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Unlike the 243-horsepower T-5R which was jointly built with Porsche, the 850 R delivered 240 hp and 240 lb-ft of torque with an automatic or 250 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque with a manual transmission.Yep, again. It was a good day when Swedes decided to spice things up (which they should be doing more often if you ask me) after their limited 1995 850 T-5R achieved unexpected success. And for us, that’s what being a sleeper is all about. Not only did the little Omni GLHS shame every other small hatchback on the market, it shamed most of the big boys as well. But lest we forget – the 1980’s were all about appearance package wannabes with racing stripes and body kits, backed with all the power of a flat beer.
Granted, its sleeper status could be questioned because it didn’t exactly blend in after Shelby was done with it. Adjustable Konis, big sway bars and fat 50-series rubber allowed this hot hatch to hang with some serious sports cars back in the day. A spine-busting suspension destroyed the Omni’s ride quality but turned the GLHS into a cornering wizard. Unlike the most other rides on this list, the GLHS wasn’t just a stoplight-to-stoplight screamer. At the time, it outran pretty much everything else on the road, save for a few notable supercars from across the pond. With Chrysler’s 175-horsepower 2.2-liter Turbo II engine and a five-speed manual tranny, the Omni GLHS blitzed to 60 in about 6 seconds and tripped the ¼-mile lights in the mid-to-high 14-second range.
The final run of turbo Omnis went to Shelby’s new facility in California, where they received a host of upgrades to become the GLHS (Goes Like Hell S’more). Of course, that wasn’t enough for the racing legend Carroll Shelby, who’d been involved with the go-fast version of the Omni from the beginning. The GLH-T (Goes Like Hell) was born, and with 146 horsepower in a car weighing just over a ton, it was among the quickest American performance cars of the day (a minute of silence, please). But then, Chrysler got turbo happy and decided to stick one on just about every car they made (more sleeper candidates perhaps?), including the Omni. They were born out of Chrysler’s first bankruptcy, as evidenced by their stellar record of reliability and show-stopping personality. The Dodge Omni and its badge-engineered Plymouth Horizon sibling were, for lack of a better word, crap cars. In other words, it’s a perfect sleeper.Īnd now to get really silly, we hark back to our favorite decade of ridiculousness to see the hot hatchback which arguably set the standard for the turbocharged pocket rockets of today. And even with a slightly sporty GS trim package, the Regal’s styling is still better suited for AARP conventions as opposed to SCCA track events. For that fact, neither does the numb steering or the sloppy four-speed automatic. That’s fine if you’re traveling down the East Coast for work, but it does nothing to inspire taking the roads less traveled. Honestly, that’s not necessarily a big deal, because the GS is something of a softy in the ride and handling department. Those who say Buick kissed performance goodbye with the demise of the legendary Grand National and T-Type haven’t driven the 1997-2004 Regal GS. It’s price is currently set at around $44,000 so be quick to snag one while you still can. This model made use of a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 to produce 365 horsepower and 360 pound-feet of torque, accelerates to 60 mph in 5.5 seconds, and is set to bow down at the end of 2019, alongside most of the Blue Oval’s car lineup. The Taurus SHO took a break that began in 2000 and lasted until 2010 when the latest version of the sleeper arrived.
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