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Thread: Subaru Comeback?
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11th November 2023, 12:16 #41
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I guess nothing is sure until the cars appear on the start ramp but there are a lot of coincidences about Subaru lately.
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11th November 2023, 13:55 #42
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Any one smarter than me correct me please, but I believe none of the current teams have used the scaling thingy. Can see them using parts from street cars. Would make sense simply for cost reasons - for example producing bespoke laminated glass windshields just for the Rally1 program would be VERY expensive.
So yes, I guess Subaru would have to find a smaller base car.
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11th November 2023, 14:15 #43
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Scaling isn't necessarily scaling like a 1:18 model, look at the Puma. Other than the bumper area and the rear lights it doesn't look like the obese Puma road car.
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11th November 2023, 14:38 #44
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12th November 2023, 18:57 #45
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The rally car heated windscreens are not overly expensive. As part of an overall WRC Rally1 budget the windscreens are insignificant.
https://www.heatedwindscreen.com/
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12th November 2023, 19:04 #46
If we see them coming back, it would in some kind of partnership with another brand.
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12th November 2023, 19:28 #47
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Wet conditions. Portuguese Autosport brought something to the table... the WRC2 crews are using a WRC spec tyre that is harder than the spec Meeke and other CPR runners are using.
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