That's the plan for some months now..Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
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That's the plan for some months now..Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Yes, Fabia R5 is under development. It is intended to win ERC and as many regional/national titles as possible ;)
15 years ago F2 had very good promotion. Seat/renault/skoda/hyundai/citroen works teams were involved in lower categories.
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Indeed, before the days when the FIA decided it was a good idea to do separate TV deals for different categories on WRC events. The cars were exciting to watch, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Yes, Seat sold their cars with a sticker on, "F2 World Rally Champions"....Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Manufacturers are in it to sell more cars. I've always thought there needs to be a Championship for one of the most important car sectors, the Hot Hatch market; FWD, 1.6L/ 2.0L.......
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Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Well, first example to come in mind was 1986 when Eriksson drove group-A VW Golf in the era of group-B cars. He got a decent amount of media coverage. Also, F2 cars later on, especially when they drove into WRC points but even without them, they got their own coverage.
Now, I've wrote my posts at night due to my work and I notice my fails :p
I want to point out that NOW, FIA with Red Bull-promotions, has an excellent chance to build a proper lower class to WRC-world. Done right, it would attract new manufacturers and drivers to rallying and at best, we would have TWO exciting classes in every rallies. What would be better. IMO the steps to WRC should be from ERC to WRC2 and then to WRC. But that's just my opinion.
This got to be the first post I 100% agree with Barreis :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Btw... does anyone know how Peugeot vs Citroen was possible to PSA? And Seat vs Skoda before them with VAG? Especially when Citroen and Peugeot fought, they spend a lot of money and not only on drivers ...
That time the car market was rapidly growing. Something which is over now. Since that time also the number of independent manufacturers decreased a lot. Also the general public isn't that much interested in cars. Young people do care much more about smart phones and other electronic stuff and cars are often just a necessary mean of transport, not like 20 years a go. In my opinion very small percentage of car buyers have any clue about technical stuff or actual competition in some championships, in my opinion the only thing which now can work in marketing point of view is overall victory in well known events and championships.