Welsh agency Motorsport Instruments (MST) is recreating the MG Metro 6R4 Group B rally automotive.
Simply 5 shall be produced, which is able to go on sale subsequent 12 months, priced from an eye-watering AU$543,442.
In response to Autocar, the agency will slot within the turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 engine from the B8-generation Audi S4.
The brand new mannequin shall be referred to as the “all-new 6R4”, as MST doesn’t maintain the rights to MG or the Metro title.
MST will match a supercharger and different further parts to offer 335kW of energy, up from 265kW, with energy despatched to all 4 wheels through a six-speed sequential gearbox.
The unique automotive weighed 1040kgs, nonetheless it’s unconfirmed how a lot the recreation will weigh.
It should characteristic an all-new carbon-fibre physique shell, based mostly on the precise dimensions of the unique fibreglass shell, that’s been engineered in partnership with New Zealand agency Innovate Composites.
Motorsports Instruments will provide patrons a alternative of a bespoke inside or a extra stripped-back, light-weight cabin, designed for race and rally actions.
The unique MG Metro 6R4 used a Cosworth naturally aspirated six-cylinder engine that might pump out 186kW within the homologated model and 305kW of energy within the rally automotive, with energy despatched to all 4 wheels.
This identical engine would later be used, with turbochargers, within the Jaguar XJ220.
The unique rally automotive positioned third within the Lombard RAC Rally in November 1985, nevertheless it was all downhill from there. The next 12 months, no Metros have been in a position to end a course, after which Group B rallying was banned.