Ken Block now in a.....ford fiesta!
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Originally Posted by ZacKisBacK,Jan 27 2010, 11:39 AM
Actually, he switched from Subaru to Ford in order to compete in the WRC championship. As Subaru is not officialy involved anymore, he couldn't make it this way. So he will be driving Ford Focus WRC or Ford Fiesta S2000 as shown upper. In fact, Ford just take the advantage of his fame to present the new Fiesta race car, but this is far from a road legal car guys... it's a rally race car.
4WD with a 2l NA around 280hp for the Fiesta and he will be in Malcolm wilson's Msport team, the official Ford race team.
Now, we will see how he will compete against real pilots like Loeb and Hirvonen.
4WD with a 2l NA around 280hp for the Fiesta and he will be in Malcolm wilson's Msport team, the official Ford race team.
Now, we will see how he will compete against real pilots like Loeb and Hirvonen.
For the rest I strongly agree with you and Im really looking forward to see how hes gonna stand against the "real" drivers
Travis Pastrana tried it some years back and wasnt too succesfull at it.
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Originally Posted by stocky,Jan 30 2010, 11:49 AM
rallye cars have to be road legal.
For the rest I strongly agree with you and Im really looking forward to see how hes gonna stand against the "real" drivers
Travis Pastrana tried it some years back and wasnt too succesfull at it.
For the rest I strongly agree with you and Im really looking forward to see how hes gonna stand against the "real" drivers
Travis Pastrana tried it some years back and wasnt too succesfull at it.
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To continue on the road legal thing. It's just impossible for a WRC car to be road legal. They go and compete in different countries and what makes a car "road legal" in one country is probably not agreed in the other countries. For example, here in France, a car cannot be road legal with a welded cage; but they still can do the " parcours de liaison" on the road. It's a kind of an agreement between the different countries where those rally take place and the FIA.
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Originally Posted by ZacKisBacK,Jan 30 2010, 08:36 PM
To continue on the road legal thing. It's just impossible for a WRC car to be road legal. They go and compete in different countries and what makes a car "road legal" in one country is probably not agreed in the other countries. For example, here in France, a car cannot be road legal with a welded cage; but they still can do the " parcours de liaison" on the road. It's a kind of an agreement between the different countries where those rally take place and the FIA.
AllIm saying teh have to be road legal, in whatever country they want.
Thats why many rally cars are registered in UK, where the only requirement to be road legal is to have 4 wheels and a steering wheel basically
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Originally Posted by stocky,Jan 31 2010, 04:55 PM
I didnt say you can buy them at teh dealership and Im also aware that different countries have different rules for cars beeing road lega.
AllIm saying teh have to be road legal, in whatever country they want.
Thats why many rally cars are registered in UK, where the only requirement to be road legal is to have 4 wheels and a steering wheel basically
AllIm saying teh have to be road legal, in whatever country they want.
Thats why many rally cars are registered in UK, where the only requirement to be road legal is to have 4 wheels and a steering wheel basically
You know how lucky those guys are compared to us... it's as you say, 4 wheels and a steering wheel = license plate in uk.
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