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23rd November 2014, 16:00 #301
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Interesting claim given that only Citroen has strong Eurocentrism in their operations. VW is worlds biggest manufacturer of cars, Hyundai is from Asia and Ford is synonym for global automotive company. Though, it can be argued that they may be present in WRC to promote their products in Europe but that would be interesting claim as European car market has been on decline, having only recently turned back to positive track. Then again, most of the WRC rounds are in Europe.
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23rd November 2014, 16:23 #302
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I think that N.O.T is basically right. The WRC activities of all those brands are in my opinion primarily focused on Europe. That's especially true in case of Hyundai. In my opinion the only reason why they chose WRC is that all their main rivals on European market are there - VAG, Ford and PSA. Battling or even beating them can rise the brand's prestige to a new heights and frankly the conservative western European market is a lot about prestige.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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24th November 2014, 11:27 #303
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I think there may be a "lost in translation" thing going on here.
What I was saying is drivers like Tanak go fast from the outset, and retire from the top 4 on events because they overdrive or chuck it off the road. They get the attention.
Others who don't have the benefit of being bank rolled choose where to go fast when the car feels like it will be fast. They set a fastest stage time or two, then get to the finish if the car doesn't seem to be suiting their style.
I suppose that its easier to teach someone to slow down, then it is to speed up.
I'm sure that given the opportunity there are people quicker then Ogier out there (as impossible as that may seem). They may not even have heard of rallying. After all there are 5 billion people in the world and less then 1% of them with the funds required to even get into rallying in the first place. Just food for thought.Sideways for life
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24th November 2014, 11:36 #304
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24th November 2014, 12:03 #305
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Never stop dreaming because one day it might happen.
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24th November 2014, 14:43 #306
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24th November 2014, 15:01 #307
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24th November 2014, 15:15 #308
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24th November 2014, 17:28 #309
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Loeb maybe found out that going round in circles wasn´t that fun it seemed?
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24th November 2014, 17:36 #310
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Really waiting for rally Portugal to see Meeke's pace! Oliver will have proper challenge.. as Meeke smashed others.. yes, had puncture.. but still DOMINATED :D
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