Obviously the 780 is one of the horrible cars with the biggest potential:
Yeah I saw that after some googling.. Was my first impression too, hence the question mark. Looks like it’s Algarve that others have posted.
Silverstone?
An average budget of 1000$ a year for the 142. Last year I used everything, this year about a fifth. When it comes to a daily-drivers, I’d think I’d use about the same, at least if it’s a car with some value.
Clever diffs are in some way a traction control, but not the electronic type that are illegal in rallycross. The difference in driving styles in rallycross are aldo huge, and at some tracks (like LA) conserving tires can earn you a lot of speed.
04 and 05 might be the strongest wins by Loeb. Solberg would’ve given him a bigger fight if he had a better teammate than rookie Mikko Hirvonen (Loeb had Carlos Sainz!), but still impressive and expected after 03. 05 was the beginning of the end for Subaru, with the water splash incidents and few good performances…
It might be, and I’m not sure if Loeb would do better than Timmy Hansen. At least not right away. I think Kenneth Hansen (who at one point was more dominant than Loeb) would like to have Loeb in is team though. The Citroën he used in the X-Games in that video was provided by Hansen, so they’re familiar with each…
So Mikko Hirvonen will get another chance to beat Loeb, at something that is new to both. I might follow the Dakar a bit closer this time.
Carlos Sainz wears that cigar better than he should.
Best-selling car in Norway, 2016. And that’s good, I’m starting to get bored of seeing a Model S on every corner..
The rallycross effort is quite supported by VW in Europe, with the cars being built at the same site as the Polo WRC’s. Andretti is just running them, even though they’re doing that quite well considering that rallycross is rather new in the US. Subaru has more experience, but worse results from the past two seasons..
They planned to do 400, but ended up with 11 452. The SportQuattro (with shorter wheelbase) is a lot rarer with only 224 built.
Direct quote on World Rallycross from Button:
He’ll have to be careful with that if he ever comes to the round in Sweden...
The talent is there, and he was promising last year just missing out of the semifinals. This new team hopefully means that we’ll see him doing either a full WorldRX or EuroRX season next year!
Rear view:
It might be similar to the sound they make?
All Opels, here represented with a Kadett C, or the Buick Opel as you got it. Opels have been big sellers in Europe since the 50’s, but never caught on in the US. Okay, the Cavalier/Cimarron/Ascona cars might be an exception, but still Opels are being sold as Buicks without much success..
The regular 3-door without the extra pillar was available for every trim level from a 1.6L to the Cosworth, so I guess the extra pillar was there to make the XR4 a bit more special.