Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

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I read the post of Andre Oliveira in the "Audi" thread and I saw that FIA is trying to hold old N and A cars in international rallies by extending their homologation by 8 years. This is the first time this is done and it is an indirect admittance that cheaper cars are needed. I think it is also time to admit that some door must be left open for making new cheaper cars, that are not old like N and A.

I am not talking about the "big" classes, I am talking about the small ones. In 1997 the cost for building the new N1 I participated with was about 20 average wages in my country. Now, the cost for a new Rally5 is about 60 average wages. Surely, Greece had a major economic crisis and it is not the correct place to make comparisons, but the difference is still very big in all European countries. How on earth can we attract young drivers with such costs?

P.S. By the way, the 106 N1 was a hell of a car and getting in a rally with 22 other crews with the same cars was a fantastic experience.