The NEW Subaru 2004 WRC

[Russ]

Gonna be used for the first time in mexico

http://www.swrt.com/cpimages/487961.jpg
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http://www.swrt.com/cpimages/488430.jpg
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can any1 say carbon fibre :O

[Fatboy]

I'd settle for one for running about town in!

[Skeps]

Very tidy Oh and Russ couldnt u find any bigger piccies

[unrealrocks]

So its the old STi with some nasty looking wingmirrors and a new spoiler ... and its all been carbon fiberised. :\

[Howard]

Urgh That's no better looking than the old one. Lol

[Rave]

Those pictures were taken at Prodrive HQ in Banbury- I've been there. When I did some work experience there in '99 most of the bodywork was carbon fibre, I guess they just left it unpainted this time. Don't like the spoiler much TBH, pretty fugly.

Rich :¬)

[Russ]

ye i agree rich, they've only just started using it, due to laws that have only just come in for the WRC, so they got everything super light.

[Tumble]

ROFL.. nice car.. but I just noticed that the air vent thingy at the front in the last pic is held on with Gaffa tape...marvellous

[Mozzer]

It's not designed for looks, its a WRC car.

[TomWilko]

Looks the bomb tbh! Put me down for 4

[bsodmike]

ROFL.. nice car.. but I just noticed that the air vent thingy at the front in the last pic is held on with Gaffa tape...marvellous

not gaffer tape, aluminium tape

[Lead_Head]

Eugh!

Looks horrid! If it makes it go fast then fair enough - good luck to them. Just don't release the parts so Kev down the road can stick it to his Fiesta :-/

[Rave]

ye i agree rich, they've only just started using it, due to laws that have only just come in for the WRC, so they got everything super light.

The boot lids of the cars I worked on (Richard Burns' 99 Finland car, and Juha Kankkunen's(sp?) 99 Argentina car IIRC) were both Carbon Fibre. Weighed sod all. Actually I'm almost certain that all the body panels were. I was pretty amazed that a car with nothing in it, and Carbon fibre bodywork apparently weighs 1250KG....I guess they make the shell as light as possible, then put ballast low down and as central as possible to improve the handling.

Anyway, that's beside the point, they've been carbon fibre for a few years.

BTW, that car is set up for gravel and dust, so it won't look as cool as a tarmac car.

Rich :¬)

Edit: I've just posted this, and already I'm doubting myself. Maybe it was the boot support struts that were CF. TBH you probably know more about WRC technical regs than me Russ.

[Russ]

i know a bit, wouldnt say im an expert, ask zakk, hes a god.

(the car weighs 1230kg )

[Crazy Cricket]

You can tell that those Corona chaps are complete newcomers to chip cutter fabrication, you'll never find potatoes that big

[madmaca]

WTF is that wine rack doing on the back of a car! Wonder how long it is before all the Kevs down McDonalds car park get one of them spoilers???

WRC is cool tho

madmaca.