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6th December 2006, 15:13 #1
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Official S2000 thread
Let's gather all info conserning upcoming S2000 under this thread. It should be easier to keep up with them.
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7th December 2006, 21:30 #2
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So far we have cars from:
Fiat
Peugeot
Toyota
VW
Maybe from:
Ford
Honda
Skoda
Dacia and Lada, are they continuing the projects, or are they dead ?
Anyone else ?Keep It Simple Stupid !
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7th December 2006, 21:57 #3
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I have to say, I've never been convinced about S2000, and for the first two legs in Wales I was totally disappointed as it looked pretty terrible and didn't sound too good either.
However, on SS16 and the last time I saw it, it looked and sounded awesome Alister was very comitted and if they all go like that, then I'm all for it! Much better than group N cars.If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off!
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7th December 2006, 23:38 #4
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I have to say that Toyota's S2000 look lik a mom's car comparing to other S2000 projects. But the sound I bet was excellent
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8th December 2006, 09:12 #5
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I was impressed by the S2000 toyota at weekend certainly sounded alot better then the group N it would be good to see manufacturers supporting it and get some close competition going.
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8th December 2006, 10:06 #6
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As many of you might know I am not a fan of s2000 and I will tell you why.
I agree that WRC cars have become very expencive and it would be a good idea to replace them in the long run with a cheaper formula. But it must have a turbo charged 2000 engine or atleast 2500 NA engine.
s2000 is just too slow for the price, it is hardly faster than a group N car on gravel and even if it is slighly faster, then surely it does not justify the price gap of 100 000 euros, between group N and s2000.
Also s2000 does not have enough torgue for 4WD system, it should be RWD - lighter, more spectacular and probably as fast as it currently is, atleast on tarmac.The history of the Ford Focus WRC http://web.zone.ee/focushistory/
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8th December 2006, 10:16 #7
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Why not intoduce an S3000 class, that will sort the torque issue out and drasticlly inprove the sound.. ie remember the whail of the 6R4? We'll have the popping banging WRC cars and the roaring N/A 3000's, nice variation to wet everybodies pallet lol
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8th December 2006, 10:26 #8
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Originally Posted by Jaanus
S2000 cannot ever replace WRC-cars. That is the fact. If S2000 can replace or it has to replace one class it should be considered to be N-group. But ok, if S2000 is just one group more, then it's more than welcome.
But please folks, don't even consider replasing WRC -cars with S2000. That's just stupid.Blessed are the woodheads since when the flood will arise they won't drown.
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8th December 2006, 10:32 #9
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Sorry to tell that, but S2000 are faster than GrN and S1600 on TARMAC
And remember IRC 2007 will be mostly run on tarmac(by more than half of the championship)...
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8th December 2006, 10:34 #10
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Originally Posted by Tom206wrcBlessed are the woodheads since when the flood will arise they won't drown.
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