Quote Originally Posted by pantealex View Post
Well current DS 3 is more like SUV

google it!

Peugeot 205 was perfect example what rallying did to sales.
Quattro to Audi did same.
The DS3 I am talking about is still for sale (now as "DS" and not Citroen and with reduced engine range) and as mentioned has been for 10 years. DS 3 Crossback that you seem to think of is a different (new) car.
Goooglebeforetypingyourselfnexttime?

The second part is a good example of what was also shown in the other thread. Grumpy old men talking about how everything was better 30 years ago.

Advertising now and 30 years ago when the car market was completely different can't really be compared. 205 GTI was the first ever real hothatch, Quattro was the first "normal" car with 4wd.
If you want to use the car sales argument Peugeot 206 is a much better recent example in a competitive market. Fabia marketing in some markets is a lot based on rallying these days as well. But generally motorsport is in later years more about "brand awareness" like tomhlord just wrote, than selling a specific model, becomes harder to measure the direct marketing effect that way though.

Anyway, all this is off topic here.