New R4 Car - Think Tank

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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!

Except that N4 was hugely popular. It was a car you could buy from a dealership, get groceries, go to work, practice in clubman events in the weekends, before gradually turning it into a high spec (or not so high spec) . N4, with what you could tackle RC2 and compete for the overall victory in local championships, atleast against several competitors in your class. None of that is possible with a R4.