Abarth pulling out of IRC ?

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Originally Posted by RS

The Punto is ok on smooth gravel events; Kopecky was beaten by the Puntos on a gravel event in Italy this year. It will be interesting to see what the wide car can do on Sanremo.

Also it is good to see Abarth develop a wider Punto whilst Peugeot does nothing and Quesnel whinges....

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Could that be to do with the dimensions of the rims on S2000 cars for gravel events? I see that along with the Group N cars (Evo, Impreza, Ignis, Swift, Clio and Fiesta) it seems it could have the widest rims at 7" x 15". Though the rims can also be 6.5" x 15".

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Originally Posted by HaCo

The article says something about 207 1.6T, but the translation wasn't very clear.

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The article says Peugeot will homologate 1.6 turbo engine during this year!

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Originally Posted by EavesFan09

Could that be to do with the dimensions of the rims on S2000 cars for gravel events? I see that along with the Group N cars (Evo, Impreza, Ignis, Swift, Clio and Fiesta) it seems it could have the widest rims at 7" x 15". Though the rims can also be 6.5" x 15".

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No, both S2000 and N4 use gravel tyres of same dimension. That doesn't apply on all smaller cars.

With Exporally opening this week-end I guess we will then know more news about 2011 Abarth official rally program :confused:

Don't expect anything...

According to some rumours, this week Abarth and their usual drivers(Rox and Basso)should have a meeting in Italy to discuss about the team future in rallying...any news ???? :confused: