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Title: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: the alarming man on 15 October 2012, 18:38:37
can't say i am suprised tbh.... :-\






http://www1.skysports.com/news/15749/8166925/ (http://www1.skysports.com/news/15749/8166925/)
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: ozzycat on 15 October 2012, 23:01:16
needs to get to how it was ln the 79s & 80s when i was driving in it
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Vamps on 15 October 2012, 23:07:09
So Long........
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: feeutfo on 15 October 2012, 23:09:54
Money money money?
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Vamps on 15 October 2012, 23:11:48
Money money money?

Nearly wet myself...... :D :D :D And not that is not an ABBA response..... ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: feeutfo on 15 October 2012, 23:16:07
Money money money?

Nearly wet myself...... :D :D :D And not that is not an ABBA response..... ;D ;D
Funk feet..? ;D no I've never heard of it either. ;D
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Lazydocker on 15 October 2012, 23:18:33
The question is, are they Burning My Bridges?
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: feeutfo on 15 October 2012, 23:22:26
Not quick enough? Andante Andante.
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Vamps on 15 October 2012, 23:25:20
Dum Dum Diddle........... :)
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: mantahatch on 16 October 2012, 07:44:41
That's a beggar. They are one of our customers  :'( A very good cutomer aswell.
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: the alarming man on 16 October 2012, 09:35:15
obviously there are 3 members on here that are either thick or stupid,you can all chose which but what ever grow the hell up...but for one of you that will be very hard...not the sharpest tools in the box are we
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: tunnie on 16 October 2012, 09:37:42
obviously there are 3 members on here that are either thick or stupid,you can all chose which but what ever grow the hell up...but for one of you that will be very hard...not the sharpest tools in the box are we

 ??? ??? ???  :-\
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Lazydocker on 16 October 2012, 09:44:35
obviously there are 3 members on here that are either thick or stupid,you can all chose which but what ever grow the hell up...but for one of you that will be very hard...not the sharpest tools in the box are we
Assuming I'm one of the three ??? Grow a sense of humour ;) We're just trying to have a bit of a laugh ::)
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Lazydocker on 16 October 2012, 09:46:03
In answer to the initial post. It's a shame but hardly a surprise. They've not really been competitive for too long to sustain the amount of money they are investing
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 October 2012, 10:16:53
WRC has very little market value anymore and hence its not worth the investment from the big manufacturers.
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Olympia5776 on 16 October 2012, 11:05:54
I'd say that Rallying is still immensly popular in each and every one of the countries that the WRC circus visits.
The problem is that we live in a Global Market as far as Manufacturers are concerned and the TV and Media  coverage is utterly abysmal .
If you look at the footage from rallying in the late 90's and early 00's the coverage was much much more comprehensive ,exciting and stimulating ,exactly what sells cars and that is why they are in it .
The visual impact of continuous  in car camera footage and a sweaty uninterested  driver being interviewed at the end of a stage is a poor comparison .
What it needs is a total overhaul similar to F1 to reinvigorate the whole concept , but not by Bernie , Please.....
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: Kevin Wood on 16 October 2012, 11:13:08
Agreed. It's a much more interesting spectator sport than F1, for example, if the coverage is done well.

And.. as a mate of mine is helping out with the internet publicity for a certain very fast Fin, I should probably leave a citation. This is in a proper Ford rally car, though. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBOKD6fGu0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBOKD6fGu0)
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: henryd on 16 October 2012, 11:57:49
Agreed. It's a much more interesting spectator sport than F1, for example, if the coverage is done well.

And.. as a mate of mine is helping out with the internet publicity for a certain very fast Fin, I should probably leave a citation. This is in a proper Ford rally car, though. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBOKD6fGu0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBOKD6fGu0)

I muchly enjoyed that,shame he lost a couple of cogs near the end :y :y
Title: Re: Ford leaves WRC
Post by: redelitev6 on 16 October 2012, 16:22:13
Sadly, rallying has been on the decline since the end of the group B days, todays cars are very tame compared to what they used to be , also turning the nationwide RAC rally into Rally GB and then running it in Wales has hardly done the sport any favours :(