what is the best rally car

Subaru Impreza STI hehehe
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 > Lancia.
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 > Fulvia HF
 > Stratos
 > 037
 > Delta S4
 > Delta HF 4x4
 > Delta Integrale
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 > That's one hell of a list of fantastic cars, and one hell of a lot of
World
 > Championships.
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 > I think the Ford Escort actually holds the record for most rallies won
 > though, mainly because they're still winning most of the classic events.
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 > Someone will no doubt say "it's the Subaru, me mates got one"
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definitely the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII. I got the chance to ride about a
year ago and ever since I dream of purchasing that car ...

What about you?

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This is not as straightforward a question as it might seem at first......


If you're asking who the best rally manufacturer is in terms of performance,
at this very moment in time it's probably a toss up between Peugeot and
Ford, for the 206 WRC and Focus 03 respectively. However, both cars are yet
to be proven in terms of reliability. The other problem is you won't get
your hands on one of these unless you either drive for the Peugeot or Ford
World Rally teams (if so, can I have an autograph please?) or have Bill
Gates' bank balance.

The Subaru Impreza WRC is just a little worse than the Peugeot 206 WRC and
Ford Focus 03 in terms of on track performance, but has been proven over the
years to be reliable. Unlike the Focus 03 and Peugeot 206 WRC, the
technology is available very freely, in so far as so long as your wallett is
big enough, you can get your hands on one, no problem. I'd go as far as
saying that Subaru have flooded the Rally market with Subaru Imprezas. The
Mitsubishi Lancer is similar to the Subaru Impreza in so far as it has been
proven over the years as a top end rally car which is reliable, but you'll
find it's a little pricier than the Impreza, and some people claim the
Impreza offers better performance.........but of course, this could depend
on how you tweak the car......


From a point of view of which manufacturer is the "best" to support, if such
a question can even be asked, Subaru and Mitsubishi seem to have plenty of
t-shirts, jackets, caps, model cars etc available to purchase at rally
shows........now all Mitsubishi need to do is to bother to enter a team into
next year's WRC!!!............memorabilia for other manufacturers seems
harder to find, though Peugeot have been getting their finger out of
late.........personally I'd love some Skoda gear but they just don't seem to
make any.......


Finally, from an ethical point of view, Ford, Peugeot, Volkswagen and
Mitsubishi all run yearly competitions aimed at promoting younger
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It depends what kind of rally you are talking about - but you have to
remember the driver and navigator (or co-driver) are more than half
the equation.

An old Renault R12 (1972) got me and my navigator 4th, 3rd, and 2nd
overall in the ONNRC series in the late seventies 3 years running.
There were lots of more powerful, or more capable cars in the series,
but only 3 more consistent the first year, 2 the second, and 1 the
third.A series 1 Civic got us 3 years going. Can't remember who the
others were.
Never broke the old critter on a rally - never DNFd, and my navigator
was a genius. He'd say his driver was.
The first year the Renault missed 3 rallies before we got it ready to
go - so we ran them in my AMC Pacer - possibly the worst rally car
ever designed! Important thing is we finished - and finished
reasonably well.
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