M-Sport Fiesta S2000

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Originally Posted by noel157

Car hopes to debut on RMC in January. Driver/s? Is it going to be a new team or one of Ford's current drivers?

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It's not going to be an 'Official' entry is it? A 'Privateer' entry....??

I also think that it won't be M-Sport entry.

I hope ford will subscribe for the IRC, not only for the S2000, but also for the 2WD R2 customers.

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]Maybe it's still possible to have those 200 mm. When I look at SX-4 dimmensions, it has 1730 mm body width which is not that much (of course Focus and C4 are wider) and it was homologated under these new rulles, wasn't it? I'm not sure when they were applied... But yes, generaly S2000 are smaller.

At least I can see in appendix J that for newly homologated S2000 cars those polymer energy absorbing foams in door panels are also mandatory and that they will also use polycarbonate side windows like WRC.

Regarding tubes, there is no given diameter, there are more possible combinations of minimum diameter/thickness. I always wondered how small diameter is used in some Prodrive WRC's compared to others...

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I totally forgot SX4... Yeah, I always wondered how were they able to do that 200mm space. Although I'm not 100% sure did they really have that space, but remembering the thickness of the foam panels, I believe they did. Good to hear that the development goes on to S2000s.

Your thoughts about Prodrive WRC's rollcages are totally correct... No wonder they suffered few rollcage failures during their years and desings were changed. What really surprised me was the door "X" rollcage on the S14 WRC. For some reason, they changed it to "old fashioned" model, the one where the X is made by welding three tubes to create the X-shape and after that add a steel plate structure to the place where tubes connect. They, along other manufacturers, had used the "new" desing, two V-shaped bars connected by a spacer and whole set welded together for many years...

The question of the Fiesta dimensions has to do with the car makers strategy to rallying. They are decreasing the segment wich introduces in rallying. From the high segment of the 80's and 90's (Audi, Mitsubishi Gallent, Ford Sierra, etc ) they started to downgrade to the medium segment (Lancer, Impreza, Cordoba) of the 90's. Now it seems that the future of rallying is only for the low segment with small cars.

It's obvious that WRC and rallying in general is condened to be the low level of motoring.

http://www.rallybuzz.com/m-sport-fiesta-s2000-video/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gziZfXEMxoM

Supposed to be "spy footage" but by M Sport to promote the car!

Nice marketing video.
Good sound!

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Originally Posted by Roy

Good sound!

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Bah! It's no Fabia.

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Originally Posted by JAM

The question of the Fiesta dimensions has to do with the car makers strategy to rallying. They are decreasing the segment wich introduces in rallying. From the high segment of the 80's and 90's (Audi, Mitsubishi Gallent, Ford Sierra, etc ) they started to downgrade to the medium segment (Lancer, Impreza, Cordoba) of the 90's. Now it seems that the future of rallying is only for the low segment with small cars.

It's obvious that WRC and rallying in general is condened to be the low level of motoring.

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Don t think so JAM.
All the car segments year by year they are heavier-bigger.
Sierra is no bigger-heavier than a today vw golf for example,while they are different segments.
Same segment with galant-sierra is a today passat,which i don t think that is an ideal chassis for making even a wrc.
when you have to build a wrc or s2000 car with a weight @ 1250 kg you can t start with a car that weight 1600 kg.