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Hardly used Metro 6R4 to go under the hammer at Autosport show

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A 1985 MG Metro 6R4 rally car, which has covered just 175 miles, will be offered for auction at Autosport Internatio­nal at the NEC, Birmingham on January 12.

The effectivel­y unused car has spent much of its life at the Conference Centre and Grand Prix Collection at Williams Grand Prix Engineerin­g and is expected to sell for between £180,000 and £200,000. When the 6R4 project was abandoned after Group B rally cars were banned at the end of 1986, unused 6R4s were sold off for as little as £13,000.

As one of the 200 cars built, chassis 6R4-111 was purchased by the marketing department of Williams Grand Prix Engineerin­g in 1988. It remained at Williams until 2005 before being purchased by The Tifosi Garage, and then sold to the current owner in 2015.

It has recently been recommissi­oned by BGM Sport.

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The MG Metro is for sale

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