proxlamus© Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Subaru and Suzuki dropped out of the WRC... The WRC now consists of.. Ford and Citroen. booorriinnngg I cant believe this.. seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 that sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 yep, the local NZ Subaru dealers are currently considering their position on the local NZ rally scene... most dealers sponsor a subie owner in some rally here, whether that will continue will be up to the individual dealers themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazeum Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I would agree with you that sucks Money talks... Citroën is doing good, Loeb is an amazing driver (too good???) I wish they were releasing street cars out of those rally versions as they did in the past with Group B cars. Citroën is LAME as far as sport car now. The "sportiest" C4 at the dealer is a N/A 2.0L 180hp FWD for almost 3000lbs I owed an Lancer EVO VIII that was an amazing car! I wish Ford and Citroën were doing sport car that good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I expect other auto manufacturers will drop out of motorsport if this economy hicup doesnt get better soon. They are merely trying to survive by watching their expenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Wez Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Its a shame that the WRC is pretty much dead at this point. I started watching back in 00', when Mitsubishi was still in it. There used to be a site called Rallytorrents.com where you could download all the races, its now wrctorrents.com. I usually go and watch afew races on the weekends. I miss the good ol' days though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowCarbZ Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Yeah I really hope it doesn't fold. I've been following the WRC as long as I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I've heard they are planning on coming back for the 2010 or 2011 rally circuit. Really is a shame though. Subaru out of WRC, Honda out of F1...who's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Wez Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Just a sign of the times. Every area of motorsports is affected. Hopefully w/n a year or 2 things will start to come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 i always used to stay up late on sunday nights to watch wrc when speed(now nascar) channel carried it.much better to watch a wrc car get caught in a tree 20' up than watch bubba-car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadkill Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 actualy recently iv heard that they are back in but i cant really prove this tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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