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SubaruNorway
29th December 2006, 15:05
Mads Østberg's Impreza S10 was stolen in Göteborg Sweden last night, this was the car he used in Wales Rally GB plese tell if you hear ore see anything. The car was in a closed wite trailer (henger) with british license plate

http://www.norsk-rally.com/modules/module_123/proxy.aspx?D=2&C=2&I=4306

GigiGalliNo1
29th December 2006, 15:46
ouch

SubaruNorway
29th December 2006, 15:49
If don't get it back he wont be able to do the Swedish Rally

GigiGalliNo1
29th December 2006, 15:56
insurance?

ZequeArgentina
29th December 2006, 16:12
Come on, A Subaru WRC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where would the thieves sell it?
In pieces? How many customers for an S10 WRC could there be?
It should be easy to locate it!!!

Gard
29th December 2006, 16:17
The streetracing community will happily use parts from that car.

Captain VXR
29th December 2006, 16:24
**** news, ******* pikey thieves.

Jaanus
29th December 2006, 17:08
Very sorry to hear that :(

Profaster
29th December 2006, 17:29
**** happens! I hope they will found car in same conditions!

By the way, Sweden is dangerous country for rallydrivers... In Swedish Rally 1999 there (Karlstad) was also some idiots who stole Pykälistö's and Bäcklund's (or was it Walfridsson's) spare parts of Gr. N Mitsubishi.

And we everybody (at least in Finland) knows where this ******* idiots come from...

FrankenSchwinn
29th December 2006, 17:33
oh my! in a way it's funny because IT'S A ******* WRC!!!!!!!! i mean, WOW! that's just insane! i mean, come on, that's CRAZY! (is it april fools?) how do you steal a WRC and get away with it?

but it's sad because of the loss. was the car with the trailer at a shop? in the street? in the bad-a$$ ghettos of Goteborg? did the trailer get stolen too? wasnt there a corolla wrc that got stolen in sweden as well a few years back? dont the owners or shop or whoever were in possetion of the car have some kind of security or safety thing for these vehicles? i mean, COME ON, this is muchos dineros for these cucarachas fantasticas!

Tomi
29th December 2006, 18:26
good it was only a subaru, would have been worse if they would have stolen a rallycar.

jonas_mcrae
29th December 2006, 18:41
WRC dont need a key do they? so stoling one is not that difficult, but ****!! leave a wrc with out anyone watching it or some kind of security is just stupid. Also it should be easy to find just follow the noise and the crowd.

J4MIE
29th December 2006, 18:44
Sadly an all too common occurance in rallying.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was all planned and the car has been stripped down into parts already.

Hope he gets it back, I have heard a lot of people in the UK get their car stolen and then it appears some months later on.

N.O.T
29th December 2006, 20:32
Not long ago in a local rally here in greece the Mitsubishi evo 9 Grp N prepared by rallyart italy abd run by Vovos was also stolen....plus the ECU of another Evo Grp N....and all that while the cars where in Park ferme.

CABAIO E'LONA
29th December 2006, 22:29
Too expensive not to leave it safely ... I think that the Impreza going to appear...

A.F.F.
29th December 2006, 22:40
Sorry to give folks here a racist view of meself but I wouldn't be surprised if the car is used at this particular moment somewhere in Russia :rolleyes:

FrankenSchwinn
29th December 2006, 22:46
Sorry to give folks here a racist view of meself but I wouldn't be surprised if the car is used at this particular moment somewhere in Russia

oh that's just great! :rolleyes:

and i thought you were going to make fun of where the car was actually stolen! :laugh:

A.F.F.
29th December 2006, 23:09
and i thought you were going to make fun of where the car was actually stolen! :laugh:

No no no. The Swedish are honest, hardworking and homosexual nation. Nothing to make fun of :D

Captain VXR
30th December 2006, 10:37
No no no. The Swedish are honest, hardworking and homosexual nation. Nothing to make fun of :D

:rotflmao:
Sorry to anyone Swedish but that is the best joke on here in a long time :D

Koppomsbo
30th December 2006, 10:57
No no no. The Swedish are honest, hardworking and homosexual nation. Nothing to make fun of :D

and the most famous homosexual in sweden are from finland ;)

DonJippo
30th December 2006, 11:27
and the most famous homosexual in sweden are from finland ;)

Osu ja uppos, hyvä Jani :up: :p

Magnus
30th December 2006, 11:47
I live 40 kms from Gothenburg - I will keep my eyes open ;)

I feel very sorry for Östberg, can´t imagine his frustration.
Who stole it? Don´t have a clue, being in the boating business I know there a a lot of people from the Baltic countries roaming the Swedish coast mainly looking for boats and engines; I think it is much more difficult though to take a fancy WRC carriage across the border.
Then we have the other bunch: able car-people from sweden and norway who know exactly what they are doing, but have their morals left behind...

padWRC
30th December 2006, 12:12
S10 S11 S12 are "prodrive" cars with extra keys in the engine and you can t move them!

Magnus
30th December 2006, 12:13
From Göteborgsposten:
A rallycar worth several millions was stolen the night between thursday and friday at Gullbergs strandgata in Gothenburg ****Not a very good place to park...!*** The car was on its way to Norway after service in England.

The car stood parked in a covered carriage outside the hotel Ibis. The thieves have diconnected the carriage and connected it to another vehicle.
The car is a blue Subaru, one of ten in the world. On the screens is the number twenty and "Ostberg". On the back of the carriage is a sticker which says "Morgan motorsport", the carriage is of english registration.
- We do not belive that the ones who have stolen the car knows what they have laid their hands on, there is no market for a car like this and it can not be sold. The parts in it are unusual and have unique serialnumbers and can easily be traced, says Mats Östdberg, norwegian rallydriver and owner of the car.
The stolen car and another identical one was on its way to Östbergs workshop in Moss, after the service in England. The cars are put in servicemode and are so advanced that few people even know how to start them.
- It is like starting an airplane, a lot of puttons to press. And even if they would succeed to start it, it is for the moment only possible to drive the car in first gear, says Morten Østberg.
The car was stolen somewhere between 0200 and 0700 on fridaymorning. According to the police it is worth somewhere around 280 000 GBP
If Morten Östberg and his son and colleague mats Östberg doesn´t get the car back the whole 2007-season is put at stake.
- There is no other car like this available on the market, and it would take much time to manufacture a new one. We put our trust in the swedish police, says morten östberg.
The police has declared a so called border alarm and customs and coastalguard is noticed.
If someone sees the car or have any information they can contact the policedepartment in Gothenburg.

Finni
30th December 2006, 15:12
I wonder if this event is not connected to illegal swedish road racers...

Koppomsbo
30th December 2006, 16:39
isnt the wrc cars in some kind of "saftey mode" when not rallying? so they wont be able to go faster then 20kph or something??

Simmi
30th December 2006, 17:06
Yeah read the article above it says they could only possibly drive it in first gear.

cal
30th December 2006, 17:31
I think the car is either on the way to Russia or some other Baltic country, or being stripped down and used by street racers.

Either way, I doubt they will get it back. If the thieves really didn't know what they stole, it doesn't mean they will give it back. They will probably hide it for a long time, or strip it down as good as they can (depending on their skills) and burn the rest.

EuroTroll
30th December 2006, 18:09
I think the car is either on the way to Russia or some other Baltic country.

Russia is not a Baltic country.

cal
30th December 2006, 18:24
Russia is not a Baltic country.

I know. Maybe I expressed myself a bit misleading.

EuroTroll
30th December 2006, 18:28
I know. Maybe I expressed myself a bit misleading.

Alrighty then. ;)

Daniel
30th December 2006, 20:03
Methinks the first person to get offered parts will probably feed this persons sorry arse to the police. There is absolutely NO market for stolen WRC parts. If it were merely some group N Scooby the parts might be easier to cover up because a lot of people fit Group N parts to roadcars but WRCar parts..... not likely.

Simmi
30th December 2006, 21:02
They'd be better off just leaving the whole container somewhere to be found because they've probably bitten off more then they can chew.

Tomi
30th December 2006, 21:19
better start look from farms nearby, before they put the skit on the fields

MikeD
30th December 2006, 21:22
Sorry to give folks here a racist view of meself but I wouldn't be surprised if the car is used at this particular moment somewhere in Russia :rolleyes:

Can we expect a late entry for the Monte by "Subaru Team Russia"? :D

Tomi
30th December 2006, 21:25
Can we expect a late entry for the Monte by "Subaru Team Russia"? :D
Russians would propably have stolen a rallycar instead. :)

Simmi
30th December 2006, 22:29
You dont think Brother John might have been given too much Jack over Christmas and...

Lousada
30th December 2006, 22:30
Methinks the first person to get offered parts will probably feed this persons sorry arse to the police. There is absolutely NO market for stolen WRC parts. If it were merely some group N Scooby the parts might be easier to cover up because a lot of people fit Group N parts to roadcars but WRCar parts..... not likely.

And you know that because? Of course there is a market for WRC parts, even for the complete car. A few years ago in my country, someone managed to steal a ferris wheel worth 180k or something. Even for that there is a market. They sold it to a legal irondump for only 3000 euro, the dumpowners immidiately putting it in the shredder. What I am saying is, even if the engine is useless of this car, it's still worth more than what the thieves paid for it.

ZequeArgentina
30th December 2006, 23:01
It is clear who the responsible are: FRM!!!!!!!!!!!

Fischer
30th December 2006, 23:24
Wouldn't surprise me if the car was in Russia at this moment.

cal
31st December 2006, 00:24
And you know that because? Of course there is a market for WRC parts, even for the complete car. A few years ago in my country, someone managed to steal a ferris wheel worth 180k or something. Even for that there is a market. They sold it to a legal irondump for only 3000 euro, the dumpowners immidiately putting it in the shredder. What I am saying is, even if the engine is useless of this car, it's still worth more than what the thieves paid for it.

Exactly! I think you may be right. WRC parts can be and are used on street cars, just look at that Escort WRC-gone-street-car in Norway.

And as you say, there is a market for everything.

WRCfan
31st December 2006, 07:45
That Escort was a WRCar to start with thought wasnt it!? Therefore of course there are WRC parts on that specific car.
Looking at the engines and drivetrains not much could be bolted off a WRC Impreza and onto some morons 1999 Impreza. Unless you want to bling your ride with some real prodrive seats even then they are on rails and would need to be properly fitted.

Tom206wrc
31st December 2006, 10:11
No no no. The Swedish are honest, hardworking and homosexual nation. Nothing to make fun of :D


So you mean Miss Hermansson is homosexual too ?? :( :(







:laugh:

Magnus
31st December 2006, 13:21
Thanks Magnus for the translation btw, I have added to your reputation - keep up the good work! ;)

cal
31st December 2006, 15:49
Looking at the engines and drivetrains not much could be bolted off a WRC Impreza and onto some morons 1999 Impreza.

If you want to, of course you can. WRC cars may be advanced, but they're no rocket ships!

Simmi
31st December 2006, 16:04
If you want to, of course you can. WRC cars may be advanced, but they're no rocket ships!


You would hope the people that do know how to use the parts would have enough about them to shop in whoever did it.

Mr Fudd
31st December 2006, 16:10
I find it strange that such a valuable cargo was not fitted with a GPS tracker.

They are not rocket science , and id say that any insurance company would insist on it. And if its not insured , then all the more reason to have it fitted.

DonJippo
31st December 2006, 16:40
if its not insured

How stupid would that be.

Viktory
31st December 2006, 17:27
How stupid would that be.

They are norweigan ;)

J4MIE
31st December 2006, 18:47
If you believe that wrc parts can be fitted easily to road cars... why do you think they are so expensive? :s

I doubt they are easily fitted.

The car isn't sellable, so unless they are selling it for scrap value (and who would go through with that?) I doubt if they'll be able to get rid of it easily.

Tomi
31st December 2006, 19:05
They are norweigan ;)

Maybe he is smart and collect the insurance money and will buy a competitive rallycar instead, but on the otherhand like you said...... :)

cut the b.s.
31st December 2006, 19:26
If you believe that wrc parts can be fitted easily to road cars... why do you think they are so expensive? :s

I doubt they are easily fitted.

Jamie, what logic are you following here? WRC part prices and road cars compatability, sorry, cant see the link.......

Hope he gets his car back though the longer its missing the worse it looks for him

Gard
31st December 2006, 21:13
They are norweigan ;)

I didn't know you could get them insured. what insurance company would insure a WRC-car?

Tomi
31st December 2006, 21:18
I didn't know you could get them insured. what insurance company would insure a WRC-car?

whats the difference to some other goods you transport?

DonJippo
31st December 2006, 21:34
I didn't know you could get them insured. what insurance company would insure a WRC-car?

Of course you can get it insured, like anything else and you can get it done pretty much in every insurance company.

jso1985
31st December 2006, 22:10
Running it on another country it's impossible, Pro-drive would track you easily.
Now using its parts in your street racing car as the idiot morron you are seems possible

Wasted Talent
31st December 2006, 22:17
So you mean Miss Hermansson is homosexual too ?? :( :(







:laugh:

Please God, let there be a video.................

COD
1st January 2007, 20:54
It is not the first outdated WRC-car to be stolen. Easier to get insurance money than sell one...

Viktory
1st January 2007, 21:13
It is not the first outdated WRC-car to be stolen. Easier to get insurance money than sell one...

hmmm, interesting

SubaruNorway
1st January 2007, 21:19
It is not the first outdated WRC-car to be stolen. Easier to get insurance money than sell one...


Don't think you can call the S10 outdated as he set a 5 and 8 fastest time on Rally GB. And why would he do that as he has to have one car at home here in Norway and on car to do the 7 WRC events this year so if he wrecks on car in Sweden he won't be able to do Rally Norway

FrankenSchwinn
1st January 2007, 21:55
It is not the first outdated WRC-car to be stolen. Easier to get insurance money than sell one...

there is always a market for a wrc, any wrc.

WRXedUSA
1st January 2007, 22:35
If this isn't insurance fraud by the Ostbergs, I would think that the would-by thieves would have had better luck stealing a bunch of road car STi's and parting them out.

Iskald
2nd January 2007, 14:47
Methinks the first person to get offered parts will probably feed this persons sorry arse to the police. There is absolutely NO market for stolen WRC parts. If it were merely some group N Scooby the parts might be easier to cover up because a lot of people fit Group N parts to roadcars but WRCar parts..... not likely.

Think you are way off the mark here, Daniel. After the Finnskog Rally in februar 2004 Tord Linneruds service vehicle was broken into and Toyota Corolla WRC parts for appr. 100 000 Euros was stolen. Police, insurance companies and lots of rally people in whole Europe was warned and on the look-out for the stolen parts. Even people well known in criminal circles was contacted to get "inside info". But actually nothing has since been recovered or traced. Not a tiny little bit. The whole load just disappeared into thin air, and as some finns on this forum strongly believe I tend to agree that you will find the perpetrators in eastern parts of Europe. And if it reaches there, you will see absolutely nothing from it ever since. And thats the sad thing about Østbergs car. Even if it can`t be driven we most probably won`t see a trace of it. If they can`t drive it, they`ll slaughter the cars for parts. And if they can`t sell the parts, they will dump it.

DonJippo
2nd January 2007, 15:03
The whole load just disappeared into thin air, and as some finns on this forum strongly believe I tend to agree that you will find the perpetrators in eastern parts of Europe. And if it reaches there, you will see absolutely nothing from it ever since. And thats the sad thing about Østbergs car. Even if it can`t be driven we most probably won`t see a trace of it. If they can`t drive it, they`ll slaughter the cars for parts. And if they can`t sell the parts, they will dump it.

It's already three days since the robbery, I bet the car is already on the other side of Ural mountains... :rolleyes:

GigiGalliNo1
2nd January 2007, 15:10
Just a known fact, the Lancer Evo is the most stolen car in Russia. (well i read in a mag a lil while ago) Not only would it be stolen from the owner, but again most likely stolen a second time from the guy who stole it! (meaning there would be a 2nd person to steal the car after the 1st guy stealing it - if you don't get my english)

Simmi
2nd January 2007, 15:42
All they will find then is the old trailer maybe.

Daniel
2nd January 2007, 19:53
Think you are way off the mark here, Daniel. After the Finnskog Rally in februar 2004 Tord Linneruds service vehicle was broken into and Toyota Corolla WRC parts for appr. 100 000 Euros was stolen. Police, insurance companies and lots of rally people in whole Europe was warned and on the look-out for the stolen parts. Even people well known in criminal circles was contacted to get "inside info". But actually nothing has since been recovered or traced. Not a tiny little bit. The whole load just disappeared into thin air, and as some finns on this forum strongly believe I tend to agree that you will find the perpetrators in eastern parts of Europe. And if it reaches there, you will see absolutely nothing from it ever since. And thats the sad thing about Østbergs car. Even if it can`t be driven we most probably won`t see a trace of it. If they can`t drive it, they`ll slaughter the cars for parts. And if they can`t sell the parts, they will dump it.
Fair enough. I'm new to this whole Europe thing ;)

Pesky Russians!

FrankenSchwinn
2nd January 2007, 20:30
yeah, the finns tend to blame a lot of things on the Russians....

there are so many parts that one could fit to a road car. think about it, lightweight bodyparts, light weight glass, fuel cell, buckets, cameras, headers/exhaust, turbo, plugs, suspension, wheels, etc.... the only thing that i could not fit to my mother's subarat would be the stuff that requires computer mapping programs or whatever they call these things. but that's because i'm a guy who likes carburators and hates computers.

i do have friends who would love to "brake into" a computer program like that though. and if they did it successfully, then there would be no reason for me to hold back on putting that nifty little gear shifter they use!

oh, by the way, i didn't steal it if that's what you are concluding. i would have gone for an actual rally car like Tomi said.

DonJippo
2nd January 2007, 21:15
yeah, the finns tend to blame a lot of things on the Russians....

Based on real life experience...unfortunately.

CABAIO E'LONA
3rd January 2007, 01:30
Some news of the Impreza? ... beyond the diplomatic conflict that this has generated

FrankenSchwinn
3rd January 2007, 17:01
Based on real life experience...unfortunately.

i've read a bit about the history of your country, so that's what i was implying ;)

EuroTroll
3rd January 2007, 17:54
Fair enough. I'm new to this whole Europe thing ;)

Pesky Russians!

I think it's best to not jump to conclusions. General trends aside, there is currently no reason to believe that this was done by Russians or East-Europeans rather than local people, as far as I know.

Mihai
3rd January 2007, 21:17
The news about Ostberg's car on a Romanian automotive website:
http://www.auto.ro/Masina-tanarului-pilot-norvegian-Mads-Ostberg-a-fost-furata-cu-tot-cu-platforma--a24940--sh1.html

Oh, we didn't do it either! http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/orn/00.gif

Erki
3rd January 2007, 21:40
Re WRC outdating: form what year Ostbergs's car was? How old does a WRCar have to be to be considered as outdated?

Mihai
3rd January 2007, 21:47
As far as I know, the S10 Imprezas WRC were buit in 2004. Another Norwegian rally driver (Anders Grondal - I think) has the last S10 run by SWRT, the ex-Solberg car that won Rally Mexico 2005. So, I don't consider the S10 as being 'outdated'.

SubaruNorway
3rd January 2007, 22:09
No, it was Sweden 2005 The s11 was used in Mexico

A.F.F.
3rd January 2007, 22:49
I think it's best to not jump to conclusions. General trends aside, there is currently no reason to believe that this was done by Russians or East-Europeans rather than local people, as far as I know.

No, let's. It was the russians. :)

Tomi
3rd January 2007, 22:51
No, let's. It was the russians. :)

There is a rumour that someone name Mölder is entering Estonian championship with a Subaru WRC, pics of the car next week when the paint is dry :)

Timole
4th January 2007, 07:53
There is a rumour that someone name Mölder is entering Estonian championship with a Subaru WRC, pics of the car next week when the paint is dry :)

I must say rather bad joke Tomi.

Gard
4th January 2007, 11:31
Funny thing. Earlier under an investegation to find stolen cars. they where found in Lithuania, used by the police. This says a thing or two about how good the co-operation works in Europe

Karukera
4th January 2007, 11:57
The borders may be filled with vacuum, one can get caught with a WRC as it doesn't exactly look like a big Audi stolen in Germany.

So while people are looking to the East, the car is still gently stored in Göteborg's suburbs. Thieves only need to blackmail the owner to get a ransom by some clever way.

Iskald
4th January 2007, 12:44
The borders may be filled with vacuum, one can get caught with a WRC as it doesn't exactly look like a big Audi stolen in Germany.

So while people are looking to the East, the car is still gently stored in Göteborg's suburbs. Thieves only need to blackmail the owner to get a ransom by some clever way.

I don`t think you are right in your assumptions, Karukera. A news report today quoted Mads Østberg as saying that they reckoned the car was "lost" (i.e. for ever...). On the other hand the car that was stolen was in fact insured - also during transport and against theft - so it`s actually no use for any thieves to try to blackmail the owners. Østberg and his team is already on the lookout for another S10 - and has actually found a possible candidate. The problem is that they need the car for Sweden. With only one week between Sweden and Norway it`s more or less impossible for a privateer team to take the gamble and enter both rallies with the same car. To start in Sweden and know that you absolutely have to keep the car in one piece because you are doing Rally Norway one week (five days) later, is meaningless.

bennizw
4th January 2007, 16:18
Who's S10 do they see as a possible candidate btw Iskald? I've seen an advertisement on a Norwegian rally car sales site, where some Dutch team are selling off some S5's, S9 and an S10 if I'm not wrong?

EDIT:

Yes here is the site, and there is an S10 for sale, see picture: http://www.rallybiler.no/image.php?id=450&bid=3

FrankenSchwinn
4th January 2007, 17:33
I've seen an advertisement on a Norwegian rally car sales site, where some Dutch team are selling off some S5's, S9 and an S10 if I'm not wrong?

so it wasnt the russians afterall who stole the car, but it was the norwegians all along!!!!!!!!

DonJippo
4th January 2007, 18:15
Is it true that father Østberg had his Subaru stolen few years back? If yes then there seems to be interesting pattern here...

SubaruNorway
4th January 2007, 19:16
Funny thing about that is i heard that it was Mads who had taken the car for a spinn and the story about it being stolen was just a cover up, just a rumor i heard, Benniz ore Iskald may now more about it.

EuroTroll
4th January 2007, 19:41
Ah, so now the truth is finally coming to light, eh? Not Russians, not East-Europeans, but Østberg himself in a bit of insurance fraud. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, you stuck-up Scandinavians! :devil:

:p :

Viktory
4th January 2007, 19:44
Ah, so now the truth is finally coming to light, eh? Not Russians, not East-Europeans, but Østberg himself in a bit of insurance fraud. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, you stuck-up Scandinavians! :devil:

:p :

hey now, don't blame it on the scandinavians, from what I have read it's been the finnish guys being the most prejudiced :p

EuroTroll
4th January 2007, 19:48
hey now, don't blame it on the scandinavians, from what I have read it's been the finnish guys being the most prejudiced :p

Here in the Baltics, we put the Finns in the same pot as the Swedes, Norwegians, the Danes, and the good people of Iceland. :D Damn Scandies, the lot of you. :hmph: :p :

[WRCRR]
4th January 2007, 19:55
Now Østberg has appeared on the Swedish Rally entry list as a very late entry, that entry must have been sent after the car he was supposed to drive was stolen (or "stolen")...I smell something fishy going on here... ;)

edit: I was of course referring to what Iskald said about him not going to Sweden...

Sulland
4th January 2007, 20:45
Here in the Baltics, we put the Finns in the same pot as the Swedes, Norwegians, the Danes, and the good people of Iceland. :D Damn Scandies, the lot of you. :hmph: :p :


The scandics are only Swedes, Danes and Norwegians - if you add the rest you are over on the Nordic ones !! ;)

Sorry for being picky :rolleyes:

SubaruNorway
4th January 2007, 20:47
Oh pleas not the danes :) but i always tought that scandinavia was the platou wich Norway and Sweden lies on.

EuroTroll
4th January 2007, 20:54
The scandics are only Swedes, Danes and Norwegians - if you add the rest you are over on the Nordic ones !! ;)

Sorry for being picky :rolleyes:

Oh, oh - the Finns and the Icelanders not good enough for you, eh?!


Oh pleas not the danes :) but i always tought that scandinavia was the platou wich Norway and Sweden lies on.

Oh, the Danes not good enough for you, eh?!

I suppose the next guy will say that only Norwegians are really Scandinavians!

:D

SubaruNorway
4th January 2007, 20:58
We are

Anyway, the insurance company will now give a 100,000kr finders pay to whoever gives infomation wich will solve the mystery.

A.F.F.
4th January 2007, 21:09
Here in the Baltics, we put the Finns in the same pot as the Swedes, Norwegians, the Danes, and the good people of Iceland. :D Damn Scandies, the lot of you. :hmph: :p :

Guess where we put you guys here in Finland ? ;) :p :

Sulland
4th January 2007, 21:10
Now you are refering to the real Vikings - and yess we are that, arent we fellow Norwegians.

The reason we can afford to be this cool, is that we have our own WRC round in 07, and are really proud !!!!!!!!!!!!

But I have heard rumours on that the baltics will be reckoned as a part of the Nordic area in the close future !! ;) :beer:

EuroTroll
4th January 2007, 21:14
Guess where we put you guys here in Finland ? ;) :p :

Among the Baltic supermen (German: "Baltische Übermenschen")? ;) :D

kiil
4th January 2007, 21:46
Oh pleas not the danes :) but i always tought that scandinavia was the platou wich Norway and Sweden lies on.

We'll close the harbour shops selling beer and spegepølse if you don't behave :-)

Viking
5th January 2007, 08:53
]Now Østberg has appeared on the Swedish Rally entry list as a very late entry, that entry must have been sent after the car he was supposed to drive was stolen (or "stolen")...I smell something fishy going on here... ;)

edit: I was of course referring to what Iskald said about him not going to Sweden...

There are still some blue cars left in Østbergs garage :D

http://www.moss-avis.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070102/SPORT/101020022&SearchID=73268131024531

bennizw
5th January 2007, 09:04
Funny thing about that is i heard that it was Mads who had taken the car for a spinn and the story about it being stolen was just a cover up, just a rumor i heard, Benniz ore Iskald may now more about it.

Hmm, going a bit off topic with your scandinavian favorism now. But, where have you heard this story from SUBARU NORWAY? I've definitly not heard anything like that. So according to what you say, Mads has taken the car for a spin, and blames it on that the car has been nicked or?

SubaruNorway
5th January 2007, 17:37
Thats what i heard from a very unreliable source think it was the 99 Impreza many years ago.

DonJippo
5th January 2007, 18:56
Thats what i heard from a very unreliable source think it was the 99 Impreza many years ago.

If you read this story you find out that it was not Mads, at least not in this case http://www.moss-avis.no/apps/pbcs.dl...73268131024531 (http://www.moss-avis.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070102/SPORT/101020022&SearchID=73268131024531)

Jr.
6th January 2007, 12:52
There are still some blue cars left in Østbergs garage :D

http://www.moss-avis.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070102/SPORT/101020022&SearchID=73268131024531

I beleive the Østberg garage still contains the other S10, a S9, a S7, a WRC98 and an ex McRae Legacy, so no shortage on Subarus.

SubaruNorway
6th January 2007, 13:25
Would be fun to see him in the Legacy. Rune Dalsjø is maybe going to drive the S9 on Rally Norway.

padWRC
8th January 2007, 11:20
http://www.motorsport.no/bilsport/rally/article2502098.ece
Tranlation?

Where can i find a free Norwegian to Engish translator?

Halvis
8th January 2007, 12:04
http://www.motorsport.no/bilsport/rally/article2502098.ece
Tranlation?

Where can i find a free Norwegian to Engish translator?

It just says that the insurance company has promised a reward for around 12.000 euros to anyone that gives info that leads to the cars's retrieval.

Sulland
12th January 2007, 17:14
According to Norsk-Rally.com the Car is found i Gothenburg, and looks to be in same shape as it was when it was taken.

Bound to be a happy night for Mads & Co !!!

Captain VXR
12th January 2007, 17:20
Good news there

SubaruNorway
12th January 2007, 19:08
Yay! wonder if they will relase who stole it

Brother John
12th January 2007, 19:19
Maybe have given the robbers themselves the tip to receive the reward of 12,000 EURO ? :D

padWRC
12th January 2007, 19:22
Which was the stolen car?
S20WRT?

CABAIO E'LONA
12th January 2007, 20:52
happy end for this history...

Slipzen
12th January 2007, 21:40
Wish it would have been me who had found it ;)
I have kept my eyes open but have not been in the neigbourhood where the car was found. The car was still standing on its trailer and found on a parking lot. It seems to be in same condition as it was when stolen. Good news for Mads Östberg :)

J4MIE
12th January 2007, 21:43
Great :up:

Fri
12th January 2007, 22:15
Which was the stolen car?
S20WRT?

I think it was UT 53 SRT

teufel
13th January 2007, 15:15
Great news, I couldn't believe this would happen! :up:

Brother John
13th January 2007, 20:48
Mads Östberg wins the first rally for her Norwegian championship!



http://www.emotorsport.se/nyheter.php?id=965

Mihai
13th January 2007, 22:10
According to Norsk-Rally.com the Car is found i Gothenburg, and looks to be in same shape as it was when it was taken.


Wow, those Russian thieves took the car to the Urals and already returned it in Sweden ? :laugh:

CABAIO E'LONA
14th January 2007, 04:12
Mads Östberg wins the first rally for her Norwegian championship!



http://www.emotorsport.se/nyheter.php?id=965


with the stolen impreza?

WRXedUSA
14th January 2007, 11:15
Rookies indeed.

padWRC
29th January 2007, 16:45
I beleive the Østberg garage still contains the other S10, a S9, a S7, a WRC98 and an ex McRae Legacy, so no shortage on Subarus.

Do you know the registration plates of the cars?

Magnus
1st February 2007, 09:30
"Mads Östberg wins the first rally for her Norwegian championship!"
Wow: things are realy getting interesting!

SubaruNorway
1st February 2007, 10:53
He also won the second last weekend

Edtit: hehe the first girl to ever win a Rally in Norway is called Mads Østberg

Mihai
1st February 2007, 22:52
Edtit: hehe the first girl to ever win a Rally in Norway is called Mads Østberg

Why do you say that?

SubaruNorway
1st February 2007, 23:03
Mads Östberg wins the first rally for """her"""" Norwegian championship!"
Wow: things are realy getting interesting!

mark the word her, don't now if magnus saw it