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Thread: Is VW still the best car?
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15th October 2016, 22:39 #1
Is VW still the best car?
What do you think, is the Polo still the best car of them all, or has Hyundai caught up with it or even overtaken the VW?
I think both cars are on equal terms now. Apart from Ogier, who is the better driver of them all, the driver lineup is more or less the same value and their stage times pretty much equal one another.Viola ad oltranza...
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15th October 2016, 23:43 #2
It seems Hyundai is more or less on the same level judging from times.... Especially on the last few rallys.
At rally Legend press conference, Markus Gronholm said clearly that other cars improved compared to VW because they (VW) stopped R&D this year to fully concentrate for 2017, while others continued to develop their cars.
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16th October 2016, 12:00 #3
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I agree with You guys. It's clearly Ogier who makes the difference not the car.
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16th October 2016, 12:41 #4
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i would say the vw is still the best car, but not by a big margin.
not because ogier is winning, but because i believe sordo is better on tarmac than latvala, yet latvala sets faster stage times when he's not crashing.
i suspect ogier would still be world champion when driving a hyundai, but i would also suspect that sordo would have won in spain if he was driving the vw and ogier the hyundai.
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16th October 2016, 13:04 #5
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VW is still the best car but the difference from the Hyundai is not that big anymore.
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16th October 2016, 13:48 #6
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Don't forget the Citroën. People underestimate the Citroën (and overestimate Meeke and Breen...)
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16th October 2016, 15:19 #7
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16th October 2016, 16:46 #8
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Judging by the continual complaints from all its drivers (oversteer, understeer, sometimes 'undrivable' etc.) its clear to me the Hyundai still has a way to go.
Very few complaints from the VW men about the Polo.#M-SPORTER
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16th October 2016, 16:57 #9
Yes.
The Hyundai can be as quick at times but the VW has that consistency that Hyundai doesn't have. The Polo is basically flawless, the i20 isn't. Neuville, Sordo and Paddon are always complaining about something, every rally it seems to understeer for instance.
Ogier is still Ogier though. He could win on a regular basis in the Fiesta.Last edited by BigWorm; 16th October 2016 at 17:07.
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16th October 2016, 17:02 #10
Put Ogier in a Citroen and it'll be the best car. Two year old car I say.
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