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8th December 2006, 12:04 #1
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Saloons or Sportscars?
With regard to the threads on S2000 and the future of the WRC I was just wondering why not let manufacturers into the WRC who are interested but don't have a saloon available. I have been watching Greatest Years of Rallying 1970-80's and there were quite a lot of sportscars taking part. I can only think they were outlawed because the FIA/FISA didn't want spectacular exciting cars making the WRC more popular than F1. A lot of the recent saloon based cars have been boring, whats wrong with a 2 seater Rally car? Or is that a silly question?
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8th December 2006, 12:14 #2
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But what exactly do you mean? Cars like Ferrari, Porsche 911 and BMW M1?
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Who have you got in mind, I'm struggling to think which manufacturer would want to S2000 or WRC who doesn't make a saloon?
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8th December 2006, 12:28 #4
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Maybe Porsche like the 911 of old or people like Spyker if they had the resources of course, theres is a Db9 which did some rally testing and a Nissan 350 rallying in Belgium I think.
I guess that's the kind of cars he's talking about.There WAS nothing like rallying, Superrally is a joke!
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8th December 2006, 12:30 #5
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I didn't word the question very well, Toyota used to use the Celica GT 4, which was a 2 seater, I think. Yet when they came back they used the Corolla.
I know in Belgium there is a class for sportscars, i.e Porsche 911 GT3, Aston Martin Vantage V8GT. But I wasn't thinking of that type of sportscar. I just wondered when did the FIA stipulate that the cars had to be saloons?
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8th December 2006, 12:36 #6
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8th December 2006, 12:40 #7
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Well no, they couldn't run on gravel, though I'd let them enter the Tarmac rounds, they couldn't score manufacturers points though. The more cars the merrier....
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Originally Posted by AndyRAChttp://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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8th December 2006, 12:51 #9
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Fair point!! Bring back San Remo...(though that should really be mixed event!!)
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Originally Posted by AndyRAC
The reason why sportscars are outlawed is because firstly quite a few go over the 3.5L engine capacity rule and secondly there is a rule which makes a lot of 4 seat cars illegal. Basically a certain weight is placed on the rear seat and if there isn't a certain amount of room from the weight to the top of the ceiling the car is illegal.
I don't really see the point of sportscars on WRC events. Mainly because the stages are too slow for them to actually stretch their legs and if they were faster than the WRCars it wouldn't be by much. But I guess it could add something to the WRC I honestly don't knowRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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