Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[Mirek]

I'm 99% sure that not. Maybe some rs comes later but sure without any wide body kit.

[tommeke_B]

Do you think the previous Fabia R5 was a profitable car? With Fiesta ST, 208 GTi, Clio RS and some others there's a big competition for a very small market.

[liposh]

I'm 99% sure that not. Maybe some rs comes later but sure without any wide body kit.

I agree. If they didn´t put wide body to Fabia II RS, which looks just ridiculous with its narrow body and every fan was thinking about it those days, they will never do it.

[Mirek]

Do you think the previous Fabia R5 was a profitable car? With Fiesta ST, 208 GTi, Clio RS and some others there's a big competition for a very small market.

Frankly I don't know but I remember that the first RS (diesel one) was the best selling Fabia version in UK so likely it was profitable.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Camilli's R5 for Portugal ..

[AndyRAC]

Do Skoda have any plans of making a R5 inspired road model?
Maybe not 4wd, but a widebody model, and a buffed up engine.

Hmmm, I'd say probably not. The Fabia Mk3 doesn't have a vRS, which I think is a shame; as I think the Mk3 is a decent looking car - far better than the Mk2 which was not a great looker.
I think the vRS cars only sold well in the UK and possibly Germany; which is why they've dropped it. I did have a Mk1 vRS in race blue, and it was a great little car; quick-ish, and economical.

[Mirek]

Andy, I wouldn't be sure about that. If You look back in time both the Mk1 and Mk2 RS came much later than the initial stock model. With the Mk2 RS the rhetorics was same but despite that they made it.

In fact there was a serious reason why it was so late with Mk2 as the DQ200 gearbox didn't fit in the platform. Originally they didn't want to modify it but later they did.

[Andre Oliveira]

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[AndyRAC]

Andy, I wouldn't be sure about that. If You look back in time both the Mk1 and Mk2 RS came much later than the initial stock model. With the Mk2 RS the rhetorics was same but despite that they made it.

In fact there was a serious reason why it was so late with Mk2 as the DQ200 gearbox didn't fit in the platform. Originally they didn't want to modify it but later they did.

I hope I am wrong; I'm only going on what I remember from a few car magazine articles when the Mk3 was announced. Though a Skoda UK spokesman said "We wouldn't say never, though".

[Fast Eddie WRC]

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