New R4 Car - Think Tank

**pantealex** · 1st September 2018, 21:52

Originally Posted by Mirek

Forme it is ill proportioned. It's way too high.

Is it higher than quite good Suzuki Ignis S1600 was ?

(I know different era and different car type)

Looks very high to me too.

**focus206** · 1st September 2018, 22:13

It does look high (and quite ugly).
I read that road 500X is 4 cm higher than road Mini Countryman.

**Ricardo Filipe Matos** · 2nd September 2018, 02:30

Is a good new for future of the R4-Kits Cars. Abarth 124 or Tipo would betters but good luck for the project.

**Jarek Z** · 2nd September 2018, 13:11

Originally Posted by steve.mandzij

Compact crossovers are lovely cars to see rally. In America there's a Nissan Juke competing in the open class of many rallies, and it's pretty cool looking, not to mention it doesn't for a moment look ill proportioned.

What is so levely about compact crossovers? Are they not ugly?

**steve.mandzij** · 2nd September 2018, 19:23

Originally Posted by Jarek Z

What is so levely about compact crossovers? Are they not ugly?

Most of the time they're just chunky hatchbacks, and for all the hate they get some aren't ugly at all, like the 500X and Juke

**Franky** · 2nd September 2018, 21:20

Originally Posted by steve.mandzij

Most of the time they're just chunky hatchbacks, and for all the hate they get some aren't ugly at all, like the 500X and Juke

I think you'll find quite a big number of people who think the complete opposite than you of Juke.

**mArvAlcao17** · 19th September 2018, 13:35

Maybe not (really) related to FIA R4, but this one relates to AP4, another alternative to R5, and this made me surprised.

There are some rumours in Indonesian rallying that one - estabilshed - rally teams are designing Mitsubishi Xpander AP4, which the base comes from the MPV car itself.

Previously they planned to build Mazda 2 AP4 after their visit to Australia/NZ, but it didn't happen because their ties with Mitsubishi