It was two days ago Lancia said they don't know where WRC rumours came from...Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
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It was two days ago Lancia said they don't know where WRC rumours came from...Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Lancia or Dacia?
According to Tuttorally website(italian), the option of Nikolay Gryazin with Lancia starts to collapse, and the probability that the two WRC2 Ypsilon to be driven by the Rossel brothers looks higher :confused:
According to Dirstfish there could be around 100 pre-orders for the Ypsilon Rally2 :eek: :confused:
They still mention Andrea Mabellini as possible in ERC 2026 with Lancia...
http://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-w...rogram-so-far/
With Rally2-Kit being top class, there's one or two maybes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Negaiss
I think he meant Dacia:Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Dacia’s Dakar project marketing manager, François Aupierre, plays down the rumours of joining the World Rally Championship.
“A few months ago there were rumours saying we were coming to the World Rally Championship. I don’t know where those rumours came from. It is not happening, though. I do not believe Dacia will be involved. On the other hand, I am not the one making these decisions,” Aupierre told the Estonian newspaper Postimees.
“I do know why these rumours spread. Our Dakar team includes nine-time rally champion Sébastien Loeb. That would of course be a fine scenario, but Dacia is not coming to the World Rally Championship. There are no such plans, at least not in the near future.”
source:
https://rallyjournal.com/a-harsh-mes...re-not-coming/
So two or three primary asphalt,specialists and a pensioner.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
lets hope they have not made the same mistake as Citroen did with both their R5/Rally2 cars: that was very very good on asphalt and very difficult to set up to be easy to drive on Gravel/snow.
... a lot of marketing, but do we have any validation that the car is actually worth it? Is it a blind belief at the moment?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
The Lancia Ypsilon has not had any real run until now, so I guess people are just comparing(in their brains)to the Citroën C3 Rally2 ;)
They've surely tested it back-to-back with the C3 and found it's faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
It's also newer so longevity probably makes better financial sense.
C3 have homologation valid until 2030. Sure they will still get some updates until then. Don't know for how long will Lancia get their homologation cycle, but probably at least until the whole Rally2 concept will last (as someone said that the class is going towards it's end cycle). Of course it's newer, and they promise it's better, and most probably it will get upgrades, the most money out of Stellantis and it's the works car, so it will surely be good.
More here on the sales orders for the new Lancia Rally2...
https://www.italpassion.fr/en/lancia...-a-single-day/
"Market reaction was immediate. By the end of the day, thirty firm orders had been received. Thirty cars, each invoiced at €268,000 before tax, not including the €41,000 option offered to the most demanding teams. In just a few hours, the new Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale had generated over €8 million in orders..."
Which is weird. Why would anyone buy a car that is totally unproven?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Good question. The words "HF Integrale" have a powerful emotional pull, but...Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
It is not unproven. It is new evolution of Citroen...Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Why someone would buy a new Skoda, a new Toyota or a new M-Sport car before test/first delivers? It could happen a fatal conception failure and the car be a disaster...
People buy by be new, by be a Lancia and have dream or support from local dealers or just cause they want.
No, the car is not an evolution of Citroën. The car is new and have know-how of Citroën.
C3 WRC also had know-how of Citroën :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
They had firstly Meeke and he destroyed many of their cars. Then they had Ogier and he demanded results straight away and left and then they left claiming there is no one to drive it. And they explicitly demanded alternative power units being in WRC and then left. Cowards. If they would be serious they should come back in 2027. And we would get years of battles which manufacturer would have more titles: Lancia, Toyota or Citroen. Through those years many drivers get capable of challenging for titles and winning events and not just Ogier, but I have a feeling Citroen don't like having hard time by having much competition. Just like VW. Left right before Toyota came and Hyundai getting better (and just tell the world it's the diesel gate they can't participate anymore, while spending way more cash everyelse)
Good interview with Jaspar Vaher in a local podcast. Gives a small insight of the Toyota youth program and Lancia rally4 development:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzYh8DjlFeI
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