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What text is shown on the underside of every car - Art Of Rally
By illi mcmillin
The underside of every Art Of Rally car.
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Category: Secrets
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Overview
Intro 
Group 2 
Group 3 
Group 4 
Group B 
Group S 
Group A 
Bonus cars 
Outro 
Comments
Intro
Have you ever flipped your car and saw that text under it? probably.

Ever wondered what text is under every car? probably not, but i have, so i spent 10 hours of my life finding that out! this was a huge waste of time

Note: I do not plan on buying the Australia DLC, therefore I cannot include those cars for this guide, If you would like to contribute that would be greatly appreciated!
Group 2
the esky v1- #esky meaning: esky is short for escort, the car its based on, v1 for version 1.





















the meanie - #moggie meaning: #moggie was the nickname of the Morris Minor produced by BMC, the company that also produced the mini cooper mk1. The name "moggie" just stuck around since it sounds kinda cute I guess (credit to L1BER4T0R)





















la montaine - #baguette meaning: the Renault Alpine A110 is a french car, and baguettes are a stereotypical french food.





















das 220 - #brick meaning: It looks like one.





















das 119i - #widowmaker meaning: Widowmaker is a famous nickname given to 911's since they are quite hard to control, being a RR layout.





















le gorde - #brioche meaning: same as the Renault Alpine mentioned earlier, brioche buns are a stereotypical french food.





















la regina - #focaccia meaning: the Lancia Fulvia is an italian car, foccacia is a type of bread that originated from italy.
Group 3
the esky v2 - #esky meaning: same as the esky before, just this is v2.





















il nonno 313 - #pasta meaning: The Fiat 131 Abarth is an italian car, pasta being a stereotypical kind of food that originated from italy.





















the rotary 3 - #bzzzz meaning: Rotary (wankel) engines, which this Mazda MX3 has are known to create a unique high pitched noise.





















la wedge - #wedge meaning: it looks like a doorstop.





















il cavallo 803 - #forza meaning: Forza translates to Force, but it can also mean "Foward" or "Advance" or even "Charge", it might be on Ferraris since the first letter matches up. (credit to Paceed)





















das 119e - #widowmaker meaning: same explanation as the previous 911, widowmaker is a famous nickname given to 911's due to the cars RR layout nature.





















la hepta - #croissant meaning: The Renault 17 is a french car, croissants are a stereotypical french food.





















the pebble v1 - #goulash meaning: This Skoda was produced in Czechoslovakia, Hungary's neighbouring country, Goulash however is a traditional hungarian food, and not a traditional czechslovakian food. (Credits to Duster in the comments)





















the pebble v2 - #goulash meaning: same explanation as top





















the zetto - #sakurai meaning: Sakurai refers "cherry blossom" 桜色. which is a japanese tree, just like the car its based on. (credits to Hydra Corvi)
Group 4
le cinq - #sacrebleu meaning: The Renault 5 Turbo is a french car, sacrebleu is a french word similar to that of "oh god!" or "oh s#%t!" it directly translates to "holy god!"





















das whip - #hoon meaning: hooning is a term used to describe recklessly driving your car.





















turbo brick - #salmon meaning: The Volvo 240 is a swedish car, after looking it up on google, apparently there is a popular snack in sweden called "Swedish Fish". Im not sure if this is what it means, please correct me if im wrong!





















das uberwhip - #lauda meaning: Lauda refers to Niki Lauda, a famous racecar driver. He won overall in the 1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship. R.I.P legend.





















the cozzie sr5 - #cozzie meaning: The Ford Sierra RS500 Was tuned by Cosworth. Cozzie is a common nickname for Cosworth. every car tuned by cosworth has the same text underneath.





















the original - #tofu meaning: The Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno was the car driven by the main protagonist in the anime Initial D, He learnt to drive from a young age from his father and he uses the AE86 to deliver tofu to resorts in Mt. Akina.





















la super montaine - #fougasse meaning: The Renault Alpine A310 is a French car, Fougasse is a type of bread that originated from france.





















la longana - #ciabatta meaning: The Alfa Romeo GTV is an italian car, ciabatta is a type of bread that originated from italy.





















the gazelle - #miso meaning: The Datsun 160J Is a Japanese car, Miso is a traditional japanese seasoning.
Group B
the 4r6 - #scone meaning: The MG Metro 6R4 Is a car that originated from the UK, scones are a scottish food, which is in the UK.





















le 502 #pug meaning: Pug is a common nickname for Peugeots.





















das hammer v1 - #geschwind meaning: German for quick.





















das hammer v2 - #widerstandsfähig meaning: German for resistant.





















il gorilla 4s - #toivonen meaning: Henri Toivonen was a rally car driver, On the 2nd of May 1986, 7 kilometres in of the 18th stage, Toivonen's Lancia Fell off the side of the road, plunging into a ravine and setting his car ablaze, killing him and his co-driver, Sergio Cresto, just hours after the crash, FIA President Jean-Marie Balestre announced that Group B was canceled for the 1987 season. The crash that ended Group B.




















the cozzie sr2 - #cozzie meaning: this car was tuned by Cosworth, cozzie is a common nickname for Cosworth. (x2)





















the cozzie sr71 - #cozzie this car was tuned by Cosworth, cozzie is a common nickname for Cosworth. (x3)





















the rotary b7 - #jdm meaning: JDM stands for "Japanese Domestic Market", JDM is also a common term used to refer to japanese cars in general.





















das hammer v3 - #schneidig meaning: German for dashing.





















il monster - #monster meaning: Im not entirely sure on this. do let me know if you do know.





















il cavallo 882 - #forza meaning: Forza translates to Force, but it can also mean "Foward" or "Advance" or even "Charge", it might be on Ferraris since the first letter matches up. (credit to Paceed)





















le cinq b - #sacrebleu meaning: sacrebleu means "oh my gosh!" in french. similar to words such as "oh god!" and "oh s#%t!" (update: changed "oh my god!" to "oh my gosh!" - credit to tmwarren22 in the comments)





















das uberspeedvan - #fasthippie meaning: Vans were popular with hippies during the hippie period.





















the king of africa - #king meaning: its.. kind of in the name.





















das 559 #endurance meaning: The Porsche 959 Won the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally, one of the most toughest rallies in the world, hence the word endurance.





















the hyena - #ramen meaning: The Nissan 240RS Is a japanese car, ramen is a stereotypical japanese food.
Group S
das eibenhammer - #schnell meaning: schnell is german for fast.





















the rotary s7 - #jdm meaning: JDM stands for "Japanese Domestic Market", it is commonly used to refer to japanese cars.





















the umibozu - #mr two meaning: A joke on how "MR2" in Toyota MR2 looks like "mister two" when its "M-R-2"





















il gorilla e1 #merda meaning: it means s#%t in italian, portuguese too (credits to maximiano14 in the comments)





















le 504 - #pug meaning: Pug is a common nickname for Peugeots.





















il gorilla e2 #cazzo meaning: I s#%t you not, it translates to "f#&k", which is probably what i'll be yelling when i roll my 600 HP rally car down a cliff.





















das superbaus - #brute meaning: im not sure. do let me know.





















the t22 - #applesin meaning: A bit far-fetched, but the Lada Samara rally car project started in Estonia (at that time under Soviet occupation) and Apelsin is one of most famous Estonian bands. (credit to Anselmi Alakelmi)
Group A
il gorillona - #super d meaning: D stands for Delta, im not sure what super is supposed to mean though.





















the fujin - #flatout meaning: A Famous quote from the legendary Colin McRae. "If in doubt, Flatout!"





















the liftback - #twin turbo meaning: self explanatory, this car came with twin turbo's.





















the max attack #max attack meaning: max attack is the maximum sliding angle a car can hold without spinning around (credits to LuluHonda)





















the cozzie 90 #cozzie meaning: #cozzie meaning: this car was tuned by Cosworth, cozzie is a common nickname for Cosworth. (x3)
Bonus cars
Vans
das speedvan - #hippie meaning: vans were popular with hippies.





















das hi-speedvan #altohippie meaning: Alto means "tall" or "high" which is a pun on the name "hi-speedvan". "High" speed van meaning tall, or "High Speed" van meaning fast, it could also be a pun on "High Hippie" (credit to Paceed)





















das cube van - #vanlife meaning: vanlife refers to a lifestyle of living in a van instead of a house, you know what they say, you can live in a car, but you cant race a house.





















funskeletor's van - #vanlife meaning: same thing as top.





















triwheelers

little monkey - #grappa meaning: Grappa is an Italian brandy (credit to L1BER4T0R)





















Trucks

dakar truck - #sendit meaning: the words send it mean to drive the car to its limits.





















Logging

log transporter - #lumbersexual meaning: bro i don't even wanna know or explain
Outro
Thats every car in game! like i said before, i worked on this for 10 hours straight. was it a waste of time? probably. im still happy that i did this, hope you somehow found this useful, if i somehow missed a car or i got something wrong, please tell me! anyway, thats all from me, have a good day!

Special thanks to:
Irwin Blooster (spelling errors)
maximiano14 (facts)
Dester (facts)
LuluHonda (facts)
Paceed (facts)
Hydra Corvi (facts)
L1BER4T0R (facts)
tmwarren22 (correction)
Anselmi Alakelmi (facts)
Changelog:
1/4/2023
- Added Meanings to the text

comments section:
24 Comments
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CinderSnivy 7 Sep @ 6:47am 
@Vertical Integration I was literally just about to talk about that car!

Don't worry, my explanation's a lot more straightforward. In short (and this is just what I keep hearing), the 037 is called a monster because of how it feels to drive. You know the Devil Z from Wangan Midnight? It's that, but more actively fighting the driver and less death. I think that's why it says #monster on the bottom. It's a monster that must be tamed in order to drive effectively.
Vertical Integration 28 Jul @ 7:02pm 
Group B's "The Monster" correlates to the Italian Lancia 037, a mid-engine rear-wheel drive vehicle with a supercharged 4-cylinder engine, which in 1983 managed to usurp then reigning champion Audi and their infamous "quattro". It's something of a "David vs Goliath" tale, with Lancia acting as the underdog.
midi 2 Jul @ 2:58am 
the t22 is lada eva (Eksperimentinis Vilniaus Autocentras) car which was built as a joint venture with 'nami' (ussr) and 'vfts' (vilnus, latvia) for group b and then s though. then, 'applesin' can refer to the group s car being orange-coloured as with fruit 'apfelsin/апельсин'?
Chog [BOT] 15 Apr @ 1:55pm 
the #hoon on das whip could also be a reference to the fact that it was one of the cars in absolute drift, a feat only shared by the original.
ezek3311 14 Dec, 2024 @ 8:39pm 
"Brute" might just imply powerful, rugged, but not particularly nimble. das superbaus has the highest top speed in the game. However, it only produces a top 10 time on the most flat-out courses because the handling and acceleration aren't quite there. An apt description.
ON_RusH 4 Jan, 2024 @ 10:51am 
Twin Turbo probably doesn't refer to the car having two turbos, because I think the Celica GT-FOUR only had one. This may be reference to the events of 1995. A later version of the car competed in the WRC that year and despite not being dominant (they only won 1 rally that year), everybody thought there was something strange about the car. The car seemed to have more power than its rivals (let's say almost like it had an additional turbo). FIA never found anything, until the Spanish rally, when they found an ingenious device that allowed the turbo restrictor to open up, letting more air into the engine and therefore inceasing power. This was of course illegal, so Toyota were disqualified from the 1995 season and banned from entering next year. But at the same time, they were praised for coming up with one of the most genious cheats in the motorsport history.
ON_RusH 4 Jan, 2024 @ 10:51am 
Super D likely means Super Delta. Delta, because that's the model name, Super, because it is the most successful car in the history of the WRC. It won 4 driver's/co-driver's championships and 6 manufacturer's championships in a row (1987 to 1992).
ON_RusH 4 Jan, 2024 @ 10:42am 
Applesin on the Lada may be referring to the original sin from Bible (the one with the apple) for which Adam and Eve were expelled from the Eden garden. The connection may be that constructors in the Eastern countries were looking up to the West and attempting to build some expensive race and rally cars, which their governments weren't really fond off. Some of them were even punished for it in some way, because they were by some considered traitors of the communist society, who wanted to get friendly with the West.

Monster may simply mean this car was the monster of the monsters, since the Lancia 037 managed to beat the AWD Audi quattro to the constructor's title in 1983, despite being RWD.

Forza on the Ferraris probably refers to the favorite chant of Ferrari fans, simply "Forza Ferrari!". I guess it means something like "Go Ferrari" or "Ferrari Power" or something like that.
Anselmi Alakelmi 26 Nov, 2023 @ 5:28am 
A bit far-fetched, but the Lada Samara rally car project started in Estonia (at that time under Soviet occupation) and Apelsin is one of most famous Estonian bands.
d22ces 21 Jul, 2023 @ 11:16am 
the French word for god is “dieu”. “Bleu” is blue. Sacré bleu is similar to “oh my gosh” instead of “oh my god”.