[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[Ounin]

Whatever the reason is or afterwards will turn out to be, there is a delay. That is not good for the publicity of Hyundai. Like what Nissan is facing now on their assault for Le Mans, if you are changng the whole time schedule something went really wrong. You also get some bad side effects like spreading around rumours, and Hyundai can't influence this in a positive or denial way. Belgium press is pointing out the conversation Neuville had with Jost Capito in Mexico.

[AndyRAC]

The 3 door looks far better, and almost 'coupe like'. But the 5 door is more 'family friendly' which is the market they are going for - which I find a little depressing. The WRC is for manufacturers to market their boring family hatches...How exciting....
If you want/ like performance cars, then it's GT cars and the miriad of GT series around the world.

[pantealex]

5-door version is probably over 90% of production, so I believe it´s possible that produce of 3-door is under 25.000/year (isn´t that the limit of WRC model ?)

[Francis44]

We could already see it coming a few months back, after all just a few weeks ago someone from Hyundai was saying they would only introduce the new I20 when they were sure it would be a Polo beater, I remember thinking that it was quite strange off them to say that after running such low milleage with the new car and implying they were looking at Germany to introduce it.

Im not sure if Neuville is under contract for 2016 but it would be interesting to see him in a VW alongside Ogier.

[Mk2 RS2000]

The 3 door looks far better, and almost 'coupe like'. But the 5 door is more 'family friendly' which is the market they are going for - which I find a little depressing. The WRC is for manufacturers to market their boring family hatches...How exciting....

Yes those little boring family friendly cars of yesterday that grew up such as the 848cc Mini that became the Mini Cooper, or the 1200cc Cortina that grew into the Lotus Cortina and the 1100cc Escorts that grew to become the Escort Twin Cam & RS1600 etc.

Sure they were 2 door cars but the 4 door looked just the same in profile.

Where would the sport be today without them.

[stefanvv]

We could already see it coming a few months back, after all just a few weeks ago someone from Hyundai was saying they would only introduce the new I20 when they were sure it would be a Polo beater, I remember thinking that it was quite strange off them to say that after running such low milleage with the new car and implying they were looking at Germany to introduce it.

Im not sure if Neuville is under contract for 2016 but it would be interesting to see him in a VW alongside Ogier.

Neuville has 3 year contract I believe. I begin to wonder what Hyndai's agenda is though. For sure 7-8 months are not enough to build championship winning car (if it is ever built), but with their current experience in wrc, this should be enough to make at least as competitive car as current one, moreover with their so called unlimited budget. 3 doors, 5 doors, what's the matter?

[Barreis]

About new i20...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118524

[samWRC]

About new i20...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118524

Hyundai has stupid strategy. Why they have to make new cars all the time. I think this isn't going to work at all.

[A FONDO]

It's not only about sport performance you know. They have a large budget to "assimilate"... If you are in the motorsport department of a huge company, will you let several millions remain "unused"?!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

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