Peter Lüdicke is a very active member of the German Slowly Sideways club. And he’s passionate about an unusual model: the Datsun Violet GT. The owner of several examples, he will be present at Rally 4 Passion with this superb replica of the official Gr.4 Violet GT that finished 6th in the 1981 Acropolis Rally, the sixth round of the World Rally Championship.

Local driver Giorgios Moschous had the luxury of finishing just behind Shekhar Mehta and a prestigious leading quartet, with Vatanen, Alen, Bettega and Fréquelin. His team-mate Timo Salonen, driving an identical Violet GT, was forced to retire. Like its successor from 1983, the Nissan 240 RS, this Datsun Violet GT shone primarily in the fairly rough gravel rallys.