Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 25th December 2024, 09:47

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.

**Mary Mary** · 27th December 2024, 11:41

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

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.

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.

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 27th December 2024, 15:45

Originally Posted by Mary Mary

Will probably sell about as many as SsangYong unless they start advertising.

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.

**Rallyper** · 28th December 2024, 07:21

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

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.

That I call Chinese funding...

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 28th December 2024, 15:37

Originally Posted by Rallyper

That I call Chinese funding...

Indeed. The European manufacturers cant compete on price / value and even the Koreans will struggle.

The mass-market, especially the EV, is going to the Chinese unless there's some protection like Trump says he'll do in America.

**Morte66** · 29th December 2024, 11:28

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?

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 29th December 2024, 12:12

@Morte66
Virves maybe, but you'll have to wait for all the WRC2 programmes of the upcoming drivers to be confirmed.

**Franky** · 29th December 2024, 12:14

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.

**PLuto** · 29th December 2024, 12:54

Originally Posted by Morte66

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?

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.