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Originally Posted by N.O.T
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Why do I get a hint of sarcasm with your post :DQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Then I can join aswell! Yeah!Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
if understood things correct, Mattias Ekström who is a "veteran" in the V.A.G racing department, are supposed to help PG with at least setting him up with some connections.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
I though endurance racing was Loebs "retirement" plan? He had enjoyed his Le mans effort with Pescarolo, he had plans to do Le Mans with Peugoet last year. Dr Ulrich (Audi's LM chief) and Mr. Nissen (VW's wrc chief) could make a good plan for Loeb to do endurance with the unstopable Audi R18 in the spare time between the selected WRC rallies with the VW Polo WRCar. But apparently Loeb chooses to start AND end his rally carreer with Citroen and not grab the challange of performing outside of his comefort zone in the PSA family.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
Both PG and Mattias could be a well respected and fast couple of guys in WRC for VW!! That would be a great solution. On top of that a third car with Petter....Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
I never even thought about Ekstrom....Looks like VW will have a good line up of quality drivers if they confirm at portugal!
one will be hanninen...the other we will see.
Well ive been told its 90% Petter, but didnt Citreon want him to sign some kind of agreement to not share the technical secrets of the DS3?
Petter would be a major asset just because he has driven the DS3. How can they be sure he wont tell them the secrets or use his experience to help VW. Its a tough oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Allyc85
a driver usually drives....not many secrets he can share when it comes to stuff that really matter for the mechanics that develop a car...
common misconception by common people....
A good team for VW would be Hanninen and solberg and give ketomaa a chance to prove if he is worth of anything apart from losing championships from "never beens" like pons or he is just hype from the managers...but also depends on the target market they aim for.
Solberg is worth more from a publicity point of view than a driving one i think
And as a result of this agreement, Citroen is servicing Petters DS3. Petter wanted to use his own crew(the FX guys), but werent allowed by Citroen because they did'nt want to risk their secrets beeing leaked to other manufacturers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allyc85
Lol, who told you that? Its more than unlikely that VW would sign him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allyc85
Skoda / VW put Hänninen to SWRC to learn the events. Juho said on a Finnish interview that he would not have done Mexico unless he was surely coming back there.... So...
Tuesday march 22nd's much rumoured VW announcement has been postponed. They will re-schedule this for later in the year at a European round of the WRC. Germany would be logical, also later in the year and more likely to get driver announcements as well.
So pressconference thursday announcing Scirocco WRC for 2012.
safe info ? or speculation ?
...a scirocco rally car would be AMAZING !!!!!
I will think you will find the white vw is a KMS Scirocco rallycross car for Division one.
Surely a surprise. They had already build a Polo. I guess using the Scirocco is a better marketing strategi. Changing car is probably not a big thing. Most of the base development, would be the same. Polo should be in a better size thou.
Edit: the KMS Scirocco has nothing to do with this announcement. But could be a part of marketing
and... what about the new Beetle? :D
+1
Yep, much better than a Polo!!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
again is the above safe info ??? or just a speculation ???
Last I read the Scirocco is too big for the new regs.
The Scirocco would look stunning as a rally car, soo much better than a boxy Polo!
The beetle. :D
Look at the tv commercial...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NGN4J6F_vI
hmmmm...
Could be a clue...... Retro Mini, Retro Beetle.
Saw it a month ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
VW have been making noises that they want the new Beetle to shed it's image as a lady-mobile.
So would make sense that they would use it as the basis of a wrc car to boost it's image.
Will find out soon enough.....
Surely not - though, I agree with the Mini comparison - Herbie goes to Monte-Carlo......Quote:
Originally Posted by cannyboy
If true, VW will have pulled off a minor miracle - most people are expecting a Polo WRC, even possibly a Scirocco WRC...
In fact, I'll eat my hat if it is the Beetle....
Bisto and HP sauce with it Andy? :)
After looking at some pics of the 2012 Beetle i have to say it would look awsome as a Wrc car. I prefer it over the Polo any day, maybe even over the Scirocco. I look forward to the press conference tomorrow. This weekend will be one of the most interesting rally weekends for many years!
We may (hopefully) find out tomorrow what the VW WRCar will be. Couple of thought to ponder in the meantime:-
1. Why was the Portugal launch postponed - to allow for the Beetle to be advanced release, as per TV advert above?
2. Polo and Fabia are same platform with a 1.6T Fabia coming, for IRC and customers, that means Fabia and Polo don't compete?
3. More impact with a Beetle? Polo is after all another Euro Box, OK so is Fiesta, but DS and Mini are revivals of iconic names, although totally new.
Could be Beetle, but its a bit big I would have thought.
To be honest I miss a big box in WRC like the Fabia, so I hope they go with the Polo.
The concept of Beatle is really nice but looking a bit too much like a 911 shrunk in a washing machine (although I'm aware original Beatle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche). Anyway I agree that the dimensions are not ideal. For me bigger problem than quite a long bodyshell (4278 mm) is small wheelbase compared to overall length (2537 mm). Under S2000/WRC regs. it can be prolonged by 1% to 2562 mm but that is still not enough with comparison to body length. Too long overhangs cause a lot of inertia as Octavia WRC showed the best...
I agree with Mirek on the dimensions, based on that the Polo offers the best engineering solution but just remember that the marketing men got their way with the 307cc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
it would make more sense to bring back Audi/ Quattro as the WRC brand with a car like this http://carsspyphotos.com/2012-audi-s1-spied-by-reader/
and keep VW as the eco-minded brand with vehicles for the haus-frau or the business CEO of a business that needs eco-credibility.
So everyone's holding their breath... Any idea what time that press conference should take place?
I hope the Polo gets the nod. The Scirocco is a foul looking car and the beetle is too girly.