[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

Plus I think the FIA is just joking around. Todt is the biggest dissapointment for me. It looks like he toke the job not for love but to fill his pockets.

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Originally Posted by Francis44

Plus I think the FIA is just joking around. Todt is the biggest dissapointment for me. It looks like he toke the job not for love but to fill his pockets.

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He's a very rich man taking on a job for which you don't get paid to fill his pockets? Uh?

I admit he's seemingly not very decisive in what he's doing, but I can't see how it's to gain riches....

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Originally Posted by Francis44

The point is that you cannot have any return with how boring the championship is. Ok for manufacteurs the only problem is the invisibility of the sport but you cannot make it visible only with good coverage. You are not seeing the big picture here, in order to have followers we need excitment and a bit of madness ( like Colin's attitude for example).
As much as I like new cars we need cheaper ones, we need privateers making headlines with their achievements.

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You won't get cheap cars under current homologation rules when only original parts are allowed. Sure plenty of companies all over the world are able to sell S2000 driveshaft for less than 2000 Euro...

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Originally Posted by Mirek

It's just a show car for Wörthersee tuning festival. I strongly hope the R5 will be based on Fabia III (to come next year) and not on this ugly tiny thing (CitiGo is only 3,5 meters long!).

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Could they even fit a 1.6T engine and 4x4 drivetrain into the Citgo, if they wanted to? This showcar for Worthsee doesn't look too bad, in a chunky kind of way though!

There are rumours that Skoda UK want to launch a one-make rally series with the Citigo, so maybe an R1 is on the cards?

Volkswagen hopes WRC presence attracts global commercial interest - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com

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Originally Posted by RS

Could they even fit a 1.6T engine and 4x4 drivetrain into the Citgo, if they wanted to? This showcar for Worthsee doesn't look too bad, in a chunky kind of way though!

There are rumours that Skoda UK want to launch a one-make rally series with the Citigo, so maybe an R1 is on the cards?

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For me it's fugly...

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

The cost of cars are completely unsustainable - it might be good for the Manufacturers, but it's not good for the health of the sport. The sport needs to get real..£300-400,000 for a WRCar is a joke

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How much did the best rally car cost in the mid-70s?

During those 37 years the inflation has made all the numbers a lot bigger. The US inflation calculators give the change of nearly 400% and UK one 700%. So basically a current WRC worth 400k would had cost 58k in the 1975.

Just out of curiosity for You that its not only inflation what matters worldwide ;) In 2002 when Czech driver Pech bought Focus WRC from M-Sport 1 GBP was nearly 60 CZK. Today 1 GBP is 31 CZK. USD ten years a go was around 40 CZK, today it's 20 CZK.

But AndyRac and that old man whose name I can't remember now, both claimed that the cost of the cars is too high. And both of them are from the UK, so inflation data from the Bank of England should be enough.

Of course the strength of each currency matters world wide.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

For me it's fugly...

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The real thing: Skoda Citigo Rally revealed at Worthersee | News | Auto Express

I would prefer an 'F3' too but maybe VAG don't want Skoda's rally car to be the same size as the Polo?