you for this video. You don't see a lot of decent content for them in CZcams, or anywhere else for that matter.
Ow what a beautiful looking car I remember when I was a lad always loving the look of the mantas great days they went well too
I remember my 1984 Opel Manta 2.0 GTE Coupe with great fondness and wish I'd kept it.
I just remember it handling so well, cornered like it was on rails and went like a rocket.
It was a real head turner, as when I owned it there weren't many still left around.
Unexpected video but more than welcome I used to always fancy a manta back in the day never got round to it though , so its nice to see a perfect example driven by Henry :)
I always loved the edgy look of the Manta 400. This car is truly beautiful, the wide body, the wing, the wheels, colour... wonderful! I'd give it a bit more power though.
Henry is always smiling when driving it is expressing more than words!
My favourite car of all time. My Dad had a Silver i240 (D600 DFK), and a white i200 (C888 VWD). My brother had B600 OEA the white i240 press car for the UK 👌
Henry catchpole deserves a spot on Top Gear
why is Top Gear always the benchmark? CZcams is better.
Fantastic video. Brings back memories when cars had to be driven! No electronics or computers in sight. Wonderful!
My boyhood dream car....I went to see Jimmy McCrae in the Andrews heat for hire Manta 400 a few times in the 80's...fabulous !
What about Ari Vatanen in a Manta on the Manx rally scaring his co-driver !! Amazing!
I was sure he was going to mention that "dear god" moment.
Didn't he have a flat/soft tyre at that moment that made the gap that much scarier?
Pique yeah he picked up a puncture right before
This isn't that vid, but well worth a look see. He did say in the Vatanen touch two that you couldn't be so much of an artist in the Mantra compared to the Escort, but he is being a bit of a Picasso in this vid czcams.com/video/jhAw86UDhHM/video.html&t=
@@vokstar Great video! Thanks for sharing the link.
There was a Manta 200, too
Great looking car!
I'm so lucky to have lived in the same area as a Manta owner, got to see one every time I popped to the Shops, it too had the Widebody Kit and looked spectacular!
Henry this was a very nice presentation, thank you. I was curious to watch a
review of the stock car. There were around many "standard" Mantas
converted to "something like a 400" back in the '80s, some of these with the engine stroked at 2.7 lt.
One of my absolute all time favorite cars of the day😍😍😍😍😍
Stunning car cant get out of my head the presenter reminds me of big cook little cook
I had a 2.0 GTE, did 100,000 miles in her .. never went wrong, unbreakable engine, over square and chain driven cam. Mate had one with a ford essex in it. Wasn't as quick as the GTE. Wish I still had it!
What a great piece on an iconic car ... driven by greats such as Brookes, Ari Vatanan & Henri Toivonen
There's a white box arch 400 about four miles from me sitting in an open sided barn with a beetle, a moggy with hand controls and only 700 miles from new,a fwd triumph dolomite which despite the muck and being out there the longest has survived better than the rest by some margin,what remains of a dark blue Manta A,,a Brooklands Capri and a MK4 and 5 cortina,the mk4 Cortina has a wooden kennel and a big trenching bucket on its roof.There is literally a covered pile of rust in their front garden that was once an MGTF,There are some large brambles completely engulfing a crashed mgb and a rotted MK2 fiesta and in the garage is a Rover 100 in quite good nick.All these cars apart from the Dolly,Capri and Rover are returning to earth unfortunately and all are firmly not for sale,I've sadly watched them deteriorate over the years while walking my dogs.
Irish legends McHale and Fisher drove these animals in the circuit of Ireland
My favourite was Austin McHale's black xtravision livery Manta 400 was unforgettable to watch on dry tarmac
Use to have one of these when I was 18. Brilliant car.
My first car was a black -86 Manta GSI. It´s the car I wish I never sold. Had great fun driving it specially in the winter time.
I seen one a driveway once in black. What a unique car! Beautiful
I very much miss my Opel Manta GT/E, booted, not hatchback, and white of course! I think it was a 1984, which I owned from around 1991-1994. Loved the long doors, especially with the widows down :-)
Very nice!
400 is a dream.
Opel Power
It is awesome Henry! I love classic cars and this video exposes a great example! Regards from Portugal!
Woooo! I has an Opel Manta, then an Ascona, both 2lt. Flimsy plastic indeed, those penny flap vents were legendary.
Just beautiful. Nothing more needs to be said
Wonderful video. Thank you!
I had the Cavalier Sportshatch version of the Manta back in my late teens. Not a patch on a Manta 400, but loved seeing those little things in the video that reminded me of the car - the dash, vents, door locks, the 'roll bar' in the roof. Thanks.
It's also lovely to see how Henry drives these cars with care and respect whilst still pushing them hard enough to get a feel for them.
Nice one. I wish I still had my (bog standard) 1979 Berlinetta fastback. A great car.
finally some one who appreciates the opel manta. loved the coupe inparticular ,it struggled at the time as it was up against the all new hot hatches. great review thanks
I'v always had a soft spot for the later generation of the Matas. I was in my teens when they came out and they just seemed so sporty and cool at the time. I remember as time as pasted, they gained a reputation for being very prone to rust. Seemed kind of ironic considering how plasticky they looked. Nice to see one being reviewed in a positive light for a change.
Have to say, Henry Catchpole has become one of my favourite auto-journalist. He has a very honest, but not abrasive way of describing the subject matter and a very unclutered way of conveying what he is getting from the car. He seems to genuinley be enjoying the different characters offered by different cars.
I had a manta 1.8s berlinetta as my first car
moi une Berlinetta 2.0 injection, je regrette de ne plus l'avoir, une vraie voiture pour apprendre a piloter!
More of this pls such a joy to see!
Fantastic video, brought me back to my days in the 80’s driving a hot hatch. Today’s cars are amazing, but the connection to the driving experience has been lost.
yes! please consider a series of Henry driving all the GrB cars (hmgl specials and stage prep'd).
Thank you Henry for this video excellent
You lucky git! THE BEST LOOKING CAR EVER BUILT...for me, bar none. My dream car man, especially with those twin FIFTY webers.
PS: They were knocking out nearer 300bhp towards the end when they really started pushing them. The last 'Heat for hire' car was also accidentally left in an acid bath too long which meant it was referred to as 'The bendy bus'.
A lot thanks!!
Big video for MantaMania!
Great video Henry. Still remember the Andrews heat for hire from watching as a child
I had five ,the penultimate was a exclusive coupe that I dropped a dohc 16v calibra,motor in mated to the getrag 1.8 gearbox legend ..in the day the engine swaps were easy like the six cyl 3.0 Monza ,the 2.4v6 frontera .and 3.5 rover v8 .nessarcary because the standard GTE was only 110 bhp .but it was its chassis that really was its finest point.unsung hero of the golden years of rallying ..
Lovely classic.
Magnificent video. How lovely!
An early memory of one of my best mates (before I knew him), was seeing him drift his Manta Coupe 2.0i round a wet roundabout a couple of times trying to impress a girl. He still reminisces about that car, resplendent in its 400 regalia. Sold it to a bloke who wrote it off 😢
Manta Manta!
you sound like Li Long from Soul Blade
I had a GT/E back in the early 90’s with a few minor tweaks here n there. It took on some of the hot hatches like the Astra GT/E but I wanted some thing a bit more nippy so went for a MK1 Golf GTI. But I always loved my Manta GT/E and still miss her to this day & would have loved a 400.
The Ascona 400 was homologated
to group 4 regulations,therefore 400 built to comply.
The Manta 400 was homologated to the later group B regulations,which only required 200 cars built.
Just a correction on the beginning of this video.Lovely car,and a great review.Loved the Manta.Had a standard one myself👍.
Always wanted one of these when i were a lad ... good vid.
This Car hit different
Great stuff. Miss my many Mantas!
Cars I want from the 80's,
The Manta 400, Peugeot 205 GTi, Ferrari 288 GTO, BMW M3,
Sierra Cosworth RS 500, to name just a few...
Just an amazing car😊👍
I never knew about this car until this video. It is a cool car. They don't make em like this anymore.
I miss my Manta.
Never mind still having the injection system: it's still got its' Fischer C-Box! Holy crap, I thought everybody binned those.
I have so much love for this car.
Definitely needs throttle body's though.
The real impressive thing that thiscar have only 144 HP and can make 7.5 (or 7.8) sec- 100 km/h. The raison: only 1.000 kg!
Today all the new heavy cars in this category need 180 or 220 hp!
Incredible. ... Weight is the ennemy.
Goosebumps!
Best rally car hands down
Awesome! someday my own Manta will be as nice as this one
Great vid, Henry. LOL @ the 'Nankang' chirp