Despite the uniqueness of the hatchback (released in 1985, the mileage of 4988 km), it is not once participated in the race. At the auction, which will take place January 16, the price tag of the machine starts from 130 thousand dollars, but Coys hopes that the final cost will be a curiosity no less than 140 thousand dollars (10 million rubles).
MG Metro 6R4 refers to the «group B», but at the same time under the hood of a hatchback not turbocharged, and 3-liter naturally aspirated engine, created by David Wood, a former engineer Cosworth, which to some extent explains why the architecture of the engine similar to the Cosworth DFV, those used in 1968–1982 years, «Formula 1».
However, in the auctioned MG Metro 6R4 engine is not four, and two valves per cylinder. This was due to the fact that a copy was built for promoting tobacco brand Rothmans.
