Rally2 (ex-R5) News

According to the following article and photos (at the bottom) Kris Meeke was testing Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 a few days ago:
https://pl.motorsport.com/wrc/news/k...ally2-64901302

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Originally Posted by Jarek Z

According to the following article and photos (at the bottom) Kris Meeke was testing Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 a few days ago:
https://pl.motorsport.com/wrc/news/k...ally2-64901302

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This was from the ‘RS Experience’ event they ran last week presenting the car to journalists.. interesting things from the article; almost 150 orders have been received already and deliveries should start in November.

Mikkelsen will drive the Lausitz Rally in Germany with it first weekend of november.

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Originally Posted by RS

This was from the ‘RS Experience’ event they ran last week presenting the car to journalists.. interesting things from the article; almost 150 orders have been received already and deliveries should start in November.

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Thanks for more info! 150 orders already, that looks great, doesn't it? I hope it will be another great car from Skoda!

Skoda have produced aprox 400 R5s, 200 Rally2 evo, and have orders for 150 RS Rally2 cars.
So 750 cars sold from level 2 in the rally world. That is an amazing achievement, and a success not many in the motorsportsworld can match!!

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Originally Posted by Sulland

Skoda have produced aprox 400 R5s, 200 Rally2 evo, and have orders for 150 RS Rally2 cars.
So 750 cars sold from level 2 in the rally world. That is an amazing achievement, and a success not many in the motorsportsworld can match!!

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In the numbers&facts Skoda dominates and now has a legacy

The biggest plus are in the fields of driveability, reliability, all around performance

Other cars are maybe better in certain surfaces (citroen/polo) but overall not so easy to drive if you are not a PRO.

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Originally Posted by pantealex

Maybe you don't know or remember that in Rally2/R5 car all "4 corners" must be fitted with same parts (dampers, hubs etc) so AP4 isn't useful at all.

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"Suspension and chassis wise, the AP4 was designed with simplicity in mind, again for private teams to be able to run the cars and trying to keep costs down. So we have interchangeable uprights and suspension arms in all the corners,” said Paddon.

“In terms of the suspension, obviously very upright so we probably have limited travel compared to some Rally2 cars, but in terms of specification of the dampers, very much the same.

“Same technology inside these dampers as what you’ll find in Rally2 cars. Brake packages [are] all very standard. All the same across all four corners as a Rally2 car."

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Originally Posted by Sulland

Skoda have produced aprox 400 R5s, 200 Rally2 evo, and have orders for 150 RS Rally2 cars.
So 750 cars sold from level 2 in the rally world. That is an amazing achievement, and a success not many in the motorsportsworld can match!!

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Also about 100 S2000s

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

"Suspension and chassis wise, the AP4 was designed with simplicity in mind, again for private teams to be able to run the cars and trying to keep costs down. So we have interchangeable uprights and suspension arms in all the corners,” said Paddon.

“In terms of the suspension, obviously very upright so we probably have limited travel compared to some Rally2 cars, but in terms of specification of the dampers, very much the same.

“Same technology inside these dampers as what you’ll find in Rally2 cars. Brake packages [are] all very standard. All the same across all four corners as a Rally2 car."

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So his Hyundai is like Rally2 but that still doesn't help Toyota at all ...

So looks like Stellantis close plan has been made.
-Citroen for Rally2
-Still no signal for Rally3
-Peugeot and Opel in Rally4 and 5.

Hopefully one brand will make a Rally3.