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    That's good news with Bouffier, if it gets confirmed. So they are going to sell the beautiful Proton Satria S2000 in Europe after all !

    It doesn't make much sense to use an S2000 car in the APRC. Those rallies are on rough gravel and they're much better suited to Lancers and Imprezas rather and a relatively fragile and expensive S2000 car.
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    I don't agree. Where the bigger market for Proton is and where it needs more promotion? In Europe or in Asia-Pacific zone?
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    Yep, Mirek is right. Maybe the Proton is not as fragile as the other S2000's. Also, S2000's have won many gravel rallies and were a lot faster than N4's. Would love to see it fighting with Auris and Fiestas in the APRC round in Australia.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
    ]I don't agree. Where the bigger market for Proton is and where it needs more promotion? In Europe or in Asia-Pacific zone?
    Well, Proton sells cars in Western Europe too (such as the UK). They definitely need to boost their image in Europe rather than in Asia because their domestic market is already won.

    Australia is also a good market for Proton and we might see the Satria S2000 in the Aussie rally championship, as HaCo pointed out.
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    I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the engine basis of the Proton was the Renault Clio 1800ccm


    Perhaps Renault secretly prepares an arrival in S2000 like this

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    Where have You read that? I thought it was new Campro / CPS 1.8 16V as basis for 2.0 engine in S2000, not the old Renault unit used in Protons previously...
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    Quote Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
    ]Where have You read that? I thought it was new Campro / CPS 1.8 16V as basis for 2.0 engine in S2000, not the old Renault unit used in Protons previously...

    In the technical datas given on Bouffier press release(in french)

    http://www.rally-news.fr/news/index/4671

    I quote:
    "Moteur: base de Renault Clio 1.8"

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    Lets see how it goes on the Condroz...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sal
    Lets see how it goes on the Condroz...
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