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next generation Wilson! : )Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
anybody actually following the h5n1 flu updates throughout this year? i mean, its getting so weird.
(haha typing this with an actual fear of someone in 2 years from now finding this post and going "We were happy and didnt knew"
Think there are so many different options how to feel worried. Haven't followed the flu one really, but on a state level it's also pretty messed up. Germany and France politically unstable, active civil war in Syria, anti-government protests in Georgia, Ukraine-Russia war, shocker move by the South Korean president, upcoming change in the White House. Wars/conflicts in Africa as well. All doom and gloom.
So have a pint and talk about the weather :D
In the middle of storm Darragh here. Almost as bad as all the wars & diseases!Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Stay Safe!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Boyd
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Darragh has now gone, I'm still here & nothing's broken so time for that pint
:beer:
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renaul...ted-production
What about that. The only way that this should be presented is... You all know how and where :P
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sp...es-2022-10-17/Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Renault has been dreaming to take this car to Rally for a couple of years already. Maybe now its the time?
From your mouth to their ears. It will be awesome if somehow histroy could repeat by having ''group B'' new era lookalike. And instead holding cigarette with one hand and with other driving, they could holding RedBull with one hand and with other driving :PQuote:
Originally Posted by saco0o
hahah yep! with the promoter always having topgear, donut media, engineringexplained, carguy etc having shots of actually DRIVING the new cars (maybe one generic spec car, for media) on the shakedown stages for good social media content/exposure. having AP, Reuters, TheGuardian, BBC sport journalist invited to the events to report on the dangers of the amount of redbull kalle and sesks drink and how dangerous is for people to stand that close to the cars on stages while at the same time the reporter screams in excitment for seeing these beast flying by in front of their eyes. get press conference back, like in 2010, with four drivers like in F1. pay reddit to highlight some of the hard crashes on the "popular at the moment fee". lets promote this, motherfsssssss hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
40min highlights on YouTube (not 3 half hour highlights on redbulltv)
Btw.
Anyone fancy managing the Pickems 2025?
I hope you noticed Kradovech and me are leaving after six years. I know one guy has been in contact with Kradovech about pointmanaging handling.
My work was only copy X and Copy C, and of course being accurate with dates and times. And of course entry lists.
N5 cars.. a cheaper alternative to Rally2:
https://www.gotothegrid.com/en/blog/...tive-to-rally2
And check out the new Peugeot 208 N5 !
https://www.facebook.com/10008337337...2987031157071/
"The cars in the N5 class offer performance similar to Rally2".
definitely not. looks similar, but performance is not there.
N5, AP4, R5, MaxiRally... gimme them all over rally1s (heheh)
nissan, honda to merge in 2026... ?
And Mitsubishi...Quote:
Originally Posted by saco0o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3ljvv93lo
Even the once-mighty Japanese car makers are having to join together to fight the new Chinese invasion of markets.
wow. are u europeans seeing that amount of chinese cars around? here in south america they are still a minority.
On sale, yes. On the road no, they're very rare, at least in the places I live. In other European countries it could be different.Quote:
Originally Posted by saco0o
same at Greece.At which country are you reffering?Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
It's because the chinese cars are not cheaper than regular cars sold here. Sellers here think that they are something special and people fall for that.
In Italy and in Slovenia I can say Chinese cars are very rare on the road. In other parts of Europe maybe they're more common, I don't know. My guess is they're quite rare in all of Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Here in Italy we have a brand called "Evo", which is a sub-brand of "DR", which is a brand that sells imported, rebadged Chinese cars since the late 2000's. Evo tries to put the Italian flag near their logos to make people who don't know about cars think it's a cheap local car.
DR and Evo are the only brands of Chinese origins I've seen here, but rarely, and a Great Wall pick-up twice in my life.
We have a big Chinese community in Italy, and they usually drive German cars.
In norway we have lots of uninterresting chinese EV cars trying to brake into the market.
Im not shure how long they going to try though, hongqi sold surprisingly many cars 3 years ago, like 2000 or something, last year like 7, and it has been lots of losses for secondhand cars.
Polestar is one of few chinese, or part atleast?, that has decent sales as i know of.
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They're still pretty rare in the UK but they're growing sales in the EV sector, especially the MG brand.
My local dealer (Peoples, who has been Ford for 50+ years) has just also become a dealer for Jaecoo and Omoda.
Will probably sell about as many as SsangYong unless they start advertising.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
BYD are as popular as, or more so, Polestar now, and GWM have also set up shop with their Ora cars. And not forgetting the London Taxi Company.
They're advertising on the front page of the local paper every night - a fully-loaded, large SUV for £279pm at 0% APR and includes 4 years servicing & a 7-Year Warranty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mary Mary
That I call Chinese funding...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Indeed. The European manufacturers cant compete on price / value and even the Koreans will struggle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
The mass-market, especially the EV, is going to the Chinese unless there's some protection like Trump says he'll do in America.
With Pajari in WRC1 next year, I will need a new WRC2 guy to support.
I would like someone who:
- will get covered on rally.tv (there's not much point if I can't watch him)
- is on the up, a prospect for the future
- does the tarmac events for points, since I mostly watch tarmac rallies.
- ideally, pace notes in English, but this is more of a tie-breaker.
I had McErlean in mind, thinking he might get a WRC2 drive, but he's going to WRC1 instead.
So, any suggestions?
@Morte66
Virves maybe, but you'll have to wait for all the WRC2 programmes of the upcoming drivers to be confirmed.
I'd say Virves, sort of 2/4 of your criteria. He's on an upward trajectory, British co-driver. We won't know who'll be covered by rally.tv yet. Won't comment about tarmac.
Lets wait for confirmation of the programmes. For sure there will be Solberg, also very interesting can be Virves, but both dont like tarmac. As tarmac specialists there should be Rossel brothers, but they dont have pacenotes in english.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
I wish everyone here happy and fantastic year of 2025. The new season is just around the corner.
https://youtu.be/Bo-6iXhuj54?feature=shared
not a proper rally game but there are some rally cars there. looks fun tbf. different
World level Luxemburger sports men and women, who are they when more famous to their sport than Munster to Rallying?
Cheap thrills !
https://youtu.be/bnO8jvs69wo?si=vH2s1_IxG_VOwDS1
dammit, didnt won the south american lottery that was paying half bilion bucks here. if i had won i'd immediately call msport to run an official team in ERC with harry bates and ben hunt. honestly, that was on my plans between helping family and moving to the beach haha
Thank you! The new season has just started in Austria:Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...imberger-2025/
And it was full of snow!
https://www.jaennerrallye.at/2025/fotos/5/1.jpg
More photos at https://www.jaennerrallye.at/2025/fotos_2025_05.html