WRC out, R5 in

[AMSS]

Ok, so there`s hope..

[er88]

The first time I spectated R5 was in Rally Estonia (Kruuda and Kangur) and I must say that I liked these cars. Seems that people are more dissapointed by their performance in slow corners.. well The places I was watching were all pretty fast (4th or 5th gear+pretty slow tarmac corner (2nd or 3rd gear) in city stage, it was also nice). And the cars looked spectacular there and soudned good.

Agree, most of the very fast sections i spectated at in wales i enjoyed watching the fiesta r5s. However coming out of slow corners they really seem to lack the grunt. Looking at testing vids of skoda and peugeots r5s they sound really good imo and look more spectacular already than the fiesta which dosent sound great unless in a thick forest with ho wind- out in open areas with wind i could barely hear the fiestas sadly. Is it really soo hard to make a good sounding car??

[RS]

the fiesta which dosent sound great unless in a thick forest with ho wind- out in open areas with wind i could barely hear the fiestas sadly. Is it really soo hard to make a good sounding car??

Every turbo Ford is the same. Focus WRC, Fiesta WRC, Fiesta RRC, Fiesta R5....

[AndyRAC]

Isn't it because of Pipo Moteurs?? Most of the recent Fords have sounded poor, like 'strangled farts'. The Peugeot 208R5 sounds perfectly fine.

[RS]

Isn't it because of Pipo Moteurs?? Most of the recent Fords have sounded poor, like 'strangled farts'. The Peugeot 208R5 sounds perfectly fine.

I think that has a lot to do with it; the 307WRC was the same.

[Rallying UK]

FUTURE OF WRC: World rally cars or R5 - what does the future hold?

Good article by Rallye-Magazin:

http://translate.google.com/translat...rie/index.html

[PLuto]

Now it is sure that R5 is not the future of rallysport. They will live less than we expected. Actual R5 will live only one month...

More info here

[Mirek]

Now it is sure that R5 is not the future of rallysport. They will live less than we expected. Actual R5 will live only one month...

More info here

This is the most stupid idea from FIA I have ever heard about

[Mirek]

Isn't it because of Pipo Moteurs?? Most of the recent Fords have sounded poor, like 'strangled farts'. The Peugeot 208R5 sounds perfectly fine.

I think that has a lot to do with it; the 307WRC was the same.

Hyundai i20 has also Pipo engine and it sounds completely different...

[MJW]

Hyundai did have a Pipo engine in the early days, but they had plans to bring engine development and assembly it in house, -like VW, (refer to an autosport.com article about 5 weeks ago when David Evans visited the factory, also keep an eye on the jobs vacancies at Hyundai Motorsport to see the recent adverts for such roles).
Maybe the proper engine is now fitted as they approach final specification and homologation. Remember 2 years ago? the polo was initially fitted with a VW Formula 3 engine in preliminary testing.
I read somewhere that Hyundai have stated that they wish to bring the Asian mentality (Samsung style?) into fast tracking development and product delivery, and show that not everything has to be done slowly like the European model.