Casual Car Guy has compiled a 12-minute, 47-second video of Group B rally cars from the 1980s in action.
Known as the “Killer Bees,” cars such as the Peugeot 205 T16, Renault T5 and MG Metro 6R4 tended to be compact hatchbacks with powerful engines where the automaker put the back seat in civilian versions.
The cars were fast and loud and shot flames out their exhaust pipes, but they also were dangerous (as were the spectators who challenged the cars as though they were at a bullfight) and finally were banned from rallying (the cars, not the spectators).
But there were amazing while the fun lasted.
