Yeah 160bhp with that weight was never exactly going to be highly exciting. That is not a fair comparision though, poor farmer spec 5 door syncro against the Rallye. All those luxuries weigh a bit as does the charger.
Actually it's a pretty fair comparison - the Syncro had a fair spread of spec - central locking, power steering, some had electric windows and a sunroof.
And then there's the G60 Syncro and the Limited. I'd be interested to see kerb weights for them, but Google isn't quite as willing as with the Rallye.
It's the luxuries that I don't get about the Rallye.
It's a rally-replica - an homologation special. Other similar cars of that era, like the E30 M3 didn't get criticised for being over-weight and under-powered. VW really did shoot themselves in the foot with the whole Rallye project. They should have just done the Limited in greater numbers.
As many people have stated previously - more doors, more whores, innit.
Ya box arch nonsense ain't never gonna work on the fairer sex.
