Quote Originally Posted by mArvAlcao17 View Post
We rather buy the kit & pay the taxes rather than do a risky thing by buying a R5 car which hard for us to maintain because lack of car manufacturer's representatives/dealers (No Skoda, no Ford, Hyundai & Peugeot are the minnows).

No matter what, I can assume that completed R4 cars, at least the cars which built at here, would be cheaper (a bit or a bunch, doesn't matter) than a R5 cars. (Finally there are some advantage thru government-implemented LCGC cars). What matter most is the maintenance cost because we rarely change cars, and relatively short rally (There is a sprint rally & a long-stage rally which could be done in just 1 day).
What you will have to be careful of; if the R4 Kit is designed for a body shell built in Europe , there are likely to be subtle differences if trying to put the kit in a Asian made body shell.
What you could try is get one of the official Australasian AP4 constructors (if the French R4 kit makers do not supply) make you a welding jig for the local construction of rally body shells. They have made a few car body shell welding jigs before.
http://bit.ly/2guWKfb (VW Polo AP 4 Australia with evo gearbox) $200 000 Australian for a cost focused AP4.

The Mazda 2 would probably be one of the lesser difficulty builds as base platform is the same as the CX and has the driveshaft tunnel as standard.
If the Subaru wrx sti is eligible that should be looked at too as it is already 4wd.