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Thread: Where are all the Polo's?
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27th July 2015, 23:17 #21
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Have allready all forgotten that one could not buy Group A parts or cars from Mitsubishi in the nineties.
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28th July 2015, 01:18 #22
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If I remember well they actually sold two factory cars to the customers. One was maybe for Andrea Aghini in Italy and the other went for Michal Gargulák to Czech republic. Anyway You have a good point. Two cars don't change the rule.
This is the Czech one, later it was for a long time used in hill climbs by David Komárek but the car was a lot modified from the original rally state.
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28th July 2015, 07:11 #23
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If my infos are correct, those two cars were never factory cars, they were kits that you could put together yourself. The currently existing "ex-works" cars (de Koning, Walfridsson, etc.) are also interesting, as most of them have an old Evo V chassis rebuilt to Evo 6.5 spec. But this is off topic
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28th July 2015, 10:10 #24
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Thanks. Do You have an explanation why those cars had British registration plates then? I don't remember the history but I thought Gargulák bought it as finished car not as a kit.
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28th July 2015, 12:46 #25
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As I remember it, they (Mitsubishi) did not sell either cars or parts for the sake of taxes. If you only have a promotional company it is other taxes for the company than if one also produces parts and cars for sale.
It is possible that this also applies to VW.
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28th July 2015, 18:45 #26
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31st July 2015, 20:03 #27
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A nice analysis from the rally: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-we-learned-from-rally-italy-sardinia-2024/
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