If you were anything like me when you were young, you were an avid petrol head and so Top Trumps were a great way to learn about cars.
However in every pack there always seems to be one or two cards that stick out as either anomolies or are so rare you wonder why they are in the pack at all!
Thus you learn about some very random cars that you would otherwise never have known existed
I have 8 car Top Trumps packs (+1 planes and 1 racing trucks)
Examples of random inclusions:
Ford Cars (1992)
In amongst the Fiesta's, Escort's, Sierra's and Granada's was this:
Ghia Focus 16v Concept
2.0 227bhp roadster weighing in at 950kg!
Turbo's (1992)
Aside from the random fact of pairing the likes of the 911 Turbo and Esprit Turbo against turbo's like the Land Rover 110 Station Wagon, Isuzu Trooper Citation TD, Pug 205 D turbo, BX turbo, they also decided to put one of these in:
Mazda MX5 BBR turbo
150bhp, 122mph, 1.6l, 0-60 7.8seconds
surely rarer than poor quality wobbly children's play pony......
Exotic Sports Cars (1992)
F40's, Diablo's etc
Then this:
Vector Twin turbo, fairly obscure but still known about 200+ supercar made in the states
5.7l V8, 600bhp 0-60 3.5secs 11kg, 200+mph
and this:
Robert Jankel Design Tempest, made in GB apparently?!?!!?
6.6L V8 535bhp, 3.3secs 0-60, 200+mph
Based on a Corvette
Off Road (1991)
Ok this one is full of odd choices really:
Shoguns, Blazers, Nivas, landys and Range Rovers along side:
Daf 66J
1.1, 55bhp, 68mph, 750kg
A Renault Jeep Cherokee?!?!?
Beijing BJ 212A
80bhp 2.6l 4cylinder.
Mitsubishi H-J-58
This is the only google image i can find of one!!!
Fiat Campagnola (a Fiat 4x4 that isn't a Panda!!)
A Romanian Cimpulung Muscel Aro 242 (no pics!)
Monteverdi Safari
5.3l 8cylinder, 304bhp 2 tonne beast!
Bitter Blazer (the only pic in Google!)
5.6l 8cylinder 160bhp 2 tonnes
and more in that pack
Finally World Class Cars (early/mid 80's)
Monteverdi Hai
Monteverdi High Speed 375
Bitter CD
Bricklin (thats got it's own thread)
There i hope i sprung a few on you that you've never heard of, please add more if you have any
However in every pack there always seems to be one or two cards that stick out as either anomolies or are so rare you wonder why they are in the pack at all!
Thus you learn about some very random cars that you would otherwise never have known existed
I have 8 car Top Trumps packs (+1 planes and 1 racing trucks)
Examples of random inclusions:
Ford Cars (1992)
In amongst the Fiesta's, Escort's, Sierra's and Granada's was this:
Ghia Focus 16v Concept
2.0 227bhp roadster weighing in at 950kg!
Turbo's (1992)
Aside from the random fact of pairing the likes of the 911 Turbo and Esprit Turbo against turbo's like the Land Rover 110 Station Wagon, Isuzu Trooper Citation TD, Pug 205 D turbo, BX turbo, they also decided to put one of these in:
Mazda MX5 BBR turbo
150bhp, 122mph, 1.6l, 0-60 7.8seconds
surely rarer than poor quality wobbly children's play pony......
Exotic Sports Cars (1992)
F40's, Diablo's etc
Then this:
Vector Twin turbo, fairly obscure but still known about 200+ supercar made in the states
5.7l V8, 600bhp 0-60 3.5secs 11kg, 200+mph
and this:
Robert Jankel Design Tempest, made in GB apparently?!?!!?
6.6L V8 535bhp, 3.3secs 0-60, 200+mph
Based on a Corvette
Off Road (1991)
Ok this one is full of odd choices really:
Shoguns, Blazers, Nivas, landys and Range Rovers along side:
Daf 66J
1.1, 55bhp, 68mph, 750kg
A Renault Jeep Cherokee?!?!?
Beijing BJ 212A
80bhp 2.6l 4cylinder.
Mitsubishi H-J-58
This is the only google image i can find of one!!!
Fiat Campagnola (a Fiat 4x4 that isn't a Panda!!)
A Romanian Cimpulung Muscel Aro 242 (no pics!)
Monteverdi Safari
5.3l 8cylinder, 304bhp 2 tonne beast!
Bitter Blazer (the only pic in Google!)
5.6l 8cylinder 160bhp 2 tonnes
and more in that pack
Finally World Class Cars (early/mid 80's)
Monteverdi Hai
Monteverdi High Speed 375
Bitter CD
Bricklin (thats got it's own thread)
There i hope i sprung a few on you that you've never heard of, please add more if you have any
Ax GTi Turbo
loads of new ones in there for me!!
