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Has anyone heard anything that has substance about Mini planning a return?
Can't see Mini ever coming back. Dead and buried from an WRC point of view.
Not as maybe an R5-version?Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
I don't see it happening but an R5 might make commercial sense for someone like Prodrive - just look how many R5s M-Sport have sold with really only Ford's blessing to do it, rather than it being a Ford factory machine designed and built by M-SportQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Nice lengthy interview with Hayden Paddon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-cOCkiB9Kg
Does anyone know when and where was the accident they are talking about burning completely the car?
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Originally Posted by Jack4688`
Slight difference between Ford/M-Sport and Prodrive/BMW-MINI…….
Prodrive & BMW-MINI had a major fall out; Ford & M-Sport are still together, although not officially. If there was a R5 MINI, it wouldn’t be with Prodrive.
Ford=Rally and rally=Ford :colour:
So if another tuner wanted to make a R5 Mini, they could potentially make a deal with BMW and start building?
Or would they prefer a 2 series R5 being buildt instead?
You're right ;) The only absence of Ford from Rally scene I think is the few years Group B has been picking up inertia, well they got participated in the very end. Funny, many people think of Group B as the top era of Rallying...Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira