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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2018
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8th November 2018, 05:06 #2321
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Subaru and Mitsu should both come back, two iconic brands in rally history!
Both also had a lot of return from the sport I think, selling Lancers and imprezas.
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8th November 2018, 05:34 #2322
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At least in Norway, thru the Petter Solberg years. 2003 and 2004 was 40% up from 2002.
Now, i dont know, but 70% down from 2002? Much lesser new cars on the road, i live in winter wonderland Lillehammer, snow 5-6 months a year. Even i has sold my Impreza and buyed a volvo xc60
Motorsport sells cars, when the marketingdepartment know how they do theire job!
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8th November 2018, 09:41 #2323
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I don`t see motorsports selling cars TODAY, except racing. Maybe the brand itself, yes, but that`s also quite hard. People want SUVs, entertainment, economy, long warranty and a low monthly payment- when we aren`t talking about premium car. Also pretty hard to create cars for a petrolhead because of all the safety and eco demands. They all weigh a million because of many airbags and driveraids and cost a lot. Times when RS`s, STIs and Evos were popular from clubman events to grp n. are over, fun while it still lasts and hopefully the "oldtimers" are also maintained not only used and they`re around for some 10 years+.
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8th November 2018, 10:31 #2324
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8th November 2018, 11:58 #2325
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This. Unequal length exhaust headers and single scroll turbo setup, what we get in UK, US and Europe sound very different from Japan spec with equal length headers, twin scroll setup. I don't recall the later wrc imprezas having so much burble, certainly nothing like the legacy's and early imprezas.
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8th November 2018, 13:51 #2326
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8th November 2018, 19:00 #2327
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8th November 2018, 19:18 #2328
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8th November 2018, 20:19 #2329
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If we remind Lancia’s long agony after leaving the WRC, till nowadays almost extinction, it’s hard to agree with you; motorsport and Rally can still have positive effects on the auto industry, from R&D to marketing and sales. Besides, the current SUV fashion won’t last forever (a bit like the MPV’s in the 00’s) and most of those SUV’s are mainly Hatches on steroids, making possible to adapt them to rally.
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8th November 2018, 21:22 #2330
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Suv-s a passing trend...don't think so, new technology in roadcars yes...can't be said about motorsports in general. The amount of teams and the risk of their withdrawl says otherwise. Also roadcars are cheap, in comparison to wrc budget and car price.
For me it sound reasonable to remove Hybrid from the car in terms of cost saving. If I am not mistaken, one unit is ca 15% of the total car cost. And in most of the rallies, more than one unit is...
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