[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

Why would Ford quit when they have Abu Dhabi backing them up? If prince Abu Dhabi wants to drive a WRC car, then he backs them up a little bit more and drive.

At RS, :laugh: Wilson's five year plan... who knew :D

Subaru/Prodrive has Kuwaition money backing them up, so they should have enough oil money to make it.

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

At RS, :laugh: Wilson's five year plan... who knew :D

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Most people only needed one season to conclude that he's rubbish. Apparantly Stobart and VK are gonna spend money for 5 years to come to the same conslussion. Waste of time and waste of money.

It seems a little strange that they are thinking of closing it down when the Kuwaits have bought up shares at Prodrive.. We'll have to wait and see!

Look at it from the bright side guys, now Citroen has a good chance to sign another profile driver if they want.

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Originally Posted by Iskald

Something is definitely brewing. Two different sources here in Norway, with close links to someone around Petter, tells me Petter is informed Subaru is closing down the WRC team. Announcements tomorrow - and it will be a shock decision, says same sources.

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Originally Posted by bennizw

It seems a little strange that they are thinking of closing it down when the Kuwaits have bought up shares at Prodrive.. We'll have to wait and see!

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According to Autoblog, they're beginning to think about selling their share of Aston Martin as well.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/15/a...k-up-for-sale/

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Originally Posted by Autoblog.com

Ever since, the grapevine has swirled regarding the future of Mr. Bond's favorite automaker, with the rumormill hitting a fever-pitch as of late with whispers that up to 20% of Dar's stake is available for bidding.

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Aston Martin sales have been particularly badly affected by the global financial crisis.
This from a news feed.
Sales of new cars in the UK have fallen by 37 per cent in November, which are the worst sales figures in decades. This proves that customers are strapped for cash, and that the financial troubles are getting much worse than we first thought.

Only 100,333 of new vehicles were registered in the month of November, which is 36.8 per cent lower than the same period last year. Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce and Jaguar Land Rover are already feeling the effects of the fall in car sales, and have introduced Christmas shutdowns.

Aston Martin has already announced that they are to axe 600 jobs; Jaguar Land Rover will be laying off 850 IT and engineering staff. Roll-Royce is also axing 40 temporary workers, and have announced that they are extending their Christmas shutdown.

Pirelli will likely bring next year 2 different types of tyres to events where they might be needed.

source mtv3

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Originally Posted by Tomi

Pirelli will likely bring next year 2 different types of tyres to events where they might be needed.

source mtv3

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1 for each manufacturer?