[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

I don't see Audi withdrawing from DTM. It's too important for them to please the home market. It's money worth spending for the 'emotion' and 'brand love' in Germany.

WEC, on the otherhand, as Mirek says, was destined for departure of one of the VAG brands.

South Korea is also going to test 3 VW models.
VW admitted that could be 11 milion cars with that electronic scheme

This particular case may not be relevant for non-US markets as the emission standards in other countries unlike US have specific (more free) limits for diesel engines (I admit I don't know which standards Korea use).

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Originally Posted by Simmi

Better to wait a year and get the event right. Hopefully that is enough for Citroen. Although it does put the challenges of an event into perspective when you see a spectator somehow walking down the track at the Singapore GP.

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Ugh... What?

I have stopped following Formula Folly so I have no idea what's going on anymore. This actually happened?

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Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira

It is time of Peugeot back to rallies :)

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I wish... I doubt it though

Also... The talk about VW exiting next year is too early. The WRC and the car industry has always been reactive rather than proactive. If they cut their WRC program it will be in -17 rather than -16.

As someone who dislikes German cars in general, these are actually really good days for me personally though.

I'd still bin the hopes of a VW exit next year though

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Originally Posted by itix

Also... The talk about VW exiting next year is too early. The WRC and the car industry has always been reactive rather than proactive. If they cut their WRC program it will be in -17 rather than -16.

As someone who dislikes German cars in general, these are actually really good days for me personally though.

I'd still bin the hopes of a VW exit next year though

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So what do you prefer then? WHich country makes the best cars in your opinion? South Korea? Japan? Italy? Maybe Spain? But no, not Russia I pressume.

I don't have a definitive answer to that question... But certainly not the Germans, that's for sure.

If the mathematical equation of the car had a solution, the Germans are the closest to that solution... But cars aren't mathematics and can't be understood by calculus. All off topic I guess but I have never been a fan of the German approach.

I like the Italians and French but also some of the Japanese efforts. Korea is coming closer to something likeable.

Americans have always been too big and too brash for my taste.

China has so far only been able to give me the chuckles car wise. We'll see about the future.

I've liked Peugeot for a long time (minus the 207) due to their rally programme when I was a kid so...

Now back to WRC stuff.

Maybe the VW budget might see some slahes if there are any proactive heads in VAG group (smart group that uses the abbreviation for vagina btw) but other than that we shouldn't expect any major changes

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

So what do you prefer then? WHich country makes the best cars in your opinion? South Korea? Japan? Italy? Maybe Spain? But no, not Russia I pressume.

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Was there such thing in Russia?

What do you think, is it possible to cheat in a similar way in WRC cars? You know, temporary decrease the performance to the allowed limits when being tested but let the car go in full power on stages?