THE most powerful rally car ever built is set to go on auction for an eye-watering price. The 1987 MG Metro 6R4 'Clubman' is one of only 200 made - and it could be yours for just £240K.

If someone told you they'd sold a 40-year-old Mini Metro at the weekend, you'd probably expect them to say it went for £425. But this one has changed hands for a thousand times that figure.

There is never a time when I am not fantasizing about the wonderfully weird MG Metro 6R4. It’s easily the coolest car ever to be sold under the MG brand, and arguably the coolest car to come ...

John Davenport, chief of the British company’s motorsport division, had no trouble deciding that his tubular chassis’d silhouette rally car should ... The MG Metro 6R4 (6-cylinder, Rally ...