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precursor I think. trumped by the golf when the gti came out, which led to the xr3i(/rs turbo?) as a response iirc. probably made all of that up though. I liked it, it was in the dark grey and relatively subtle but made silly noises and had recaro seats so childhood me thought he was in a rally car. we ended up with a white xr3i cabrio for sunny coastal pootling that provided many more years of fun before sea air and life things saw the end of it and it moved on last year. shed a tear at that, loved it. flexier than my 531 tandem though.
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It is clear that your old man had more of an eye for cars than mine.
The RS1600i was a bit rare wasn't it,
a clear step up from the XR3?