Random Best Rally Cars Ever Put Togeth (19 items)

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  (#3) Suzuki Pikes Peak Escudo

  Escudo: the video game cheater car to end all video game cheater cars. Hilariously overpowered with its 981-horsepower V-6 engine, the Suzuki's gloriously be-winged Escudo brought years of insane laughter to Gran Turismo enthusiasts everywhere. If you learned to drive by bouncing from barrier to barrier at 290 mph, then the Escudo is still your dream car. Also, it competed at the real Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Or something. 
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  (#1) Lancia Stratos

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  If you're seeing the Stratos at anything but first place on this list, it may be officially time to give up on humanity. Not just the most beautiful rally car ever produced (no argument), the purpose-built Stratos used a mid-mounted Ferrari Dino V-6 engine and an hilariously short wheelbase to dominate the WRC from 1974 to 1976. The Stratos was a complete game-changer in its own time, and a suicide speed machine that remains a legend to this day. 
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  (#16) Rhys Millen's e0 PP03

  All right, this one might technically be a violation of this list's Pikes Peak Pavement rule, but we can't not include it. First, because rally and drift legend Rhys Millen drove it to overall victory in 2015, and second because it's the fastest electric car to ever punch the clouds. With 1,367 horsepower worth of electric motors on board, the Latvian-built PP03 blitzed all comers, even those in the full-bore Unlimited class. It's not just the baddest electric car in history, Rhys's new torque monster is one of the fastest hill climbers ever.  
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  (#4) Peugot 205 T16

  Probably the king of all Group B hatchback psychopaths, the T16 was a mid-engine, all-wheel drive that hammered all 450 horsepower to the ground for several seasons in the 1980s. It's probably fair to credit this car with the rise of the hot hatch in Europe, serving as it did as inspiration for teenage hooligans everywhere. 
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  (#10) Ford Escort RS1600

  The Escort RS1600 might best be thought of as Europe's Shelby GT500. Granted, the two competed in different types of racing, in different markets and classes. But both reigned supreme in the mid-to-late 1960s, and made Ford performance a fixture in their respective markets. You might recognize this Escort from its appearance in the Fast and Furious 6. 
  
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  (#18) Peugeot 405 Turbo-16 and ZX Rally Raid

  After Group B closed down, Peugeot turned, as many did, to the Paris-Dakar rally. Combining its 405 chassis with the 600-horsepower 205 Turbo-16 drivetrain, Peugeot bombed right through the 1989 and 1990 Paris-Dakar rally seasons. And that was after winning Pikes Peak in 1988. This car was ultimately replaced by the ZX Rally Raid, which itself racked up Dakar class championships from 1994 to 1996. 

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