The MG Metro 6R4 is a Group B rally icon, and to buy a genuine example today would set you back well into six figures, if you could track one down for sale.

‘FNB 606C’ has the looks of the real thing, without the real price tag and without being a pastiche.

This homage to the 6R4 was lovingly created in the mid 2000s using a donor Metro.

With a full roll cage and full Metro 6R4 bodykit of fibreglass wings, spoilers, side skirts, tailgate and front and rear valances and strengthened shell, and in its period blue and white Computervision livery, complete with Rob Arthur/Tony Pond ‘crew’ names and white, flat-faced rally-style wheels, it really looks the business.

And, with a 2.5-litre V6 Renault engine with Garrett T3 Essex turbocharger behind the front seats, it sounds the business as well.

Handling hasn’t been forgotten either.

The evocation boasts custom subframes front and rear, Sierra Cosworth adjustable track control arms, top-adjustable dampers with ride-height adjusters, an...