[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[TheFlyingTuga]

any news from French speaking mates?

My french is a little rusty, but the headline says that their on time with the new car and are on the final assemble now. Car will start testing next month. It says also that the model of series prodution it's still confidenticial, but the car will be based on the all new C3, and that the new car will be tested by their drivers plus Alexander Bengué. Loeb could also participate, as Matton said that "it's not excluded. It would be interesting."

[seb_sh]

My french is a little rusty, but the headline says that their on time with the new car and are on the final assemble now. Car will start testing next month. It says also that the model of series prodution it's still confidenticial, but the car will be based on the all new C3, and that the new car will be tested by their drivers plus Alexander Bengué. Loeb could also participate, as Matton said that "it's not excluded. It would be interesting."

My french is also rusty, there's a bit at the end about drivers for next year. They will probably run 2 official cars and possibly a third for al-Qassimi on selected rallies. They will make a shortlist of drivers in the second trimester and they acknowledge there's a risk Toyota may swoop up some drivers but he says that due to Citroen's past performances they should be very attractive to drivers. Obviously Meeke is signed until end of 2018.

[EstWRC]

Tänak and Meeke please ...great to hear they are on track with the developement, im expecting big push for VW's from them in 2017.

[Leon]

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[Munkvy]

Briefly,
The countries of the Asia Pacific region drive on the left hand side of the road hence right hand drive.

Current version of the i20 on sale in NZ is the "old" model, no sense in building a car that does not have any spare parts available, especially body panels & lights etc.

My understanding is that new version of the i20 is not planned for NZ sale and that the i20 will be withdrawn from the market while Hyundai concentrate on the sales of the i30 and the Santa Fe which are amongst the market leaders. These are both more suitable for our body size and style of living / working than "Grandma" cars used for pottering around town.

I am sure that the promotion will be all about the brand Hyundai and not about any model in particular.

And to be fair, what other manufacturer/WRC driver has created a car for their home market using WRC body panels, it's a pretty cool idea...

[Mk2 RS2000]

And to be fair, what other manufacturer/WRC driver has created a car for their home market using WRC body panels, it's a pretty cool idea...

A very good question.

[Lundefaret]

A very good question.

Here is a video from Force Motorsport, the team that has build the Hyundai, this from a build up of a Mazda 2 under the same concept:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0LpoDcQcI

What is especially cool about this AP4 concept is that it allows for nationally homologated cars of R5 performance, which means that manufacturers/importers/dealers that want to do a national rally effort, and dont have a homologated car (like Volkswagen), can do it on their own with a ready developed package.

For New Zealand and Hyundai, this opens up for them being able to use the popularity of Paddon to attract fans in a more optimum way than him driving an old Ford (even tough he won Rally Otago in one last year.)
The factory rally drivers are in effect car salesmen, if they like it or not, so to be able to be a part of the marketing is of course very important.

[janvanvurpa]

Here is a video from Force Motorsport, the team that has build the Hyundai, this from a build up of a Mazda 2 under the same concept:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0LpoDcQcI

What is especially cool about this AP4 concept is that it allows for nationally homologated cars of R5 performance, which means that manufacturers/importers/dealers that want to do a national rally effort, and dont have a homologated car (like Volkswagen), can do it on their own with a ready developed package.

For New Zealand and Hyundai, this opens up for them being able to use the popularity of Paddon to attract fans in a more optimum way than him driving an old Ford (even tough he won Rally Otago in one last year.)
The factory rally drivers are in effect car salesmen, if they like it or not, so to be able to be a part of the marketing is of course very important.

Pretty parts.
Zero technical details..like what motor? what size? what suspension? How much travel?
No mention ever of cost.

No Easter Eggs for them.

[Mk2 RS2000]

Pretty parts.
Zero technical details..like what motor? what size? what suspension? How much travel?
No mention ever of cost.

No Easter Eggs for them.

http://www.motorsport.org.nz/sites/d...ally%20Car.pdf

Technical information available at your fingertips. Cheers

At current rates of exchange the maximum budget figure that was worked to is $US167k Euro150K UK Pound 118k

[Xsara Fan]

Evgeny Novikov will take part in traditional rallysprint Rally Masters Show in Moscow. He will drive Audi Quattro. Other big names - ERC regulars Lukyanuk and Gryazin. News about it (google translate it): http://ru.motorsport.com/russian-ral...s-show-682755/