Hyundai i20 WRC

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Originally Posted by Barreis

If this car will finish in top 4 on some rallies next season, it will be good result...

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Explain.

They started to test for real 6 months before new season. We'll see the results...

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It just doesn't look right! Don't know why, but something looks wrong about it!

To me, the rear track seems a bit narrow compared to the body in the 2nd photo

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Originally Posted by Doon

It just doesn't look right! Don't know why, but something looks wrong about it!

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Totally agree, if I had a Citroen or Ford seat now I dont think I would be queing up to go there, unless of course the money was huge. I may be wrong but I really can not see this compete with VW, I think it will be slowest car of the WRC in 2014.

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Originally Posted by MJW

Totally agree, if I had a Citroen or Ford seat now I dont think I would be queing up to go there, unless of course the money was huge. I may be wrong but I really can not see this compete with VW, I think it will be slowest car of the WRC in 2014.

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The slowest in 2014, the fastest in 2015. :)

But I agree, completely! The car looks ugly so it MUST be slow and it MUST be bad! :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ooWT3KUZ4s

Not a bad sound. Juho driving or one of the other test team?

Regarding the still images, most of them look a bit photochopped or at least enhanced somehow. Car seemed too clean etc.

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

The slowest in 2014, the fastest in 2015. :)

But I agree, completely! The car looks ugly so it MUST be slow and it MUST be bad! :rolleyes:

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Perhaps I am making too much of a connection between Michel Nanadan and the Suzuki SX4 and Michel Nandan and the Hyundai i20. In truth we dont know how fast or slow it is based on looks, but when you consider how advanced VW were even in 2011, e.g they had FX Demaision there since just after Monte 2011, they were recruiting, purchasing service trucks etc, plus they had that year in the Skoda's to train mechanics, contrast this with the Hyundai approach. I think that it will take to 2015 before Hyundai is a contender, hence my comment about probable Ford or Citroen being a better option for a driver in 2014.