I think this thread is based on this post from the “S2000 & Group N, The future of rallying?” thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
By MJW: The autosport article refered to earlier in the thread said that whilst Subaru has a Group N base car it is also considering an S2000 model for evaluation once the rules are announced
http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...000#post417758[/font]
A S2000 car has some advantage over a N4 car and the biggest IMO is the suspension. What I’ve seen when watching the IRC programs from Eurosport is that the S2000 cars wishbones are very long, almost to the centre of the car. N4 cars advantage is of course the turbo that gives more torque on lower revs.
As Juho Hänninen said in an interview (an article about aerodynamics of a WRC car): “If you compare a WRC car with a N-group car, the N-group car has no brakes, no suspension and it want turn into bends”. And Gardemester said that: “The hop from a S1600 (JWRC) to a WRC is smaller than the hop from N4 (PWRC) to WRC.”