Lancer to battle on!!
Dec 11, 2002, 07:09 AM
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Lancer to battle on!!
The Lancer lives!
December 11, 2002
Mitsubishi’s new motorsport chief Sven Quandt has confirmed that the Lancer will remain Mitsubishi’s World Championship rally car for the immediate future, quelling rumours that it would be discarded at once in favour of the Colt hatchback as part of the overhaul of Mitsubishi’s motorsport involvement.
The latest Lancer WRC hasn’t finished higher than fifth since it was introduced in October 2001 and Quandt decided to withdraw from the 2003 World Championship rather than persevere with the Lancer WRC2. However, he believes that it has potential.
“I can tell you that I think that the Lancer can be competitive, even as it is a bigger car than the other ones,” Quandt stated. “It would be nice to have a smaller car. We are checking all options, but I can tell you in 2004 we will go with the Lancer, because 12 months is really no time to develop a complete car. I doubt very much that the Colt will be ready. I can tell you that we are not even started. We are just evaluating and that’s a very early stage to tell you if it is possible or not. First we have to see that we get everything else right and then you can take that technology into another car as well.”
The Colt is too short to comply with the four-metre minimum length specified in World Rally Car regulations. Mitsubishi can still use it if it makes 2,500 versions that are long enough. Peugeot was permitted to use the 206 after making a limited run of 206GTs with longer bumpers.
December 11, 2002
Mitsubishi’s new motorsport chief Sven Quandt has confirmed that the Lancer will remain Mitsubishi’s World Championship rally car for the immediate future, quelling rumours that it would be discarded at once in favour of the Colt hatchback as part of the overhaul of Mitsubishi’s motorsport involvement.
The latest Lancer WRC hasn’t finished higher than fifth since it was introduced in October 2001 and Quandt decided to withdraw from the 2003 World Championship rather than persevere with the Lancer WRC2. However, he believes that it has potential.
“I can tell you that I think that the Lancer can be competitive, even as it is a bigger car than the other ones,” Quandt stated. “It would be nice to have a smaller car. We are checking all options, but I can tell you in 2004 we will go with the Lancer, because 12 months is really no time to develop a complete car. I doubt very much that the Colt will be ready. I can tell you that we are not even started. We are just evaluating and that’s a very early stage to tell you if it is possible or not. First we have to see that we get everything else right and then you can take that technology into another car as well.”
The Colt is too short to comply with the four-metre minimum length specified in World Rally Car regulations. Mitsubishi can still use it if it makes 2,500 versions that are long enough. Peugeot was permitted to use the 206 after making a limited run of 206GTs with longer bumpers.
Dec 11, 2002, 07:26 AM
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will have to build at least 2500 special versions of a COLT EVO variant, we may see what led to the creation of the Lancer EVO as a Group A car happen all over again.
Can you say utra-performance 3-door hatch
will have to build at least 2500 special versions of a COLT EVO variant, we may see what led to the creation of the Lancer EVO as a Group A car happen all over again.Can you say utra-performance 3-door hatch
Dec 11, 2002, 06:14 PM
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Re: Lancer to battle on!!
Originally posted by cannyboy
The Lancer lives!
December 11, 2002
Mitsubishi’s new motorsport chief Sven Quandt has confirmed that the Lancer will remain Mitsubishi’s World Championship rally car for the immediate future, quelling rumours that it would be discarded at once in favour of the Colt hatchback as part of the overhaul of Mitsubishi’s motorsport involvement.
The latest Lancer WRC hasn’t finished higher than fifth since it was introduced in October 2001 and Quandt decided to withdraw from the 2003 World Championship rather than persevere with the Lancer WRC2. However, he believes that it has potential.
“I can tell you that I think that the Lancer can be competitive, even as it is a bigger car than the other ones,” Quandt stated. “It would be nice to have a smaller car. We are checking all options, but I can tell you in 2004 we will go with the Lancer, because 12 months is really no time to develop a complete car. I doubt very much that the Colt will be ready. I can tell you that we are not even started. We are just evaluating and that’s a very early stage to tell you if it is possible or not. First we have to see that we get everything else right and then you can take that technology into another car as well.”
The Lancer lives!
December 11, 2002
Mitsubishi’s new motorsport chief Sven Quandt has confirmed that the Lancer will remain Mitsubishi’s World Championship rally car for the immediate future, quelling rumours that it would be discarded at once in favour of the Colt hatchback as part of the overhaul of Mitsubishi’s motorsport involvement.
The latest Lancer WRC hasn’t finished higher than fifth since it was introduced in October 2001 and Quandt decided to withdraw from the 2003 World Championship rather than persevere with the Lancer WRC2. However, he believes that it has potential.
“I can tell you that I think that the Lancer can be competitive, even as it is a bigger car than the other ones,” Quandt stated. “It would be nice to have a smaller car. We are checking all options, but I can tell you in 2004 we will go with the Lancer, because 12 months is really no time to develop a complete car. I doubt very much that the Colt will be ready. I can tell you that we are not even started. We are just evaluating and that’s a very early stage to tell you if it is possible or not. First we have to see that we get everything else right and then you can take that technology into another car as well.”
Mitsubishi trying to rebuild
Reuters
LONDON -- Mitsubishi has recruited Italian Mario Fornaris from rally world champions Peugeot to help the struggling team return to the top in 2004.
The Japanese team, world champions in 1998, said last week they will sit out next year's title race to restructure their activities and develop a more competitive car for the following season.
They announced in a statement on Tuesday that Fornaris, 32, would join on January 1 as head of global engineering and technical director.
At Peugeot, he worked as chief development engineer for the 206 WRC project.
"We are turning around our world rally championship organization," said Mitsubishi motorsport head Sven Quandt. "With the appointment of Mario Fornaris, we are showing how seriously we take our return to the top of the sport."
Dec 11, 2002, 07:12 PM
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Originally posted by evomk8
If will have to build at least 2500 special versions of a COLT EVO variant, we may see what led to the creation of the Lancer EVO as a Group A car happen all over again.
Can you say utra-performance 3-door hatch
If
will have to build at least 2500 special versions of a COLT EVO variant, we may see what led to the creation of the Lancer EVO as a Group A car happen all over again.Can you say utra-performance 3-door hatch
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Originally posted by Seńor Info
Touché, evomk8. And I suspect that Sven Quandt is whistling Dixie and that his farewell is imminent.
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Touché, evomk8. And I suspect that Sven Quandt is whistling Dixie and that his farewell is imminent.
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Thanks for the Tschues. Mein Deutsch is so gut wie Tod. Ich kann kaum noch Schreiben... hope you understood that...
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