New R4 Car - Think Tank

[Rally Power]

Lets do an example n how it could be done on a budget.
A used Ford Fiesta Mk7 can be bought for 5000€.
A bodyshop tuner can easily make changes to the body to take onboard the Oreca kit. Maybe 10-15 000€
Then we have the suspension. Not sure how much a set of 3 way Reigers as used on the R2 cost, maybe 8-10 000€.
4wd system after strict FIA rules, fully passive, and simple.
Had we continued down the road of using a tuning firm, and letting them building the car ready to eat an spec engine from Oreca.
Maybe a car could be had for 50-60 000€.

Honestly, a 4wd rally car supposed to run in national and international rally series for what costs now a R2 sounds totally unrealistic...besides, 8 or 10 years ago you couldn’t buy a top N4 for less than 120.000€ and a new R4 Evo or Impreza were costing quite more than that.

The price cut on Oreca kit is a positive move and if national tuners offer their final models for 150.000€ (still 100.000€ less than a R5) there would be a market for R4, especially if importers and dealers from brands currently not involved in rally see it as a chance to get into the sport.

R4 is having a slow birth; let's hope it'll eventually succeed!