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WRC Testing

Not just ease but cost alone is enough. I saw what a manufacturer paid for 3 days use of a well known circuit venue near me and it made my eyes water. The additional diesel and driver hours is not even cents in the euro in comparison.
 
Sound much better than the Toyota and definitely not the most ugly rally car I have seen. But it would dearly need a bigger rear wing. This small thing is embarassing
 
Lancia also been snorkel testing...

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Andre Oliveira said:
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First impressions:
1. This car is seriously fast. With the right driving talent, who knows what awaits!
2, Sounds a whole lot better than any versions of the Toyota I have seen so far.
3. The drive-train and engine are all "borrowed" from rivals. Imagine the embarrassment that might follow.
 
240RS said:
First impressions:
1. This car is seriously fast. With the right driving talent, who knows what awaits!
2, Sounds a whole lot better than any versions of the Toyota I have seen so far.
3. The drive-train and engine are all "borrowed" from rivals. Imagine the embarrassment that might follow.
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The car certainly looks in this video to have a well matched chassis front and rear, it seems to roll nicely and in a balanced way, a good sign for tyre wear. You have only to look at the current Rally1 Puma for a chassis that is completely mismatched front and rear.
 
Remember also that Lefebvre's best result was 5th in top category and 3 stage wins. He won WRC3 and JWRC once. In WRC2 he was never so good. So is he a good driver, not so sure bit he may be a good test driver, so this can be taken with pinch of salt.

Also I noticed that this car seems fast and spectacular. But we will see if the gravel spec will be good, and if the car will be reliable.

But even if Toyota seems "slower" by the test videos, they will have half of the current field of fastest drivers, best team behind and resources to outperform straight away. If not, sooner than later.
 
We have to wait and see. There is a very nice video of Sordo testing which I cant seem to find which has him drifting between a fast corner combination on tarmac - because they tested something with the differencials. Was it the fastest setting? No, since in the rally they drove straight without drifting, because it is the fastest way. TLDR: The spectacular could be created by bad settings / suspension. I hope not though, other than the spoiler this looks neat
 
Ferranis said:
We have to wait and see. There is a very nice video of Sordo testing which I cant seem to find which has him drifting between a fast corner combination on tarmac - because they tested something with the differencials. Was it the fastest setting? No, since in the rally they drove straight without drifting, because it is the fastest way. TLDR: The spectacular could be created by bad settings / suspension. I hope not though, other than the spoiler this looks neat
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Of course, we know nothing about the speed of the car and we won’t know that until the competition comes. But hopefully, we can see that the car is by no means a disaster and looks to be born quite well. I hope they can put a top driver in the seat to show what it can really do.
 
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