Quote Originally Posted by drive View Post
clearly that is not R4 car, more R5+ anyhow, would be interesting to know more about specs of this suzuki, like price if its would be available. as for performance side - we will get some info from Lucky shortly on his facebook
As I understand this swift uses more subaru internals with suzuki engine, as polish build 'protos' are made with mitsu transmision/engine- could be interesting for some regional championships!
Yep, N5 isn’t R4, still it’s pretty close to it and both are a step down to R5 (using your analogy, they’re R5- not R5+). N5 is Spanish version of Argentina Maxi Rally and R4 uses their concept: silhouette cars with common mechanical kit. N5 also gets a light tuned PSA EP engine, although using a 34mm restrictor (33 for R4). N5 transmission is based on the Impreza, while R4 has gearbox and diffs similar to R5.

On this year Spanish tarmac events, N5 top drivers were most of the time behind R5 crews, but on gravel series Suarez (RMC 208 N5) was able to match the competition and win the series (his talent surely helped). Suzuki, through ARVidal, has been using the N5 Swift for two seasons and Renault, with RMC, entered the Clio N5 this year but is planning to replace it by a R4 Clio next year, as it’s believed R4 cars will be slightly more competitive (and expensive) than current N5.