WRC2 news & rumors 2024

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Suninen back in WRC2 with Hyundai from Rally Portugal according to this...

https://www.rallit.fi/teemu-sunisen-...-uutta-tietoa/

Also Pierre-Louis Loubet opening his season in the same event with Skoda in the WRC2 class.

[Sulland]

Well listen to Fiesta rally3 - 4 -5
They all sound simular to Yaris rally2, because they all have 3 cylinder engine.

I like the raw sound of the 5 cyl engines used by Audi and Volvo, but the 3 cyl engines are effective, but boring to listen to.
So the sound of the 4 cyl Renaults in the junior classes are my favorites when it comes to sound!

PS: Also love the 6 cyl BMWs and Alfas old GTVs, nice music in the Rallyforrests!!

[HKSjbg]

That would make more sense if they didn't choose a Japan only model over the global model.

Why? What other 'global' model could Toyota produce out of the 3-Door monocoque? 3-Door hatchbacks are a difficult sell these days hence why they've been disappearing into oblivion. (They thought) they needed some extra sales of that body, and homologating that configuration of car purely for the JDM was the way they decided was best to do it

[mousti]

Suninen back in WRC2 with Hyundai from Rally Portugal according to this...

https://www.rallit.fi/teemu-sunisen-...-uutta-tietoa/

Also Pierre-Louis Loubet opening his season in the same event with Skoda in the WRC2 class.

Weird he skips Sweden.

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[RS]

Can't help myself but the Toyota engine sounds exhausted. There's no sharpness in it. It makes the perceived speed to be slower than it probably is.

Yeah, it sounds lazy.

3 cylinder engines always have that deep thrum and i suspect you're right it is partly an 'audio illusion' but i suppose we'll have to wait a few more events to see if it JUST an illusion or if Monte is the shape of things to come.

[WRCStan]

Why? What other 'global' model could Toyota produce out of the 3-Door monocoque? 3-Door hatchbacks are a difficult sell these days hence why they've been disappearing into oblivion. (They thought) they needed some extra sales of that body, and homologating that configuration of car purely for the JDM was the way they decided was best to do it

Fair enough, but if they haven't sold 2,500 globally in over 3 years, something is wrong.

[Rallyper]

Yeah, it sounds lazy.

3 cylinder engines always have that deep thrum and i suspect you're right it is partly an 'audio illusion' but i suppose we'll have to wait a few more events to see if it JUST an illusion or if Monte is the shape of things to come.

All three cylinder rallycars reminds me of my two Saab Sport two stroke rallycars. Good sound. But doesn´t belong to modern rallycars if I could decide...
Owned them in the 70´s.

[the sniper]

I like that they're there for the variety, but I'd not like them to become the predominant engine in Rally2...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Another boost for M-Sport and their Fiesta Rally2 in Ireland. Hopefully we'll see a car or two in WRC2 .

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-i...sport-a-boost/

[Andre Oliveira]