[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[AL14]

not bad at all



https://www.rallytheworld.com/polo-r-wrc-2017

So close...

[EstWRC]

LOL....VW looks great IMO!

[BleAivano]

http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/april...9--12-12-.html just speaking of the devil...

looks awful. Is it a rally car or a DTM car?

[Eli]

looks awful. Is it a rally car or a DTM car?

maybe a WTCC car? yeah they should have gone back to the C segment perhaps...

[Francis44]

There we go again with the Group A story..... Those were the most boring cars ever! The sport is growing and that cant be said about most motorsport disciplines today, the car formula isnt the problem, the lack of competition is the major fault right now. The problem is that for the past decade the Universe as blessed us with super-human Sebastiens and as long as another one is found not much can be done.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

are you trying to give me cancer you 2 legged life forms ?

Latvala and an unnamed driver also think the current cars are powerful/fast enough and need less aero not more to be more spectacular...

[AMSS]

Latvala and an unnamed driver also think the current cars are powerful/fast enough and need less aero not more to be more spectacular...

Latvala said that more power is welcome!! Which it is! He doesn`t think that more aero and actice centre diff is necessary

[Nornbugger]

There we go again with the Group A story..... Those were the most boring cars ever! The sport is growing and that cant be said about most motorsport disciplines today, the car formula isnt the problem, the lack of competition is the major fault right now. The problem is that for the past decade the Universe as blessed us with super-human Sebastiens and as long as another one is found not much can be done.

I'm guessing your still school/university age? If you had experienced the rallying from '90 to '96 you would know the sport was huge then, the crowds and media interest were on a completely different scale to now.

Many sports have had eras of dominance by individuals and teams, rallying is certainly not alone in this, where rallying has failed has been in its marketing, technology has moved on but WRC in particular has been slow to move forward and embrace and use livestreaming etc

[BleAivano]

There we go again with the Group A story..... Those were the most boring cars ever! .

Nope way more exciting then today's kitcar kocarts. The Subuaru Impreza 555 and the Toyta Celica sound and look so much
better then the modern mini-cars with their mini engines. The Celica and the Impreza sounds powerful. For those car are
the actual definition of a rally car. Today's cars are too generic. Slap a big wing at the back and think the car automatically looks cool.
They try to copy WTCC and WRC too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvMMXqq6vqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjvQLCL9Ag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XblrFPdkwM

These care iconic legends. Nobody will care about the fiesta or the polo in a few years time.

Then the might be other problems with the actual Group A general regulation but you can still use modern technology but keep
the old school look and sound. The issue for me with the WRC is that the cars are too small and have too small engines.

[Nornbugger]

Nope way more exciting then today's kitcar kocarts. The Subuaru Impreza 555 and the Toyta Celica sound and look so much
better then the modern mini-cars with their mini engines. The Celica and the Impreza sounds powerful. For those car are
the actual definition of a rally car. Today's cars are too generic. Slap a big wing at the back and think the car automatically looks cool.
They try to copy WTCC and WRC too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvMMXqq6vqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjvQLCL9Ag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XblrFPdkwM

These care iconic legends. Nobody will care about the fiesta or the polo in a few years time.

Then the might be other problems with the actual Group A general regulation but you can still use modern technology but keep
the old school look and sound. The issue for me with the WRC is that the cars are too small and have too small engines.

I'm guessing you are 42, +or- 5 years?

The problem now is not the cars, their looks, sound and speed are fine, the problem is how the sport is presented.