8 Woeful Special Edition Cars Named After Racing Drivers

1. Fiat Seicento Schumacher Sporting

Yes, the tiny Seicento Sporting got a special edition in 2001 celebrating Michael Schumacher’s championship success in F1. Not much changed compared to the ‘Sporting’ spec, with only a chrome gearstick surround, Schumacher signature decal and a number on the passenger door. Even the mind-boggling 1.1-litre 54bhp engine stayed the same.

2. Chevrolet Celta Piquet

This car was only produced for Latin America, and was also known as the Suzuki Fun in Argentina. It’s powered by a 1.0-litre engine, has 70bhp and features a few sporty bodywork features. Not something you’d expect to have F1 legend Nelson Piquet’s name on!

3. Peugeot 207 S16

The 207 was never a particularly good car, but it proved to be a pretty quick rally machine. Kris Meeke won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2009 driving the S2000 version and to celebrate, Peugeot launched the S16, limited to 250 units.

Powered by a 1.6 litre petrol engine with 120bhp, some sporty bodykit components were added, as well as a rear wing, mesh front grille and tinted windows. But regardless of the changes, the special edition 207 for Meeke still looked creepily happy.

4. Citroen C4 'by Loeb'

The C4 was, like the 207, a fairly underwhelming car and Citroen went on to produce a limited edition version. The C4 ‘by Loeb’ was built to celebrate Sebastien Loeb’s WRC success and the manufacturer’s return to the series. And barely anything was even added to it compared to the stock C4. Boo.

5. Fiat Stilo Schumacher

Here’s another Fiat with the Schumacher stamp. The special edition Stilo had a 2.4-litre, 170bhp engine and a completely new bodykit. It also, of course, featured the MS logos and there was even a more beefed-up Schumacher GP version with some additional sporty tweaks. Only 200 right-hand drive models were made.

6. MG6 BTCC Edition

The fairly ‘meh’ MG 6 was given the special edition treatment to celebrate Jason Plato’s 2012 BTCC season, where he finished third (yeah, he didn’t even win it) with six wins. It got a 158bhp 1.8-litre turbocharged petrol engine, some gloss black accents, BTCC badges and even the incentive of VIP BTCC tickets for the 2013 season.

7. Jack Brabham Torana

The sports version of the Holden Torana was named after F1 legend, the late Sir Jack Brabham. But, it was scarcely different to the original model - a few paint accents, different tyres and some mild performance modifications, giving it 79bhp.

8. Citroen C2 ‘by Loeb’

Another in the ‘by Loeb’ series, the C2 was never one of the leading superminis in its class and slapping Loeb’s name on the back of it didn’t actually add much to the car; it still used the same 1.6 litre petrol engine with 125bhp from the VTS model. Only 320 were produced.

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