RETURN TO MOTORSPORT
That was back in 2022 and in the four years since then, Prynne has been slowly rebuilding the full jigsaw. Thanks to his well-connected network, different people have been able to add different parts of that story, helping him put together what he has now.
“ I used to work with Iwan Evans running different rally cars, and when the Suzuki team closed, he bought a lorry and a service van,” he recalls.“ The van was in a yard near the rally car, so I acquired that. I got the other van from Geoff Jones Motorsport, and the recce car came from Monster Sport Europe, via a friend of mine, Ian Bridges.”
The car itself was made in Hungary for Suzuki Dealer Sport UK and is one of only around 12 ever built. Wilks used it in the British Rally Championship( BRC) for two years before handing it on to Leon Pesticcio, also to run in the BRC, then in the latter years James Wozencroft campaigned it in the BTRDA Championship.
It is a front-wheel-drive machine with a 1,600cc fourcylinder engine producing 206hp at 8,500rpm, with a leveractivated Hewland six-speed sequential gearbox. Its weight was reduced down to the 950kg minimum by stripping out most of the interior and using lightweight metal components where possible.
The car runs on 17-inch Speedline wheels, with 355mm disc brakes and 4-pot calipers at the front and 278mm discs and 2-pot calipers at the rear. With the addition of pumpedup wheel arches, the car is 140mm wider. Inside, there is a centrally-mounted digital unit and – brilliantly – a mobile phone holder that perfectly fits an old-school Nokia 6210 from the time.
The refurbished Suzuki Ignis, and a Peugeot 205 rally car, attended the Motorsport UK Licensed Officials Training Seminar in January
12
Revolution- February 2026