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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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4th February 2019, 13:26 #1351
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4th February 2019, 13:31 #1352
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4th February 2019, 13:42 #1353
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If all will agree they could bring tractors as long as it will be good promotion. So no matter what type of cars we will see in future. My predicition lies on SUV-s.
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4th February 2019, 14:07 #1354
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Hardly, SUVs are passing trend probably, especially in countries with limits to city centers etc. Or atleast SUVs as they are now...hothatches/estates with higher clearence is another story.
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4th February 2019, 19:49 #1355
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5th February 2019, 13:33 #1356
An SUV like the MINI Countryman?
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5th February 2019, 18:36 #1357
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No I mean regular, look how much models brands introduce every year. There is like whole series of SUV-s. What we have back in the old days when only american Ford and Suzuki have lots of different models. Now almost every brand have 3 or more. Do you have to say that for hothatches, when there is one or maybe two. And even the second one is practicaly estate.
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5th February 2019, 19:00 #1358
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There are still quite many hothatches in different sizes from many manuf. Same goes with the SUV, easy to make one...platforms are shared with their hothatch siblings for example. That doesn`t mean that they are so hugely popular and can be boosted with rallying. In Western EU, especially in citys/towns with oldtowns, smaller cars are popular...SUVs mostly just substitute or could be called large MPVs and estates, for those who want to put their kids, dogs and lifestyle equipment in it and have a practical need for it... you can`t sell Yaris as a family car to a family with 3 kids and a dog, on the otherhand small SUVs are not such a huge trend...the clearence is not really utilitarian at all, nothing you can`t get from lets say, ix20, Leon X-Perience etc. And lets not forget, that most new cars are bought by companies, country institutes and taxi companies and they mostly go for money per km.
First googled answer for the most selling cars in EU 2018 and hothatches own it pretty much, with only Tiguan and Qasqhai in 5. and 6. place, with around 50% less sold than Golf`s:
https://focus2move.com/europe-best-selling-cars/Last edited by Tarmop; 5th February 2019 at 19:09.
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5th February 2019, 20:31 #1359
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One total failure was not enough?
Actually two total failures (SX4)...
Why should anyone use SUV, i.e. a thing which has terribly large frontal area, thus horrendous aerodynamics, high center of gravity and a few hundred kilos overweight? How do You think anyone could force manufacturers to use completely non-suitable base cars and not something much better suitable for the task?
And come on, nearly all major manufacturers offer some sort of hot hatch.Last edited by Mirek; 5th February 2019 at 20:33.
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5th February 2019, 20:51 #1360
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Some are actually trying SUV-type rally cars:
Fiat 500X (FIA R4)
Toyota CH-R (AP-4)
but for me rally cars should look like "sport models" not SUV/MPV/VAN"quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"
After 5 stages, top 11 covered by less than 30 seconds and top 20 covered by 1 minute 42 seconds.
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