Rally2 (ex-R5) News

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

I don't think that Reiger is that much better for bumpy stages. Cars like Fiesta WRC/S2000/R5 and Fabia S2000 were part of a revolution in terms of suspension geometry, allowing the spring travel to be extremely big.

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Continued in Fabia R5, even in tarmac spec:

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Top speed of Fabia R5 is more. This was speed they reached, not the limiter. Fiesta R5 normal gearbox is around 175 km/h I think but longer is available. Br21 for sure knows :) Peugeot shall be 175 and 202.

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Fiesta has 178kmh on standard gearbox and 187kmh on longer one.
Peugeot indeed has long gearbox with max speed above 200, but it takes really long to reach that speed.

With WRC cars it's more possibilities as most of them (all which I saw) have gearboxes with drop gears, so you can change different gears ratios, final gear ratios and drop gears...

I presume the Fabia in the onboard video was using the longer gearbox as it wasn't on the limiter at 182. Good news as the acceleration seemed strong.

AFAIK standard gearbox of Fabia R5 has top speed over 190 km/h.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

AFAIK standard gearbox of Fabia R5 has top speed over 190 km/h.

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What about the long one?

The engine must indeed be very strong. I must say I have never heard Skoda as confident as this.

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Originally Posted by RS

Fabia R5 onboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9yA77FIKgw

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Very good presentation

Fast Camilli : http://www.rallye-sport.fr/camilli-d...-sa-fiesta-r5/

yep, he is fast

Nice shot inside Breen's 208T16 at the CoI :

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ŠKODA Motorsport is in the north of Portugal with the new Fabia R5, the first to start the test is Freddy Loix:

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