Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[AdvEvo]

I tought it was 180.000 euro.

It goes wrong again. Already over the 200.000 euro ad some Vat to it for private buyers and those cars are getting real expensive. Would be nice to see some more new manufactures with a group N 4wd rally car. Evo has stopped production and the new sti is way to big to be a rallycar. So if you want to go 4wd rallying you need to open you're wallet for an R5. I know lots of group N drivers can not handle that kind of budget. And they will not go for an FWD car.

[Andre Oliveira]

João Barros testing with Jari Ketomaa: http://youtu.be/VEgLHxL8Bzw

[mousti]

Group N will be history soon

[Mirek]

It goes wrong again. Already over the 200.000 euro ad some Vat to it for private buyers and those cars are getting real expensive. Would be nice to see some more new manufactures with a group N 4wd rally car. Evo has stopped production and the new sti is way to big to be a rallycar. So if you want to go 4wd rallying you need to open you're wallet for an R5. I know lots of group N drivers can not handle that kind of budget. And they will not go for an FWD car.

Forget about new N4 cars. No manufacturers are interested in such road cars as those aren't profitable. The market is too small and shrinking every year...

[dodge33cymru]

How much are those Swedish-built Mitsubishi R5s going for?

[skarderud]

I dont know exactly, but it is quite much cheaper than those other R5's. Just a guessing, around 120k€ when the others are around 200k€?

[liposh]

Maybe it is not bad way of doing business. The Mitsu could be slower in comparison with other R5 cars but if it would be +- same level in comparison with old S2000 cars (and if it will be homologated by FIA ) many people would like to buy it for national championships etc.

[Rally Power]

João Barros testing with Jari Ketomaa: http://youtu.be/VEgLHxL8Bzw

Ketomaa there to help João or any plans to run with P&B Racing?

[Mirek]

Maybe it is not bad way of doing business. The Mitsu could be slower in comparison with other R5 cars but if it would be +- same level in comparison with old S2000 cars (and if it will be homologated by FIA ) many people would like to buy it for national championships etc.

It doesn't work like that. See... there were virtually tons of supercheap Puntos S2000 but nobody was driving them simply because those were not competitive. If this car is not competitive against the rival R5 it will disappear quickly. Slow cars can exist only in one-make cups.

[tommeke_B]

Exactly, I hope this project is more serious than the MG S2000 and Opel S2000 we've seen in 2008/2009. They were not a disaster, but they were slower... After some "publicity-outings" nothing really happened with those cars.