http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo...danse-8438.gif
It's frigging brilliant :up:
With a nice livery, voila.
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http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo...danse-8438.gif
It's frigging brilliant :up:
With a nice livery, voila.
It looks instantly fast. I like it very much. Super cool.
"Spy" photos made by compact camera on a distance and myself here :D I'm not absolutely sure but Kopecký drove the car.
http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic....0&p=1640#p1640
Looks like a Suzuki Swift on steroids!
More importantly, how did it look to handle and sound?Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Wait, I have a bit better stuff today (not much) with motion picture and sound as well ;)
Good man !! Keep it coming !
You mirek, post the video!!! :D :D
Some photos from today here ;)
http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic....0&p=1658#p1658
Come on Mirek... we want to hear some sound!!! :)
It's still in progress, HaCo :)
But it's very close to be released... ;)
Lol... :)
Wait some minutes, it is uploading to server :)
Here it is. Thanks to my friend Worm who was able to make my poor footage useful :)
http://www.autosport.cz/video/files/...e5582bddd4.mpg
Thanks guys, super job, I can't wait to see more.
It somehow sounds different to the other S2000s. It sounds very nice under accelleration and already it looks quite stable.
I believe this will be the first "factory" S2000 with Xtrax transmission which will also be interesting...
Little problem (too many connections -> crashed downloading server). New address for video: here
Can't get links to work, the first link was working last night but now none work.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
It works to me...
http://www.autosport.cz/video/files/...1ffcae21d5.mpg
Mirek, can you tell us the first impressions of the car? did you like it?Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
There are rumours that in Fabia S2000 is installed the Seat WTCC engine. But it's clear that it sounds great!
Someone said that the car has te polo s2000 engine and reiger suspension, is it true?Quote:
Originally Posted by Karbonyl
Yes, actualy I like it. When I got there on monday it was quite late and I saw only few passes. Te car was driven by Kopecký, looked very stable but slightly underpowered in lower rpm in my opinion. It also had cutt off shifting set the way it made big blows while shifting. On tuesday I saw some more passes from a different place but not much because at midday they ended testing. There were no blows and more agile peformance (but Peugeot is definitely stronger in the moment). The car looked pretty neutral in cornering. I haven't seen any problem during the test. All is only my impression and may be wrong if meassured ;) Anyway I found it possitive since it was probably the first racing test (they done only functional tests before).
The engine is most probably modiffied one from Leon WTCC.
It works here too, thanks mate, that is awesome!!!
I have only sound on the video...
Probably You have wrong codec. It is nothing special, some DivX I think... ;)
Thanks to one local we have another video from thursday testing of Fabia S2000. This time it was wet and there wasn't Jan Kopecký behind the wheel (but we don't know who was it).
http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=6034
than you for that Mirek, very nice video, good quality and great sound! I think the same as you, it looks a little bit underpower when in slow revs and acceleration doesnt look yet at full capacity. But hey its been just a few days so I think theres big room for improvement.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Love Skoda!
The driver on the second video is probably Raimund Baumschlager.
He looks quite capable behind the wheel still but I would rather his team didn't have too much to do with it!Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
Short story also on wrc.com about this
http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...20Super%202000
Looks like no immediate return of the works team though...
It is still not decided how the factory team will look and where it will race but I'm sure they want to return under new rulles.
PS Reading official Skoda information is pure waste of time. They never say anything important and rarely something which is true or what all people doesn't know for a long time.
A bit OT but there was an intresting article in Vauhdin Maailma motorsport magazine about Janne Tuohino and his career. Article covered also the time with Skoda and have to say I feel sorry for the drivers in the team at that time, they never had a chance to get decent results under the management team had...Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
True. On the other hand Bengue and McRae didn't do so bad. I think Skoda's problems that year were a combination of management and driver choice. This can clearly be seen in the following two years when the car was getting old, and in the hands of a Jan Kopecky when he managed to outscore all the Skoda drivers combined from the prebvious year!Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
Out of interest does Tuohino name names? I wonder if it was Metrich more than Muehelmeier causing the problems?
As far as I know, Skoda ain't planning coming back as an official team but more consentrated on offering the cars for the use of a private teams.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
With all due respect to you RS and also McRae (RIP) but IMO something smells behind that success in Australia :s
Weird. I updated all my codecs last night and still can't get it work :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
I am impressed so far, it looks aggressive and the handling looks good so far.
But they need to go and drive rallies as soon as possible, with and without start-number are two different things !
Abarth: I don't agree. The car was so far only 3 days in testing track (except a huge runway from which those official photos are). The car needs much more development before starting rallying.
A.F.F.: Realy strange because I don't know anyone who has the same problem among Czech people :( About Skoda's plans. You may hardly know their actual plans. Their offcial statements are just marketing garbage. In my opinion they will return if they succeed with S2000. Otherwise it maybe be the end of Skoda motorsport at all...
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Originally Posted by A.F.F.
Try these links on Youtube,it should work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJwlXLhOyZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHPaa6yZbM