Abarth pulling out of IRC ?

[Mirek]

FYI abarth has been gone for a year already, they outsoursed their activity to grifone at the beginning of this year already.

Yes, that's true, their car were run by Grifone and Procar.

[Karbonyl]

Abarth is fully concentrated on 500 R3T, the Grande Punto S2000 is already long time dead, I guess.

[Tom206wrc]

]Situation in Abarth is not clear. We have to wait...

Fiat Group has a lot to do with Chrysler from now on, hard to think about competition until the american group is out of crisis, me thinks

[Sulland]

Fiat Group has a lot to do with Chrysler from now on, hard to think about competition until the american group is out of crisis, me thinks

So maybe a Chrysler Rally car then ?

[Abarth]

Rumours say that Abarth debuted with 1820 mm spec in Italy last week. Can anyone confirm?

[Mirek]

Yes, it's true.

[Abarth]

Any more upgrades than the carwith?

[Mirek]

As far as I know new engine is used already for few months. I don't know more.

[RICARDO75]

I think the Punto Abarth is still a very competitive car.
Just need to see they'r performance in Italy and what did Rossetti at Rally Madeira.
On gravel I'm not so sure but, Anton Alen and the Italian drivers, may not have been the best references.

[Mirek]

No, most of the lack of performance is in the car. It's built too much for smooth asphalt Mediterranean roads which makes it not suitable to rough roads. Stiff suspension with small lifting or different gearing made for Italian roads doesn't work elsewhere very good.