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Michael Czeiszperger
 Post subject: First look at the MINI Countryman rally car in the dirt
PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:07 am 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3STajPxP ... r_embedded

This has got to be closer to a production Countryman than the Ford Fiesta rally car is to the production version. I'm not a fan of the engine sound, though, it sounds like a 250cc japanese motorcycle.

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god that was horrible.
had to stop after about a minute.
all it is is a car zooming by and a bunch of dust.

not impressive.

they'd have better success in my civic, probably.

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Michael Czeiszperger
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KouroshNeshat wrote:
not impressive.

they'd have better success in my civic, probably.


Its just the first test drive. I'm sure they'll have a slick promotional video al-la Ken Block around the time the car actually starts racing.

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KouroshNeshat wrote:
god that was horrible.
had to stop after about a minute.
all it is is a car zooming by and a bunch of dust.

not impressive.

they'd have better success in my civic, probably.



:lol:

That's exactly what I thought when I watched it - except for that last part. Needs better video.
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 Post subject: lada motorsports lada 2112 s2000 class car in dirt
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC3GUCde ... re=related

yep. the new lada revolution 2112 s2000. if the wrc goes teh way it says it will go. then we will see lada on the board with vw and citroen.

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Pete Guthrie
 Post subject: a countryman that i like
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEb2jt89_4k&feature=sub

this is what happens when a mini goes to GNC and goes a little overboard

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Michael Czeiszperger
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Isn't the ride height a litle tall?

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not for Dakar style rally. They put those cars through HELL

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6k miles in two weeks. of the roughest terrain south american desert has to offer.

vw won last year with a diesel

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Wow, that is incredible!

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it starts next month. 1st through teh 17th i think. argentina to chile and back.

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 Post subject: Re: First look at the MINI Countryman rally car in the dirt
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this is footage of rally jordan as featured by duen.hu

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Michael Czeiszperger
 Post subject: Re: First look at the MINI Countryman rally car in the dirt
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The prodrive MINI rally car finally made its official debut with a big marketing event in typical MINI fashion:

http://www.minispace.com/en_us/article/wrc-launch/531/

I wonder how much of an actual MINI is in the car, but probably about as much as the Prodrive Subaru.

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 Post subject: Re: First look at the MINI Countryman rally car in the dirt
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Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
I wonder how much of an actual MINI is in the car, but probably about as much as the Prodrive Subaru.


I read an article somewhere on the car and as with all the WRC cars there is not much used from the street car aside from the actual body shell. The rear suspension was converted to struts and the AWD system is completely different. I think the engine block is a beefed up version of the normal 1.6 liter that Mini uses, other than that nothing really shared with the street car.

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