Have some pride in a V6 Shogun. (Festiva content)

[smellyferret]

Probably not the Shogun you were expecting..

1989 Ford Shogun with a mid engine V6 and 220bhp+NOS.
Nice one Mr Leno!
(I believe this is essentially a modified Kia pride?)

Anyway:





Skip to 4:20ish to hear it!


stock 3.0-liter, 24-valve SEFI SHO V6 engine
Oh yeah NOS too.

[ThePollitt]

Ford Festiva I do believe.

Whatever it is, it's bonkers and I have a sever case of the wants now.

Imagine burning off £100,000 cars in that little thing.

Chris

[EmDee]

May 3, 2013 15:45:03 GMT smellyferret said:

I believe this is essentially a modified Kia pride?

Yeah AKA a Ford Festiva or Mazda 121. The fast Fords of the era had SHO V6s - hence the name.

Wikipedia says:

In 1990, Chuck Beck of Special Editions and Rick Titus took seven Ford Festivas and mounted 3.0 L SHO V6s − still mated to their native transmissions − behind the front seats in mid-rear engine configuration. Along with substantial cosmetic body changes, including custom fiberglass wheel arches to accommodate a wider stance and larger tires, the suspension was completely redesigned. Each car was painted a different color. These changes resulted in a car that could travel the ¼ mile (0.4 km) in 12.9 seconds at 100.9 mph (162 km/h), and could achieve a lateral acceleration figure ranging from .95 to 1.04 g. Two of the seven are notable; Jay Leno owns number 003 (the silver one), and number 005 (the purple one) included special modifications for competition in the SCCA, including a rollcage and 5-point restraints. Since the creation of these cars, others have imitated the idea by performing SHO-to-Festiva transplants of their own.

[rld14]

The motor is out of a Ford Taurus SHO, it was a regular American ford 3.0 V6 with a Yamaha designed 24V DOHC head. It was a pretty quick car back in '89.

The Ford Festiva was made by Kia for Ford in Korea, think its also the same car as the Mazda 121?

I seem to remember these being offered for sale for around $50,000 when they were new. I always though it had to be a lot of fun to drive

[fred]

Lord this is the Chuck Norris of kia/ford !

[luckygti]

May 3, 2013 20:24:03 GMT fred said:

Lord this is the Chuck Norris of kia/ford !

And some ;D and I always fancied a Kia Pride.......

[tomti]

Awesome. I love jay Leno

[buzby]

Pub quiz fact about the Festiva/121/Pride - although it was originally designed and built by Mazda in Japan, it was never sold as a Mazda there (only as a Ford Festiva, in Ford's 'Autorama' dealership chain).

My favourite Festiva/121/Pride variant it the SAIPA/Pars Khodro Sepand PK from Iran:



SAIPA and Pars Khodro (both Iranian state-owned car companies) had been producing the Renault 5 under licence since 1976. In 1993 SAIPA obtained a licence from KIA to build the Pride in Iran, so all the R5 production was switched to Pars Khodro in 1994. In 2000 Renault withdrew manufacturing support for the R5, but Pars Khodro realised they could keep on using the Renault 5 body production line they already had by modifying the floorpan to take the running gear from the Pride from their sister company, and adding arch extensions to make up the wider track. The Sepand PK was produced from 2000 until 2005, and was replaced by a facelifted 'New PK' with restyled bumpers, light units and arch extensions. Production of the R5-based models finally ceased in 2008, though SAIPA are still producing numerous models based on the Pride, such as the the 132 and 141.

It's been posted on here before, but have a couple of modified Sepand PKs:

[crazymonkey]

that sound is just fantastic.

*goes off to ebay to find a kia pride* ;D

[Clement]

Does this mean you could do a sort a R5 Turbo variant with a Ford V6 in the back that would then be franco-americano-koreano-iranian? Make it all-wheel-drive just for the fun of it. That'd be something.

[randywanger_]

I love that Cool little car.

Sort of Detomaso Daihatsu Charade 926R ish

[smellyferret]

Great info Buzby!

I've just put a deposit on another car, so now my pride will now be up for sale :/