Rally2 (ex-R5) News

This swedish Mitsubishi R5 project it's a nice project. They intend to provide an affordable R5 car and give Mitsu drivers a competitive alternative to old Gr. N cars.

Mitsubishi Motors should support the homologation process having in mind that the main effort comes from a private company and allow the Mitsubishi name to be kept alive in rallying.

Let’s hope the revelation from MM homologation denial reported by autosport.pt site (that sometimes seems to use very unreliable sources) it’s incorrect, so that in a near future we could see a lot of this little fast cars rallying over european stages!

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Originally Posted by Rally Power

This swedish Mitsubishi R5 project it's a nice project. They intend to provide an affordable R5 car and give Mitsu drivers a competitive alternative to old Gr. N cars.

Mitsubishi Motors should support the homologation process having in mind that the main effort comes from a private company and allow the Mitsubishi name to be kept alive in rallying.

Let’s hope the revelation from MM homologation denial reported by autosport.pt site (that sometimes seems to use very unreliable sources) it’s incorrect, so that in a near future we could see a lot of this little fast cars rallying over european stages!

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For me it is curious why they started with this project without approval from manufacturer...

I found this from another forum.

http://www.rallye-info.com/forum/vie...t=231&start=60

by Sulland » 11 Sep 2013 19:43
Mparts from Sweden is building a Mitsubishi Spacestar R5 from scratch, with blessing from Mitsubishi.
It is for now ment for national homologation, but that might change. Only int approved seats is missing to go international.
Plan is to have it ready for the 2014 season in Sweden!
Price will be aprox 140 000 euro.

Cool that people dare to challenge the big guns!

Sulland, from where did you get the information that the project has blessing from Mitsubishi?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcHG...ature=youtu.be

Having been out spectating yesterday, it might be a nice car for a clubman in a national series. At best it could make a reasonable R5 in the WRC2, but I can't see it beating the Fiesta, DS3, etc R5's

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Having been out spectating yesterday, it might be a nice car for a clubman in a national series. At best it could make a reasonable R5 in the WRC2, but I can't see it beating the Fiesta, DS3, etc R5's

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For sure. First the car has to come under MM wings. Then maybe enough efforts and resources will be available. And the car will be internationally competitive. Let´s wait and see how this project proceeds.

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Originally Posted by RS

One thing I noticed about the Fabia is that it seems to be running with quite long suspension travel, even on asphalt.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

same as the old fabia s2000

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It looks more extreme to me on the new car, but maybe it is just a more open wheelarch?

Check out the pictures at: http://www.griptv.cz/2015/03/skoda-f...-u-toho-video/

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Originally Posted by dimviii

i havent see the difference between old vs new,but generally fabia has more travel than peugeots/citroens.

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I can say for sure that during Barum rally the R5 was much softer than S2000. It may have changed a bit but it still looks very soft.

Per, I don't want to spoil Your hopes but I don't remember any car which started as a low-budget private project and later become internationally competitive. I mean the car either is good from the start or not. Some development is sure possible but usually no miracle steps are possible on already built car.

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Originally Posted by MartijnS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcHG...ature=youtu.be

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It is MUCH more spectacular than evo gr.n or r4,it also looks to me faster.the cost for a new full group n i think is bigger so i think this r5 for someone who is not seeking for top results is really good.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Per, I don't want to spoil Your hopes but I don't remember any car which started as a low-budget private project and later become internationally competitive. I mean the car either is good from the start or not. Some development is sure possible but usually no miracle steps are possible on already built car.

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I´m not hoping for anything but many cars during the years have evolved during it´s age. And who doesn´t want it to be good in the end? This is a private project but I said if MM kind of took over, it could be good in the end. Or is the basic car/engine/bodyshell not suited for rallying or what do I miss?