CitiuS Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 http://www.swrt.com/news/latest_news.html?id=1590 Team Features Subaru to withdraw from World Rally Championship 16 December 2008 Subaru has announced its decision to withdraw from the 2009 World Rally Championship This sudden decision was in response to the widespread economic downturn that is affecting the entire automotive industry, and follows Suzuki’s withdrawal announced yesterday. After 20 years in the sport, during which time the Prodrive-run Subaru World Rally Team has won six World Rally Championship titles, this is not only sad news for Subaru and the team, but also for millions of rallying fans around the world. Thanks to its highly successful World Rally Championship programme, Subaru has developed into one of the world’s most widely recognised and evocative automotive brands. Prodrive chairman, David Richards, said: “Subaru’s departure from the World Rally Championship is a great loss as it is one of the sport’s icons. The Subaru World Rally Team has created true champions such as Colin McRae and Richard Burns and its absence will be felt by many the world over. Although this decision closes a significant chapter in Prodrive’s history, our focus now turns to the future.” For many, Prodrive and Subaru are synonymous, given the long-standing and close association between the two companies. However, while the Subaru World Rally Team historically represented a significant part of Prodrive’s business, today it accounts for no more than 20 per cent of the company’s turnover. Prodrive will look to redeploy as many of the rally team as possible in other areas of its business operations, which have grown to span advanced engineering and manufacturing for the automotive, defence, marine and aerospace industries, in addition to other motorsport programmes. Despite the current economic downturn, Prodrive’s automotive engineering business remains buoyant as it works with vehicle manufacturers to accelerate the development of next generation fuel-efficient vehicles and alternative fuel technologies. Together with Subaru, Prodrive’s commitment to its customer rally teams will also continue unabated for 2009 and beyond. Over the past 15 years, Prodrive has sold close to 500 rally cars to more than 400 private competitors and independent rally teams in 47 countries. During this time, Prodrive’s customers have won five consecutive Production World Rally Championships and countless international rallies. In 2008, Prodrive-supported customer teams have claimed eight rally championship titles around the world. Looking ahead, 2010 will see the introduction of new World Rally Championship technical regulations, which provide Prodrive with an opportunity to prepare for re-entering the championship with a new team and build on its 24 years of World Rally Championship experience and success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinnek Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ošla Honda, tko je sljedeći?? :flex: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitiuS Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Suzuki se takodjer povukao iz WRC-a za 2009. god.... Navodno ce i Citroen .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jucca Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Nevjerovatno, ne mogu virovat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don-0007 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Navodno ce i Citroen .... Citroen bi trebao ostati, bar su tako izjavili prije tjedan dana na zadnjoj utrci ove sezone u Walesu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njave Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Mislim da ce ubrzo izaci neki novi revolucionarni pogon, na ekoloski cista goriva koji ce natjerati 90% pucanstva na svijetu da promijene aute, jer ovako vise nejde . Samo neka velika stvar, pogotovo u ovim uvjetima moze rijesiti sve probleme auto industrije. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitiuS Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Mislim da ce ubrzo izaci neki novi revolucionarni pogon, na ekoloski cista goriva.... Pa sad bas i ne. S obzirom na namjerno nisku cijenu nafte, ne isplati se ulagati velike novce u razvoj alternativnih goriva i novih eko automobila. Sve je to kuhinja, koji kuha naftni lobi, ne bi li odugovlacili dolazak elektro auta na trziste. Sad sa niskom cijenom nafte destimuliraju sav razvoj tehnologije... Ali to nije tema ovdje... Nadam se da ce se Subaru vratiti sa tvornickom momcadi, jer privatne ce ostati, ali sa starijim modelima ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I kad je rasprodaja WRC vozila :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitiuS Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 I kad je rasprodaja WRC vozila :lol: Pa ako imas viska 300-500k € you're welcome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Pa ako imas viska 300-500k € you're welcome... Ček jel rasprodaja na US način 50-80% off ili na balkanski način kao bilo je miljon ali smo spustila na pola miljona :lol: btw ne znam što je tim japancima,već duže vrijeme je honda u banani s novim modelima,pa onda subaru s novom imprezom itd. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devla Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 baš šteta!što onda samo ostaju ford i citroen od tvorničkih momčadi!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallye Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 WRC je mrtav, živio IRC, koji je i prošle godine bio natjecateljski zanimljiviji. A od 2010. wrc auti ovakvi kakvi sad jesu odlaze u povijest, i zamjenjuje ih s2000+ (s2000 + kit nekakav s turbinom, većim krilom i šaltungom na volanu). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND4SPD Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 ORC FTW! :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japanac Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 PRC je najzesci! :lol: Kad se ovakve vijesti pojavljuju, onda znas da je stvarno kriza.... steta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattas Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Stvarno šteta. Nisam neki ljubitelj Subaru, ali WRC će izgubiti jedno veliko sportsko ime. Šteta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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