The WRCars that were....

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...rs/focus33.jpg

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And to finish Ford off with a Bang.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Oh well at least you realised you were wrong eventually :p

Good photos though, I had thought of doing something similar. I find it strange that they're calling the new cars WRCars. WRCars are two litre turbo cars, with lots of high tech stuff on them, these newcars are different! They just are!

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Yes, haha.

Thanks, it's taking me hours to get all this stuff up and finding some vintage imagery. I'm doing this because it's the end of an era and it's the era I grew up with whilst following the WRC. Something that I will miss and dont want the next gen of 'WRCars' to happen! :p

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

Yes, haha.

Thanks, it's taking me hours to get all this stuff up and finding some vintage imagery. I'm doing this because it's the end of an era and it's the era I grew up with whilst following the WRC. Something that I will miss and dont want the next gen of 'WRCars' to happen! :p

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See I’m almost glad they’re going – the costs and technology went too far, ending up with two Manufacturers – compleltely unsustainable. I preferred the first WRCars, they were still driven sideways.
I think the new cars should be called NQWRCars – not quite World Rally cars…… ;)

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

See I’m almost glad they’re going – the costs and technology went too far, ending up with two Manufacturers – compleltely unsustainable.

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From what year do you think the prices went up to run these babys? Pug 307 upwards years?

Wasn't having three 206's, three Focus's, two Impreza's, two SEAT's etc OK back then? Early 2000's?

Damn I'm going to miss those machines.

I think those cars are underated, especially the C4 WRC and the Focus, I know I will never forget Loeb going up the Tavira hill in that mean red looking machine in 2007. Well, the end of a chapter.

I think if I put any pics of him in here it will ruin all our memories!

So NO one do! haha

Next will be Subaru. :)

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...Cars/Ford3.jpg

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Absolutley perfect, still to this dat the best looking WRC by a long shot!

This is also my fav WRC car, probably because I had my best moments in rallying with it.

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

From what year do you think the prices went up to run these babys? Pug 307 upwards years?

Wasn't having three 206's, three Focus's, two Impreza's, two SEAT's etc OK back then? Early 2000's?

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I remember Malcom Wilson saying when Ford introduced the 2003 version (the on with the big rear wing) that it was the first WRC car which price was above 500.000 €. I don’t know when the active front and rear diffs was introduced but I think they were most expensive (~1 milj. Euros) at the time they had active front and rear diffs and more titanium parts (wishbones etc.). In the podcast AndyRAC posted in the “News and rumours” thread, Malcom tells that the cars they’ve built recent years costs almost 600.000 £ (~ 750.000 €).

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

I preferred the first WRCars, they were still driven sideways.

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Yes, they were driven more sideways. All cars had an active central differential by the end of 1995 and that was still with group A cars. Something else must have happened because nowadays the driving is quite straightforward (driving style & better control of the central diff ?).

I think when the cars began having active diffs and newer technologies the driving styles began to change. If you get Loeb in an older car and he tries to drive like he is now he won't be able to. For example Makinen, Sainz and McRae - you got them in the phase when they were competing with new specifications comin from the old; they had to learn how to drive the new cars with a new style . In some cases unsuccessful, but if you get Loeb, Ogier and Sordo who began driving when the old style and regs were phased out and they learnt this straight away from coming from JWRC and not previous gen of WRCars they got their own way of driving and style in the last phase of WRCars. Hope someone agrees? :)