[urq] Speed Channel

[John Koenig]

I caught part of it, too.  Always cool to see this stuff, however brief.

The reference to homologation was about the fact that cars like the
UrQuattro, Lancia Integrale, Escort Cosworth, etc., exist because FIA and
other rules dictated a minimum production requirement.  For the WRC at
least, those rules have changed, and there is no need to offer these
production "specials" any more.  The Mitsu Evos and Subaru WRXs exist for
other reasons.

John


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Subject: [urq] Speed Channel


> Last night on Speed Channel, I watched a show called Fifth Gear? or
something
> like that. To my surprise, I had to do a double take because I saw footage
of
> an S1 and then some woman on the show was driving a Sport Quattro (Red). I
> caught her saying that you could have bought a Sport Quattro in the UK for
GBP
> 25,000 and they are now available for GBP 5,000. (ya, right!) Also, some
more
> footage of the UrQuattro, the Lancia Delta HF and Integrale, the Peugeot
205
> Turbo 16, the Ford Escort Cosworth RS. These were all shown so it could be
seen
> how the manufactureres made these homoliginated (sp?) super cars in order
to
> race the same car in a certain class. The show also mentioned how cars
> available to the public have changed since the end of homoligination
(sp?).