[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

In my opinion it has nothing to do with reality and R5.

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Originally Posted by Franky

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.

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I might be wrong but I think a full Group 4 Ford Escort RS cost about £30k in 1975 (so £120k in 2012?), plus you could get a lot of the work done by a range of preparation companies to get this cheaper.....

WT

Ok, maybe they don't get so much news and rumours out of him, but interesting interview with Mikkelsen :up:

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Originally Posted by Wasted Talent

I might be wrong but I think a full Group 4 Ford Escort RS cost about £30k in 1975 (so £120k in 2012?), plus you could get a lot of the work done by a range of preparation companies to get this cheaper.....

WT

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Bank of England | Education | Inflation Calculator
£206k according to that.

Hello,

i am new and not english, i am looking for more picture of Prodrive Fire, and if possible pictures of Mini WRC burned inside the workshop.

Thank you

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Originally Posted by noel157

Things get worse at Prodrive. They had a small fire yesterday:

http://www.ncrs.be/imgnieuws/NCRS_ne...0085728_XL.jpg

http://www.ncrs.be/imgnieuws/NCRS_ne...0085718_XL.jpg

Mini recce car destroyed and new Mini WRC build damaged.

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Dani Sordo Applauds the IRC | World Rally Sport

very aggressive look this tiny Skoda!
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...09578086_n.jpg

is it like a c2r2 in wheelbase?

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

The wheelbase is 2,42m, so bit shorter than C2 (2,45m)...

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to short! noway a wrc platform.

http://www.worldrallyblog.com/2012/0...012-wrc-debut/