Rally racing

[amorco]

How come BMW does not participate in any WRC events? Are there any specific rally events BMW only enter?:p

[DEV0 E30]

How come BMW does not participate in any WRC events? Are there any specific rally events BMW only enter?:p

Only "bmw" only rally I know of is one that uses 318s (E30s) in Germany I think, found the link on e30.de. Site is down for maint, but here it is. http://www.ig318is.de/

- edit - The site is up.

[SchnellerVert]

Maybe a privateer but no factory involvement except for Dakkar.

http://enormouslysideways.net/cantbelieveimdoingthis.html

[LEANE30]

there isn't enough factory involvement in small rally circuits because the current participants don't want their field to grow, their afraid of the competition, they like winning. (PIKE'S PEAK -> Cough-CouGH!!!!)

[uofom3]

they ran some e30 m3's back in the day with prodrive - but all of the possible cars lack AWD:(

[smonkbmw]

uh if you notice the majority of wrc cars are 4cylinder turbos, awd and lighter,smaller cars. bmw doesnt make such a beast. maybe a 1 series but i doubt that would be light,awd or make that kind of power.

[Ferret]

I think BMW simply decideded to concentrate their motorsport budget on F1 - which some (not me) consider the ultimate motorsport and touring cars - which are reletivaly similar to the road cars.

WRC rules allow constructing a 4WD 2 liter turbo racecars even if the company does not pruduce such a car for the road - everyone except Subaru and Mitsubishi does it. That said, to me it seems that only Subaru and Mitsubishi got a marketing advantage from their WRC programs invetments.

[SchnellerVert]

If you've noticed Mitsubushi is not even competing in the present series and Pugeot and Citroen are thinking of withdrawing also.

[Fidhle007]

So that leaves the STi nearly unchallenged? Audi also participates in some rally racing but not nearly as much as Suby. Audi has a few rally-inspired comercials on TV from time to time. Somehow I'm still not running to my local Audi dealership...

If one were to build up a privateer rally car, what do you guy's think would be a good base car? I've always wanted to build a rally car and I figured a modded iX could be fun...

[turnofftheradio]

Only "bmw" only rally I know of is one that uses 318s (E30s) in Germany I think, found the link on e30.de. Site is down for maint, but here it is. http://www.ig318is.de/

- edit - The site is up.

great galleries of smashes. cool site!

[ianeire]

The Ford Escort mkII is one of the greatest clubman rallycars ever made! I dont think they ever made it to the states though. Is there much of a rally following over there?

Huge in Ireland.

[mattdk318i]

This sounds a bit childish, But when i played Gran Turismo 3 , I couldnt get enough of their rally cars and courses.

[Fidhle007]

This sounds a bit childish, But when i played Gran Turismo 3 , I couldnt get enough of their rally cars and courses.

Did you notice that the Ultra-expensive rally cars were often not as fast as the higly modded stock versions? All my best times were set with a production STi and every mod thy offered. I spent a lot of time with suspension setup though...

Also, if you have an xbox, check out Rallysport Challenge 2. Great graphics and the car handling is pretty realistic I thought. I was never good enough to win the good cars though and I never bothered to look up any cheats... Great game none the less!