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    It would be reasonable to expect the Polo to be at least as fast and possibly faster than the Fabia. After all it will have the same engine, and probably other parts but I guess VW will have been able to further optimise some stuff Skoda could not do just with jokers.

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    Sure but on the other hand the Polo is really big for an R5 car. Its size and wheelbase might not be ideal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    Sure but on the other hand the Polo is really big for an R5 car. Its size and wheelbase might not be ideal.
    I´m not familiar with dimensions, so compared to C3 and new Fiesta, is POLO how much bigger car ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pantealex View Post
    I´m not familiar with dimensions, so compared to C3 and new Fiesta, is POLO how much bigger car ?
    It’s about the same size and wheelbase as the i20, wheelbase is around 10cm longer than the Fabia, 7cm longer than the new Fiesta.
    Last edited by RS; 8th April 2018 at 12:33.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    Sure but on the other hand the Polo is really big for an R5 car. Its size and wheelbase might not be ideal.
    I already heard from an engineer of Skoda Motorsport that the chassis of the Polo will be the problem to be faster than the Fabia.

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    Are there big differences sizewise on the Mk7 and Mk8 Fiestas?
    Not according to what I have found online, but the Mk8 might use a different platform, and therefor need a new homologation.
    So more than the backlight being horisontal, instead of vertical :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sulland View Post
    Are there big differences sizewise on the Mk7 and Mk8 Fiestas?
    Not according to what I have found online, but the Mk8 might use a different platform, and therefor need a new homologation.
    So more than the backlight being horisontal, instead of vertical :-)
    Not 100% sure but I believe the new MK8 Fiesta uses exactly the same chassis as the MK7. The MK8 is supposed to be wider than the old one aswell, it looks just as wide as the Focus.

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    In the 2L WRC era, top rally cars had clear size variations but were, mostly, equally competitive (Impreza/206, Lancer/Corolla,…).

    Probably, Skoda main advantage comes from having R5 as their main motorsport program; besides the standard costumer program, they compete with the Fabia as a works team, which hugely helps to boost the car development.

    Btw, the next Fabia will use the current Polo platform.

    PS: nice start of the C3; lets hope it'll be more successfull than the DS.
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    any news about new proton r5? will that ever be homologated?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
    In the 2L WRC era, top rally cars had clear size variations but were, mostly, equally competitive (Impreza/206, Lancer/Corolla,…).
    We are many years farther now. The optimization of the design is much easier today and the amount of experience and data is enormous. The simple fact is that the size or wheelbase matter. Everyone knows that and that's why modern rallycars are nearly all of the same size - the optimum found after many years of development.

    Of course it may not be crucial that the car is somewhat bigger (for rallies like Finland it can be even plus) but it can be an overall handicap. On the other hand with the S2000 we could see that even with some handicaps it was still possible to have the best car (Fabia S2000 being the only 5-door car of that time and rather high as well).
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