NOSTALGIC MK2 FORD FIESTA XR2: RELIVING THE 1990's BOY RACERS DREAM
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Step back in time and relive the 1990's boy racers dream with the iconic MK2 Ford Fiesta XR2! 🚗💨 Join us as we explore the beauty and power of this nostalgic hot hatch, known for its agility, sleek design, and that unmistakable 90's charm.
In this video, we take you through a journey of nostalgia and exhilaration, showcasing the XR2's history, features, and a close look at its iconic design. From the sporty body kit to the distinctive alloy wheels, this is the car that defined an era of automotive enthusiasm.
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Brought back so many memories of my 1989 MK2 Fiesta 1.4S. I modified this as much as I could using basic tools, Janspeed manifold & exhaust, Webber performance carb, K&N filter, alloys with 185 tires, lowered, gas shocks, XR2 interior, XR2 spoiler, central locking, electric windows, fog lights, high end alarm, big sound system & a rolling road tune that saw 70Bhp at the wheels. What a fabulous fun car it was, such fun to drive. Even entered in the ‘Cars & car conversations converted car of the year’ competition. I didn’t win but I had such laugh. Thank you for bringing back all these memories 👍🏻.
You are more than welcome
Changed a clutch on one of these without having to pull gearbox right out, just pulled it back enough to get in, quickest clutch change ever.
Had Mercury Grey F Reg XR2 back in 1989, my first "sporty" car. Kept it 3 years and absolutely loved it. If I had loads of money and a 6 car garage, I'd buy one again straight away.
First car I ever bought. Cost me just under £1600 back in the 90's. Sills were all rusted and brakes weren't working properly but my old man was handy with tools so we fixed it up. Used to have to hit the starter motor with a hammer to get it started sometimes and the exhaust fell off once but apart from that it was ok :)
That hammer trick brings back some memories 😂
All my mates loved the fords back then. Loved my black XR2i with square exhaust tip. So much fun back then
They were great fun
They’re a good looking car the XR2, back in the day I had an XR3i in white, I loved it. Those were the days.☺️
Those were the days
"I don't own a child" 😂😂😂😂 Stu, I'm 32 and thankfully I don't either . I believe they call it "The Happy Club" 🤜
11:17 (edit - That gezza in the van was loving the motor . I'd like to think he pointed and said "I had one of those...."
I swear, most parents, deep down don’t want them 😂 but they would never admit it
Glad I opted out 😂
@@MotorAddicts your juice don’t fizz you never had a choice 😂
Opted out too, don't regret it for a second.
Love this series. Always thought the XR2 was up there with the 205 gti's and the renault 5 turbos??
My uncle used to have one of these in black, was a sweet little car. Oddly enough it only came out in good weather and the sapphire cosworth was the daily 😅
loved my XR2 - had the very last of the mk2s 1989 reg- In radiant red (most were Rosso Red)- which was a rare colour and it was colour coded with rs alloys. I was about 3 months from paying it off in 1994 when a drunk driver in a xr2 wrote it off! - Often wondered what that car would be worth now. Good times
Mint little motor.
I remember when these came out.
We couldn't afford the insurance lol.
It makes a change to see something original and standard like this.
Credit to the owner 👍
He’s done well with it
I was 16 years old in 1988. My older brother had a Black XR2. I loved it and still to this day I wish he never sold it.
Even now I'd still love one even over the grey XR2i that I had in the 90's. There's something about a MK2 XR2. Just love them. Wish there make them again like they make the Mk1 Escort MST there a fantastic car. Love them too 😊
Awesome love it 😎🔥 I went in a couple of these as a teenage passenger in the late 90’s when they were still a regular site on our roads
Looks well that thanks for the trip down memory lane ❤ 👍
Our pleasure!
Had 2 of these. White colour coded was my first car. Lowered it on Pi springs (60mm), K&N bolt on filter, Janspeed exhaust, Clio back wiper, RS seven spoke alloys. Later on it got a Kent cam and Janspeed manifold. 2nd car was Blue. Did the same mods minus the Cam and ended up spraying it Purple. Cracking little cars !!!!!
i would still have one of these today, loved these growing up my cousin had a mk1 xr2
Lovely lovely lovely!!!! Feature, good old days ❤ thanks lads
This was my first car. Drove it all over the UK and to the South of France. Loved it.
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@@MotorAddicts and it was this colour… shocked at the prices now !
Great vid ,first car was mk1 xr2 always wanted a mk2 xr2 love the classics more please 👍
More to come!
Miss my XR2, great fun to drive, sadly failed MOT epically with rust under the plastic arches/skirts. Bought an XR2i as replacement but it wasn't the same.
Love the mk2 xr2 had two a white one on a C reg and a rare blue F reg both rotten to the core older bro had a black D reg one with filter cam carbs and full janspeed I’d nick it when he was at work 😂 mate had a silver low miles low owner F reg one was mint… ah the memories of the 90’s flooding back 😂 ravin and raggin the arse off an xr2 gettin a chase from dibble lookin for the after sesh up some farm road 8 folks jammed in windows steamin up strawberries kickin in 🍓🍓🕊️🕊️😂😂😂
Thanks Stu this brought back some lovely memories. I had an 89 xr2 in 1992 and stuck a garret turbo on it, boy that was one nippy little xr2. Cheers Stu 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice example... my dad had a white one with the black boot spoiler... old school cool
Yes big up the Kenny Ken nostalgia. Great video
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I loved mine, at 96bhp it weren't considered a hot hatch, especially by those 205 lads...I figured a k&n and a peco bb4 knocked it up to the fabled 100bhp😅
Was never really a fan of the Fiesta, the mag yes but nit the car, same with the Saxo and Peugeot 205's
Weird how certain cars just don't float Ya boat.
I still watched as respect and appreciate the content / upload etc.
Thanks chaps.
Much appreciated buddy
Mate had one many many moons ago, and put xr3i lump in it, loved it. They have to be in red.. Top video mate 😎👊👍👌✌
Thanks 👍
Lovely to see an original unmolested xr2 stunning❤
Couldn't agree more!
Awesome cars, I’m a 1984 child, so unfortunately I was too young to have one, and then when I was old enough to drive, I couldn’t afford to buy or run one. Been in one a lot as a child though, my sisters boyfriend used to be a Ford nut, and good with a spanner(that was lucky then)😂 I had a red D plate 957cc popular plus, bit of rust starting on the rear arches, 4 speed box, and the thing I remember most about it, it was so slow 😂 it was my first car though, and got me on the road, and to and from work without freezing my ass off and getting soaked on my scooter 😂😁
Lucky you weren’t the owner back in 2020, that was an expensive MOT year for it 😮
a mate of mine has got a white xr2 turbo technics conversion. rapid lil beasty.
Bet is a little weapon
Loved this.. used to have a blue XR2.. did a 360 spin on the M25 and carried on going. Good times 👍
😂 see just the nostalgia of them
My first car back in the 90s
Beautiful looking motor, loads of memories, ahh man, ❤❤
Tell me about it
my first car - C281SLK, a black one. In my mum's name with me as a named driver at 17 was £1500 in 2003. Had loads more after it when they were nothing to buy and expensive to insure. Don't regret it for a second.
mine was an xr3i in red on me mums insurance....would of cost me £2,500 a year....cost her....£200
Me mum had a white xr2 exact copy of this one and so did my uncle who won it in a daily mail competition 😂😂 and honestly they were some of the best 90s hatch amazing vid stu !!
Much appreciated buddy
Love these cars, rare as hens teeth now
My first car B983 CAR was the numberplate. White XR2 wish I held onto that, the plate would be worth a bit now too 😅
Bet it is worth some now
I used to have a Renault 5 Gordiini Turbo back in the eighties and racing with an xr2 or xr2i was like racing a 1000cc mini it was laughable but great fun at the same time 😀👍
Thanks for sharing, so many stories with the old stuff
Lovely looking xr2.
Agreed!
Clever Trevor.. great investment m8
Indeed it is
I had a mk1 SUNBURST RER xr2 NFS 817Y THEN HAD ALL COLORS OF THE MK2 XR2 RED ,WHITE,BLACK BLUE AND A KAWASAKI GREEN MK2 FIESTA XR2/WITH FIESTA RS TURBO MOTOR MY 2ND CAR WAS MY MK1 RED ONE THEN GOT A MK1 CASPIAN BLUE ONE I SOLD IT FOR £400 THE FELLA TOOK IT TO LOCAL AUCTION AND GOT £150 NO RESERVE THEN MOVED ONTO S1 ESCORT RST'S AND BUILT UP FROM THERES NICE CAR
Kenny Ken OMG Milton Keynes sanctuary in one of these but think it was a look-alike. Cool times 😀
Kenny Ken on dreamscape tape set, was an idol for Stu & Owen back in the day, so glad got to meet him
My first car, thank you for doing this video 😊😊😊
Our pleasure!
Most boy racer wanted The
RS /R5gt turbo.
I was R5
All my mates had them i like the mk3 had an 16s i bought for hundred pounds and yes it was rough took me weeks to weld up 😂
I had a white c reg one back in '97,payed £550 for it, written off 6 weeks later 😭
A lot of comments of them being wrecked
the perfext xr2 look.... sick
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Great car when they were new but expensive to insure because Ford fitted doorlocks that made them as easy to steal as opening a can of beans.
Just reminded me why I was so psd off when they knicked the rear shelf out of my mk3 escort, they peeled the drivers door top back to get in, when all they needed to do was jam a flat head screwdriver in the lock. BarStewards!
Best car you have had on channel 👌👌
Or any1 has had on
Glad you liked it
I had a white one of these when I was 16 so funny to see it again.! Feel so old now 😂 didn't have insurance at the time but hay ho you only live once
Think we all done that
Get a mk2 Astra gte 16v on the channel 👌
Will do
👍Paris blue one for me & my rs 7 spokes
I paid £7.5k for my red one brand new in '86. Tax free Forces Discount, from Perry's in N London.
Wish I still had it.
My first car was a white mk2 xr2, loved it till I wrote it off showing off 🤦🏻♂️😂
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Loved My black D reg XR2 , more than My Renault 5 Turbo , but not as much as My Mk2 Escort RS 2000 .
All cool cars
If y let it
the boot floor was always first to rust on the mk ll
Mine was awful
11:23 That's not an XR2. It's a 1.3 Supersport.
Your right
@@MotorAddicts Cheers. I had to say.
Kit fill with water
XRpoo
Hated them until i drove one. A go kart !!! Was super excited then to drive a xr2i . That was shit and very disappointing. Its no 205 gti , but i did really enjoy thw drive
You knows it's a 90's car when you see the 6x9's in the parcel shelf.
Very enjoyable as always 👍
Glad you enjoyed
nah house speakers or pod speakers you bolt to the shelf
@@kurtseyffert6649 can you imagine the kids nowadays being given some bolt on's. They would be so confused 😂
well...80s car thats an 88
It's 80s ,can I have some of what you're smoking
Just needs a Peco Big Bore, Pioneer pullout and a fake Clifford LED on a Sparkrite alarm :D LOVE IT!
Exactly that
Yes!!! Sparkrite! I'd forgotten Sparkrite! Freshly ear traumatised I feel again now! 😂
45 years at life now, not many people I speak to about 1995, keeping the fire burning, September, rollers warehouse, sanctuary, Helter Skelter… queuing for 4 hours, 🎶🎶🥳🥳😂 I’m not sure anyone understands this more than Stu? ❤
I remember them days
superb! proper old school memories, give me one of these over a modern jelly mould any day!
Trev is a top man too 👍👍👍 top car mate enjoy it!!
Thanks bud. This one’s a keeper 👍🏻
Love this!
Never owned one myself. I used to work in a garage doing random chores when i was about 13 / 14. Got a tenner cutting grass etc.
One of the lads I got to know who worked there had one of these in blue, slammed, pepper pots, Exhaust (Think it was a cherry bomb) *BIG SUB*... He then started giving me lifts back driving like an absolute tool. *I LOVED IT*
About 9 months later he turns up in a Escort RS Turbo Series 1 . My heart went crazy, he again drove it like an absolute tool... One day *I WILL* Get and RS. Fell in love there and then.
Performance Ford’s are epic
What did you have to do for him for a lift in his car 😂
I had five of them miss my old grey one if I could upload pictures I built a 1640 cvh with twin 40s down jetted piper cam janspeed exhaust the old spax shocks she used to spit flames when you dropped her from 5th to 4th on the motorway the carbs were a nightmare though old boy always used to ballance them up for me by ear and his little vacuum gauge
Bet that was cool
@@MotorAddicts I need to get my garage finished
Depending on the year I would say a lot less than 7500. I remember dads brand new Y reg Granada 2.3Lx was around 7800. Back in 83. Mums 1.1L fiesta must have been around 4800. So at a max in 83 I'd put it at 6000.But I'm old and my memory is crap.
We all have forgotten how cars have evolved in their day they weren't bad but a 1.0 fiesta is quicker now my xr3i is slow compared to a modern car it's all about nostalgia now why these ford's have gone up in value so much for the RIGHT car
Aww man, nostagia overload🤘had a white one back in ‘98 C535ESU. Must be in someones shed somewhere as its still SORN’d. slow as shit and the rattles from the interior were mental but loved that car😎
Probably one of the things in life I've felt guilty for is taking my mums 1.1 pop plus out at 15 years old and thinking I was a 1st class driver and hand braking it round a corner at about 20 mph and crashing into the curb and bending the axle like a banana 🍌
Haha i had a White 1.1 mk2 fiesta white (C93EKE) with pepperpots/6x9's as my first car. Remember doing a hand brake turn then trying to drive off with the handbrake still up 😅
Did lose my V plates in the bk tho.
Lusted after a red mk2 xr2 but ended up getting a mk3 xr2i after seeing rotting xr2's. Those Recaros in the Xr2i were amazing. Great times.
Loving the old fords
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Mon pote yane en avait une moi j avait juste un 128 couper fiat abarth 1300cc gros carbut gros allumage et un pot sur mesure je le m était à l amende malgrer apres avoir tout essayer pour rouler plus fort que mon 128 c était mais jeunes années 🙏
Yep I had one after I sold my 1981 Fiesta SuperSport 1.3cc 😮
Had a black one, it was total pile of shite but i absolutely loved it!
Elle valent plus cher que neuve a l epoque c est n importe quoi quand c est vieux c est vieux poind barre c est pas en les vendent plus chère qu elle vont s améliorer ca c est parce que vous les aimer trop pas nous on préfère nos r5 alpine turbo ca c est des caisse de rally 🙏😑🤲🇫🇷👉🍾
Its an 80s car not 90s. Made from 83 to 89 . love it, i had a mint mk1 xr2 back in 89. loved that car. Nice to see another one saved from the scrapyard...nice work
Great video,I had 2 XR2 Mk2's in the mid 90's, radiant red and diamond white, great cars.
Very cool!
owned a silver one in the 90's....my first "hot hatch" k&n came with a larger carb jet, koni's all round....great car
please keep these nostalgic ones coming ,,, they are fantastic and bring back all my amazing memories ,,, i remember these changing hands for as low as £50 back when i was 17 ! always loved the look of them and remember people putting cherry bombs on them 😂 would sound awesome
We got more coming
I bought a mk2 xr2 of my mates older brother for £50 when i was 13 24 years ago he resprayed from white to baby blue but stupid me at the time was into max power so it got modified with a saxo vts front and back bumpers with a dtm centre exit pipe it looked cool back then and did all the subs and 6x9 in the back and the amplifier i got from the scrap yard went on fire and burnt the back of the car out so scrapped it. What i know now i wish i kept it but got into vauxhall novas, corsa b instead
I know, hindsight hey
Brilliant little side series stu, cracking cars so far. Loved the owners rev matching on down shifts, oh the memories ❤
Glad you enjoyed it
One of my first cars paid 600 for it
Brings back some memories of my old used Fords. Namely my mk4 van which came complete with papier machè front arches. That one actually blew up on the way back from the garage I bought it from, but after the dealer finally agreed to replace the engine still went on to corrode its way to rear doors with no bottoms and several more breakdowns, before finally being knicked and burnt out by somebody who obviously wanted to do me a favour! 🫡
And then there was my mk3 Escort ghia that was actually mint until some scrotes knicked my rear shelf out of it, [complete with my one week old Goodmans 6x9's!] by bending the top of the drivers door out so they could reach in to pop the button. Ahhhh the good old days, before DPF's, cat's and reinforced A pillars ruined the used ICE market! 😂
Xr 2 with escort turbo engine
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Awesome my first car had a 1400 cvh that I put the 1.6 and everything xr2 painted it cayman blue ❤️🔥
£50 i paid at first, I might add got an mot list as long as my arm when I took it for its first mot 😂 used to pick up xr2’s for £100 crash damaged etc
I bet this has had some views!!
Great Little car that, i was running around in cortinas and granadas back then lol oh and a couple of mk 1 950 festers lolol
Cool Old Ford’s
I had xr2 3 4 ro many to count
Wonderful stuff. Glorious little box on wheels. Cracking content.
Glad you enjoyed it
On eBay looking now 😂
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I passed my test in 1986, but had a car from aged 15 in 1984 (a Hillman Avenger).
I loved Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts, had a dozen of them, great cars.
I liked the Mk1 Fiesta 1.2 Supersport, because it was not trying to be anything other than a warmed up small shopping car, which is all it was.
The Mk1 XR2 tried to convince ppl it was a serious performance car, which it wasn't. The Mk2 XR2 was even worse, it looked like a girls car, and it was just as wheezy and limp as the Mk1 in performance, when compared to what it was 'supposed to be capable of' if you listened to the fanboys.
The Mk3 escort was a horrible thing, the XR3 was dogshit, a wheezy useless engine, mated to a crap 4 speed box, wrong wheel drive, and the most ridiculous front wheel camber angle ever just to try and get it to stop understeering into trees.
Mk1 and Mk2 escorts were brilliant, which is why they ruled the wrc and national rally competitions for over a decade, and are still competitive today 50 years later.
In the 80's, only chavs wanted FWD ford wanna-be hot hatches. Real petrolheads had moved on from Mk1/Mk2 escorts and discovered real performance cars, and lusted after Lotus Sunbeams, Alfasud cloverleafs, and German performance cars.
The XR2 was outside my price range back in the nineties. I knew a couple of people who worked for the same company as me that had them. Both managed to write them off. I suspect that happened to a lot of XR2’s and they are pretty rare now.
My first car was XR2 in black and I had a turbo technics XR2-T was a monster 160bhp pocket rocket 🚀
Bet that was a beast
@@MotorAddicts It was indeed , ended up being stripped for a mk4 Rs turbo conversion, money talks 👄 and makes you do silly things 😜
What a stunner, the XR2, Escort Mk3 XR3I and Mk4 RS Turbo were the ones I used to drool over in the 90's. I had a MK3 Escort 1.3L with XR3I wheels and body kit as my first car, got it after saving up £700 during the first year of my first job aged 18. Amazing times and seeing this beauty brings it all back, thank you!
Your welcome
F416 YWR ,a white one in 1999 also on my mums insurance ,,, sounds like no other car on the road, loved it !!!
Those guys by the Tom cat were laughing when you stalled
Luckily I only done it in front of them as that’s the next nostalgia video feature
@@MotorAddicts that's good I love the Tom cat
Nice little xr2i one my old neighbours had a white one they even sprayed all the black bits white looked ok suppose lol