Toyota announces WRC plans

[Mirek]

Day 3 of the test with Camili. He looks much faster than the other days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SLOwL0BWEc

Maybe it's just me but I think the car is too soft and still somewhat underpowered.

[b3637853]

I still don't understand why they've decided to go with Yaris, it looks ridiculous as WRC machine.

[AL14]

I still don't understand why they've decided to go with Yaris, it looks ridiculous as WRC machine.

I'm curious to see it wider with new regulation, it will be like a square.

Is there any expert guy who knows what the implications are with a shorter car regarding driving? Will it be more stable than a bigger one? More easy drivable? And what about mechanics parts? Will it be harder to find space for them?
Or it will just not change anything compared to a bigger car?

[pantealex]

is it optical illusion or is wheelbase of yaris really shorter than polo/3/fiesta?

[makinen_fan]

Maybe it's just me but I think the car is too soft and still somewhat underpowered.

I also noticed some turn in problems and lots of understeer, similar to the early videos of i20, which they were never solved.

[b3637853]

is it optical illusion or is wheelbase of yaris really shorter than polo/3/fiesta?

Yaris - 2450 cm
http://www.freetexturesblueprints.co..._yaris_477.jpg

Polo R - 2637 cm
https://photos-2.carwow.co.uk/blog/1...dimensions.jpg

DS3 - 2464 cm
http://www.citroen.co.nz/wp-content/...itroen-ds3.jpg

Fiesta - 2489 cm
http://www.kendallcars.com/wp-conten...8112558-12.gif

So if they're not changing wheelbase for building WRC then Polo is the longest, the rest is basically the same.

[Mirek]

Polo R is 2470 mm. You have there value and picture of Golf

And by the way Your values are in mm not cm. Those would be some trains

[omer yetis]

2637 is Golf, Polo is 2480mm

http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/about-wrc/...-672-672-.html

[b3637853]

Polo R is 2470 mm. You have there value and picture of Golf

And by the way Your values are in mm not cm. Those would be some trains

Yeah of course it's Golf and values in mm my bad. I also found out that i20 is 2525 mm, but maybe it's the new 4-door version.
So there are just slight differneces, yet Yaris is shortest.

[Mirek]

Current i20 WRC is 2480 mm. Stock car probably a bit less as they can use up to additional 1% of the stock wheelbase for the WRC.