Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Duke
• DVD Release Date: January 29, 2002
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000687EO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,409 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

From Audi to Vauxhall, The World's Greatest Rally Cars offers a comprehensive survey of peak performers throughout the history of Rally racing. This well-made feature examines 34 racers in 19 marques, treating each car as a separate DVD chapter, and showing each historically significant competitor in new or (mostly) archival footage, with detailed histories of every car. The informative narration was researched by Rally historian Graham Robson, and the narrator is veteran British Rally driver and commentator Ron Mason, whose in-depth experience informs every chapter, along with engaging reminiscence from several of the sport's most illustrious drivers. (They all cite the Ford Escort Mk I as the best Rally car ever.) Fact pages are given for each featured car, along with data for 27 years of championship racers, and breathtaking on-board footage from some of Rally's most treacherous courses. Kudos to the race fans at Duke Video for a job well done. --Jeff Shannon

From the Back Cover

Audi Quattro, Lancia Stratos, Monta Carlo 037, Delta Integrale, Peugeot Ti16, MG Metro 6R4, Escort MkI, Escort MkII, Ford Escort, Ford Cosworth, Ford Focus, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Celica, Mitsubishi Evo. What do these cars have in common? Quite simply, they're fast, they're fierce, they're "The World's Fastest Rally Cars" and this action-packed DVD vividly illustrates why...

• The complete interactive video of "World's Greatest Rally Cars" in superb digital quality film
• Encyclopedic treatment of all the top quality rally cars from and present
• Informed commentary by Tony Mason, based on research by rallying historian Graham Robson
• Detailed close-ups and classic archive film footage
• World beater Colin McRae talks about the state of modern rallying
• Eighties champions Alen, Blomqvist, Mikkola, and Waldegaard demonstrate the spectacular cars of Group B

Customer Reviews

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not really recommended., January 11, 2003

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Eric Heinrich (Boston MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World's Greatest Rally Cars (DVD)

I was let down by this. The footage, although rare, is constantly repeated. I did not find the commentary overly exciting and the sole commentator is rather montone in his delivery. There is a lot of great information on this DVD but it's not something you want to entertain with. If you are a real hardcore rally racing enthusiast you may enjoy it.

If you're looking for exciting footage and rally race commentary you're better off taping the WRC (World Rally Championships) off Speed TV.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Get it just for the Pikes Peak Footage, April 28, 2003

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Trevor Hutchison "trevo4" (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World's Greatest Rally Cars (DVD)

Most of this DVD is okay, even if there is a disproportionate amount of attention placed on the Fords... But the single best reason to get this is that it contains nearly the entire famous 'Climb Dance' sequence of Ari Vatenen's Peugeot at Pikes Peak. Having that 5 minutes of film on DVD makes the whole disc worthwile.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World Rally Car History and its most Entertaining!, June 9, 2009

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Sugar Crystal Pokemon (Ca. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The World's Greatest Rally Cars (DVD)

If you like rally cars just buy it already!!!

Tony Mason is great, the included selection of cars is comprehensive and the video quality is acceptable (it is after all pre-HD).

You won't regret getting this. If anything get it for the quality footage of the audi and Peugeot going up Pikes Peak.