VW Joins WRC in 2013
Posted by mack73
Brian Cary Elite Moderator Location: Boston Join Date: 10/28/2009 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 50 Rally Car: Mercedes 260E- Rally car in spirit |
Brian Johnson Elite Moderator Location: Park City, UT Join Date: 12/17/2006 Posts: 166 Rally Car: Co-Driver - Old School Motorsports WRX |
Seriously! It flies better than a few of the X Games cars we've seen in the last few years.  -Brian |
Brian Klausen Mega Moderator Location: Denmark Join Date: 03/21/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 388 Rally Car: VW Golf GTi 16V |
... and Maxi/F2 Seat Ibiza's... etc... Brgrds Brian 
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Sean Medcroft Elite Moderator Location: Edmonds, Washington Join Date: 02/12/2009 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,802 Rally Car: Building a Merkur |
Grant Hughes Senior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Well, they kinda were. At least in principal though not competitively. Oh burn! 
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Pete Remner Mega Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Grant Hughes Senior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Yep. They were. Best finish was 5th in Argentina by Kenneth Eriksson, who scored points at 7 additional rounds. He finished 10th in driver's standings. The second driver Austrian Franz Wittman scored points in 3 rounds and 35th in Driver's championship. It was a Peugot/Lancia show all year though. Maybe VW's 1986 result will be comparable to Mini's success by being the 3rd highest placed manufacturer in the WRC in 2011! 
I doubt there will be any real effect on US rallying from this news though. |
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