DOCSLIB.ORG

Press Release Nr 3 29, June 2017 RALLYLEGEND IS TAKING SHAPE

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Press Release Nr 3 29, June 2017 RALLYLEGEND IS TAKING SHAPE Press Release nr 3 29, June 2017 RALLYLEGEND IS TAKING SHAPE, WITH THE EVENT PROGRAM FROM 19 TO 22, NEXT OCTOBER. THE EXPECTATION FOR THE “COLIN MCRAE TRIBUTE” IS GROWING, WITH OTHER SURPRISES AT THE SITE, THANKS TO COLLABORATION WITH LUIS MOYA. “RALLYLEGEND EXPERIENCE”, FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LIVE AN EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY Republic of San Marino. The news of the exclusive and glamorous reunion of almost all World Rally Champions in history at Rallylegend, this year from 19th to 22nd October, has spread almost virally in the world rally environment. For the first time ever, in the Republic of San Marino, two days will remain indelible in memory and in the heart of the enthusiasts: Walter Rohrl, Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Timo Salonen, Juha Kankkunen, Miki Biasion , Didier Auriol, Tommi Makinen, Marcus Gronholm, Petter Solberg, Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier, with Sandro Munari and Markku Alen, winners of the FIA ​​Driver Cups 1977 and 1978, which became the World Rally Drivers since 1979. All gathered for the “Colin McRae Tribute”. With Luis Moya, co-driver twice champion of the World Rally Championship, who in his new role as a passionate Rallylegend ambassador, as well as having made possible the gathering of so many champions, is working on other projects and surprises, which will surprise us ... RALLYLEGEND PROGRAM: FOUR DAYS FULLY IMMERSED IN RALLY HISTORY The opening of the enrollments on Monday, August 1st, will be the first official act of Rallylegend 2017, with the closing scheduled for Thursday 28th September. Rallylegend starts Wednesday, October 18th, with the delivery of road books and the route reconnaissance, but Thursday, October 19th will be the first real day of the event, with the opening of Rallylegend Village, the Accreditation Center and the Press Room, the scrutineering from 11 am until 6.30 pm and at 7.30 pm the Legend Parade, the first walkway, with stage interviews, all the champions and the great protagonists present, behind the wheel of the fantastic cars they’ll be driving the race . On Friday, October 20th, from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm, the shakedown is the first opportunity to watch cars and crews in action, while at 12.30 pm the entrance of the cars to start park is scheduled, inside the San Marino Stadium. At 19.00 Day 1 of the rally starts, and ends at 23.30. On Saturday, October 21st, from 9 am to 12 pm, the “walkabout” is scheduled, to see all the cars, lined up at San Marino Stadium, and at 13.30 there is going to be the start of Day 2 of the rally, arriving at 18.30. At 8 pm, the highly anticipated Press Conference “Colin Mc Rae Tribute”, with all the world champions present meeting Media and the public. On Sunday, October 22nd, a new opportunity for a walkabout, to admire the cars, lined up at San Marino Stadium, from 8.30 to 9.30 and at 10.00 Day 3 of the rally is starting, with arrival and prizes at 14.45. Inside the rally, at 12.00, at the special stage “The Legend”, the unmissable Champions for a Champion Parade and the Colin’s Parade. “COLIN MC RAE TRIBUTE”: LOVE TO A BELOVED CHAMPION It will be really a special day, that of Sunday, October 22nd. The day of the “Colin McRae Tribute”, the most anticipated moment of Rallylegend, the tribute to a much loved champion. Starting at 12.00, during the special stage “The Legend”, the unmissable “Champions for a Champion Parade”, the never-before- seen show of all the World Rally Champions, with the Cars with which they won the title. Next, another dense moment of excitement, “Colin’s Parade,” with some of McRae’s car in his dazzling career, one of which will be driven by his brother, rally driver, too, Alister McRae. Always on Sundays, there will be a WRC hospitality dedicated to the history of the Rally World Championship, featuring an exhibition of sports precious cars, which won titles and races in the World Rally Championship, with exceptional champions behind the wheels of cars used by Colin McRae in his career. RALLYLEGEND EXPERIENCE: TO LIVE THE EVENT IN A TOTALLY EXCLUSIVE WAY Rallylegend is passion for rallies. And for enthusiasts, an exclusive proposal is dedicated. The one of being part of Rallylegend, living spaces and moments reserved for the great drivers and protagonists that will take part in Rallylegend 2017. It is called Rallylegend Experience, a rally dream package, including access to the Rally Village throughout the duration of the event, with reserved close car place, access to shakedown, to all special stages, a reserved place in the Tribune on the special “The Legend” and Rallylegend gadgets. But above all it is included, during the “Colin McRae Tribute”, the aperitif on Saturday and the invitation to the Press Conference with all the World Champions, along with Press and important guests. Then, still, a flight in helicopter on special tests and, for twenty Rallylegend Experience holders, the possibility of sitting aside two Top Drivers in some exciting passages, on the “The Legend” stage, on board of a Rally car, on Saturday, October 21st. Details and further information at http://www.rallylegend.com/images/2017/RLEXP2017web.pdf THE WWW.RALLYLEGEND.COM WEB SITE INFORMATION REFERENCE POINT The website www.rallylegend.comis the official information point on everything concerning the San Marino event. The site is constantly updated with all communication, addresses and news about Rallylegend. On Facebook: Rallylegend Official Facebook Page. 15th RALLYLEGEND 2017: CONTACTS Rallylegend Secretariat: mob. (+39) 339.5478180 tel. (+378) 0549.909053 fax. (+378) 0549.905922 Website : www.rallylegend.com e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] PRESS OFFICE Head: Leo Todisco Grande Mob. + 39.335.8298326 e-mail [email protected] .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Success Factors for the I.D. R Pikes Peak: Pacemaker Dieter Depping, Test and Development Driver
    August 7, 2018 Success factors for the I.D. R Pikes Peak: Pacemaker Dieter Depping, test and development driver → Unsung hero behind the Pikes Peak record – Depping tested the I.D. R Pikes Peak → Depping is behind many successful Volkswagen race and rally cars → Romain Dumas: “Dieter was my second throttle foot” Wolfsburg (D) – He is the unsung hero and secret pacemaker behind the successful Pikes Peak project: Dieter Depping. The man from Hannover (Germany), who celebrates his 52nd birthday today on 7 August, has been a motorsport test and development driver for Volkswagen for 16 years. Without him, the twelve titles in the World Rally Championship (WRC), a further two titles in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX), the three Dakar victories with the Race Touareg, and the many class wins at the Nürburgring 24 Hours would have been inconceivable. Or, as Romain Dumas puts it: “Dieter was my second throttle foot. Without him, the record on Pikes Peak would not have been possible”. The fact that this quote from Dumas came just moments after the ground-breaking Press contact 7:57.148 minutes, in which he had made motorsport and electromobility Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH history, speaks volumes of the key role that Dieter Depping has played in Andre Dietzel the Volkswagen Motorsport success story. Head of Communications & Marketing Tel: +49 175 723 4689 andre.dietzel@volkswagen- “The outstanding work that Dieter motorsport.com Depping does for Volkswagen Motorsport is of vital importance,” Volkswagen Product Communications Bernhard Kadow says Volkswagen Motorsport Projects & Motorsports Director Sven Smeets. “Every one Tel: +49 152 588 70782 of our successful motorsport [email protected] projects has received a lot of valuable input from Dieter.
    [Show full text]
  • Rally Italia Sardegna 2017 Entry List
    RALLY ITALIA SARDEGNA 2017 ENTRY LIST NR. ENTRANT DRIVER / CO-DRIVER NAT. CAR CL/GR Priority Eligibility OGIER Sebastien FRA RC1 1 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM FORD FIESTA WRC P1 Manufacturer INGRASSIA Julien FRA WRC TANAK Ott EST RC1 2 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM FORD FIESTA WRC P1 Manufacturer JARVEOIA Martin EST WRC EVANS Elfin GBR RC1 3 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM FORD FIESTA WRC P1 Manufacturer BARRITT Daniel GBR WRC PADDON Hayden NZL RC1 4 HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC P1 Manufacturer MARSHALL Sebastian NZL WRC NEUVILLE Thierry BEL RC1 5 HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC P1 Manufacturer GILSOUL Nicolas BEL WRC SORDO Dani ESP RC1 6 HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC P1 Manufacturer MARTI Marc ESP WRC MEEKE Kris GBR RC1 7 CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT CITROEN C3 WRC P1 Manufacturer NAGLE Paul IRL WRC BREEN Craig IRL RC1 8 CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT CITROEN C3 WRC P1 Manufacturer MARTIN Scott GBR WRC MIKKELSEN Andreas NOR RC1 9 CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT CITROEN C3 WRC P1 Manufacturer JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG Anders NOR WRC LATVALA Jari-Matti FIN RC1 10 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT TOYOTA YARIS WRC P1 Manufacturer ANTTILA Miikka FIN WRC HANNINEN Juho FIN RC1 11 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT TOYOTA YARIS WRC P1 Manufacturer LINDSTROM Kaj FIN WRC LAPPI Esapekka FIN RC1 12 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT TOYOTA YARIS WRC P1 Manufacturer FERM Janne FIN WRC OSTBERG Mads NOR RC1 14 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM FORD FIESTA RS WRC P1 FLOENE Ola NOR WRC AL RAJHI Yazzed SAU RC1 20 YAZEED RACING FORD FIESTA RS WRC P1 WRC TROPHY ORR Michael GBR WRC PROKOP Martin
    [Show full text]
  • Press Release Nr. 2 28Th April 2017
    Press Release nr. 2 28th April 2017 AT RALLYLEGEND 2017 AN EPOCHAL EVENT: FIFTEEN RALLY WORLD CHAMPIONS, FROM 1977 TO TODAY, PRESENT IN SAN MARINO FOR THE "COLIN MC RAE TRIBUTE". Almost the entire World Rally Hall of Fame, from birth to today, gathers for the tribute to the great Scottish driver, ten years after his death Republic of San Marino. All together, at Rallylegend next October 21st and 22nd: Walter Rohrl, Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Timo Salonen, Juha Kankkunen, Miki Biasion, Didier Auriol, Tommi Makinen, Marcus Gronholm, Petter Solberg, Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier, with Sandro Munari and Markku Alen, winners of the FIA Driver Cups 1977 and 1978, that later became the World Rally Drivers since 1979. Fifteen World Rally Champions, for a total of thirty-four world drivers titles - almost all the history of the World Championship series - will gather in the Republic of San Marino - for two days World Rally Capital - for the "Colin Mc Rae Tribute", Rallylegend's tribute to the memory of the great Scottish champion, ten years after his premature and tragic disappearance. For Colin Mc Rae, at Rallylegend there will also be Derek Ringer, the co-driver with whom the late Scottish driver won the World Championship title in 1995, and Nicky Grist, another important co-driver for him; while two other World Champion co-drivers, Hans Thorszelius and Robert Reid, will be present at San Marino to bring their memory of two champions who are no longer among us, such as Bjorn Waldegaard and Richard Burns. An epochal event, a "reunion" so far never seen, the dream of all fans: having so many legendary champions, all together, for two days.
    [Show full text]
  • 7Reglament Angles 15 Febrer 2002.P65
    2002 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS REIAL AUTOMÒBIL CLUB DE CATALUNYA LLORET DE MAR 21st - 24th March 2002 1 2 INDEX Pages PREVIOUS WINNERS 5 PROGRAMME-TIMETABLE 6 RALLY OFFICES 9 ORGANISATION I. Organisation 10 1.1 Definition 10 1.2 Organising Committee 10 1.3 Officials of the rally 10 1.4 Identifications 12 GENERAL CONDITIONS II. Eligibility 12 III. Description 12 IV. Eligible cars 12 V. Entry form - Entries 13 VI. Entry fees - Insurance 13 VII. Advertising 17 VIII.General Obligations 18 8.1 Control of the drivers helmets 18 8.2 Infringements 18 8.3 Plates - Numbers 18 8.4 Reconnaissance 18 8.5 Tyres 20 8.6 Fuel 21 8.7 Competitors Safety 21 8.8 Accident Reporting 21 RUNNING OF THE RALLY IX. Start 22 X. Protests - Appeals 23 CLASSIFICATIONS XI. Classifications 24 XII. Prizes - Cups 24 XIII. Prize-Giving 25 APPENDICES TO SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS Appendix I Itinerary 26 Appendix II Competitors Relations Officers 29 Appendix III Assistance Plates 29 Appendix IV Shakedown 30 Appendix V Helicopters 31 Appendix VI Radio Equipment - frequencies 31 3 4 PREVIOUS WINNERS I 1957 Sebastián Salvadó - «MILANO» Alfa Romeo 1975 II 1958 Luciano Eliakin - Augusto Lluch Saab 93 III 1959 Alex Soler-Roig - Manuel Romagosa Porsche IV 1960 Max Hohenlohe - Augusto Lluch BMW 700 V 1961 Joan Fernández - Ramon Grifoll BMW 700 VI 1962 «CLERY» - «CALA» BMW 700 VII 1963 Jorge Palau-Ribes - Jorge Palou Fiat Abarth 850 VIII 1964 Jaume Juncosa - Salvador Cañellas Fiat Abarth 1000 IX 1973 Salvador Cañellas - Daniel Ferrater Seat 1430 / 1800 X
    [Show full text]
  • Rallycross: EKS Audi Sport Heads to the Mountain Heights of Portugal
    Audi MediaInfo Motorsport Communications Virginia Brusch Phone: +49 151 52817968 E -mail: [email protected] www.audi -mediacenter.com Rallycross: EKS Audi Sport heads to the mountain heights of Portugal • World Championship round at Montalegre attracts tens of thousands of fans • Mattias Ekström: “The track’s unique character is challenging” Neuburg a. d. Donau, April 24, 2018 – It is one of the toughest race tracks in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX): this weekend (28/29 April) the circuit in the mountains of Montalegre (Portugal) awaits the EKS Audi Sport team and the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro. The circuit, located 1,000 meters above sea level and close to the Spanish border, has a unique character – with fast corners on tarmac, a long straight and a tight and twisty gravel section featuring high curbs. “To find the best set-up compromise for this is a real challenge every time,” says Audi factory driver Mattias Ekström. In 2016 he managed this successfully even though he missed the final due to being involved in somebody else’s start line accident. “Last year, we were not the fastest in Montalegre but as team still took the win in the end. I love this track and the Portuguese spectators, who are mega enthusiastic about motorsport and rallycross.” The classic rallycross circuit attracts tens of thousands of fans every year to the remote mountain region. They turn the event into a real festival. Ekström’s new team mate Andreas Bakkerud is also a big fan of Montalegre. “It is one of my absolute favorite tracks.
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Download
    NEW Press Information Coburg, December 10th, 2010 NEW 2 The legend returns. The NEW STRATOS will be officially presented on 29./30.11.2010, at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet. The legendary Lancia Stratos HF was without a doubt the most spectacular and successful rally car of the 70s. With its thrilling lines and uncompro- mising design tailored to rally use, the Stratos not only single-handedly rewrote the history of rallying, it won a permanent place in the hearts of its countless fans with its dramatic performance on the world’s asphalt and gravel tracks – a performance which included three successive world championship titles. For Michael Stoschek, a collector and driver of historic racing cars, as well as a successful entrepreneur in the automotive supply industry, the development and construction of a modern version of the Stratos represents the fulfillment of a long-held dream. Back in 2003, the dream had already begun to take on a concrete form; now, at last, it has become a reality: In November 2010, forty years after the Stratos’ presentation at the Turin Motor Show, the New Stratos will be publicly presented for the first time at the Paul Ricard Circuit. The legend returns. NEW 3 A retrospective. It all began in 1970, at the Turin exhibition stand of the automobile designer, Bertone. The extreme Stratos study on display there – a stylistic masterpiece by the designer Marcello Gandini – didn’t just excite visitors, but caught the attention of Cesare Fiorio, Lancia’s team manager at the time… and refused to let go.
    [Show full text]
  • 1968 − 1984 Colin: the Busy Baby by Margaret Mcrae
    1968 − 1984 Colin: the busy baby by Margaret McRae Colin Steele McRae was born on August 5, 1968. It was a Monday. He was born in the William Smellie Maternity Hospital in Lanark. And he was a much-wanted child – a first grandchild for my parents, however Jim’s mum and dad already had two. It’s from Jim’s mum that Colin took the name Steele – it was her maiden name. We were living in Blackwood, about five miles from Lanark, in those days. And it was to the house in Vere Road, Blackwood that we would have taken Colin home – if we hadn’t still been renovating the cottage at the time. Instead, we went and stayed with my parents for two or three weeks while we finished the work on the house. This was actually quite a God-send as my dad wasn’t feeling too well at the time and having a newborn baby in the house really took his mind off things. He spent all of his time, just focused on the baby. Right from the off, Colin was a busy baby and, unfortunately for us, not a baby to whom sleep came easily or quickly. I think he stayed in our room for about seven weeks, before we knew the time had come for him to go into his own room. I don’t think Colin really slept through the night completely for about two years. Alister, his younger brother, was something of a revelation by comparison and slept really quickly. It’s fair to say, Colin wasn’t an easy baby.
    [Show full text]
  • Redline GT Compatible Games
    Redline GT Compatible Games PlayStation®2 PlayStation®2 (con't) 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker ™ NASCAR® 07 Auto Modellista NASCAR® 08 Burnout 2: Point of Impact™ NASCAR® 09 Burnout 3 Takedown™ NASCAR® 2005: Chase for the Cup™ Burnout™ NASCAR® Heat™ 2: Road To The Championship Burnout™ Dominator NASCAR® Heat™ 2002 Burnout™ Revenge NASCAR® Thunder™ 2002 Colin McRae™ 2005 NASCAR® Thunder™ 2003 Colin McRae™ 3 NASCAR® Thunder™ 2004 Colin McRae™ Rally 4 Need For Speed™ Underground Corvette® Need For Speed™: Hot Pursuit 2 Driven Need for Speed™: Most Wanted Enthusia Professional Racing Need for Speed™: Underground 2 Evolution GT™ NHRA™ Championship Drag Racing™ F1™ 2001 Pro Race Driver F1™ 2002 R: Racing Evolution F1™ Career Challenge Rally Championship Ferrari® F355 Challenge™ Rally Fusion: Race of Champions Flatout™ Richard Burns Rally™ Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives RoadKill Formula One 2001™ Shox™ Formula One 2002™ Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory Formula One 2003™ Starsky & Hutch™ Formula One 2004™ Street Racing Syndicate™ Gran Turismo™ 3 A-spec Test Drive® Gran Turismo™ 4 Test Drive® Eve of Destruction Gran Turismo™ Concept: 2001 Tokyo Test Drive® Off-Road: Wide Open™ Gran Turismo™ Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Geneva The Simpsons™ Hit & Run Grand Prix Challenge The Simpsons™ Road Rage Hot Wheels ™ Velocity X TOCA Race Driver™ 2 Initial D: Special Stage TOCA Race Driver™ 3 Juiced™ Total Immersion Racing™ Knight Rider™ Twisted Metal Black Online Lotus Challenge™ V-Rally™ 3 Midnight Club™ 3: DUB Edition World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars 2002 Midnight
    [Show full text]
  • Motorsport Information
    Motorsport Information FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), Rally Spain Champions, champions, champions, champions*! Ogier/Ingrassia claim fourth WRC title in a row with Volkswagen § Crowned with a win: Ogier/Ingrassia wrap up world title after eleven rallies § Title defence sees champions join Kankkunen and Mäkinen in exclusive club § Match point number two for Volkswagen in the Manufacturers’ Championship Wolfsburg (16 October 2016). Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) were crowned World Rally Champions for the fourth time in a row after taking victory at the Rally Spain. They guided their Volkswagen Polo R WRC to a fifth win of the season in Catalonia, finishing ahead of Dani Sordo/Marc Martí (E/E, Hyundai) und Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (B/B, Hyundai). Their ninth podium in eleven races triggered wild celebrations. The Frenchmen can no longer be caught at the top of the overall standings in the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Team-mates Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jæger (N/N) went into the Rally Spain as their closest rivals in the title race, but the Norwegians’ hopes of winning the championship were dashed when they were forced to retire from the rally. Eighth place in the Manufacturers’ classifications for Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN) means Volkswagen is well- placed to claim its fourth Manufacturers’ title in a row next time out at the Rally Great Britain. Kankkunen, Mäkinen and Ogier – up there with the biggest names in rallying 952 days in a row at the top of the table: Sébastien Ogier is only the third World Rally Champion to be crowned champion four years in a row in the pinnacle of rallying, and the fourth four-time world champion in the history of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC).
    [Show full text]
  • Yearbook Four 2017 Our Fourth Hyundai Motorsport Yearbook Explores the Growth and Milestones of Our Company During Another Exciting Year
    Yearbook Four 2017 Our fourth Hyundai Motorsport Yearbook explores the growth and milestones of our company during another exciting year. With new World Rally Championship (WRC) regulations, it was a challenging 12 months that provided some of the most thrilling competition of the modern era. Our new car, the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, was a winning package on every surface and kept audiences transfixed on a championship battle that went all the way to the penultimate round… In 2017, we also branched out with our Customer Racing initiatives and welcomed a new circuit racer to our car line- up. The i30 N TCR joined the New Generation i20 R5 rally offering as part of our expanding customer activities. All this, and much more, is explored within these covers. Turn the pages for a candid look through each month from Monte-Carlo to Australia and join us in reflecting on Hyundai Motorsport’s fourth year in the world’s toughest motorsport championship. Hyundai Motorsport Yearbook Edition Four 2017 1 2 3 4 Contents WRC’s new era 06 July Launch of the i20 Coupe WRC 10 WRC Rally Finland 66 January i30 N performance 70 WRC Rally Monte-Carlo 16 Eifel Rallye Festival 74 February August WRC Rally Sweden 20 WRC Rally Germany 76 March September WRC Rally Mexico 24 Andreas Mikkelsen 80 Rallye Sanremo 28 R5 title successes 82 Marketing & PR Conference 32 HMDP 84 April October WRC Rally France 36 WRC Rally Spain 86 A car for all seasons 40 WRC Rally GB 90 WRC Rally Argentina 46 November May WRC Rally Australia 94 WRC Rally Portugal 50 i30 N TCR 98 June December WRC Rally Italy 54 Season review 104 WRC Rally Poland 58 Timeline 106 Ypres Rally 62 Partners 110 Thank you 116 Copyright: Hyundai Motorsport GmbH Publication: December 2017, All Rights Reserved.
    [Show full text]
  • The Audi Sport Quattro
    >ÖRSCHE :AYENNE "URBO S 20-HP SUV IN DUBAI VUDI QUATTRO (ORLD^CHEAPEST RALLYSTAR The Classics You Wa An Audi Most Krauty Audi's turbo Quattro coupe made the idea of an all- wheel-drive car seem less stupid • By Michael Lamm f you happen to find an original Audi Quattro made the original Quattro one of the most stähle, safest coupe parked somewhere, pull out your road cars ever conceived. In setting the engineering checkbook and buy the damned thing, because Standard for AWD passenger vehicles, Audi convinced you're about to get yourself a true, race-bred the world that AWD was the way to go, not only in racing winner—a still-modern car with a place in but also in the rain, on ice, and through snow. automotive history few can touch. And what happened to Audi, thanks to the Quattro, The "Ur Quattro," German for "Original Quattro," is was simply this: The Company survived. Thirty-odd still hugely populär and in demand overseas. Yet on years ago, Audi had yet to grab its share of "German this side of the muddy pond, you'll find just a precision"glory. Back then, Audi built ratbag cars that handful of these 4x4s left, partly because Audi feil apart and couldn't pull the hat off a hobo. brought only about 662 of them into the U.S. and The man in Charge at Audi, Ferdinand Piech, knew stopped importing them after 1985. something had to be done quickly to make his Company Audi's full-time all-wheel-drive (AWD) System competitive with the other German automakers.
    [Show full text]
  • 171024-Three-ŠKODA-Crews-In-WRC-2-At-Wales
    ŠKODA MOTORSPORT PRESS RELEASE Page 1 of 4 Three ŠKODA crews in WRC 2 at Wales Rally GB Veiby and Nordgren alongside champion Tidemand › New WRC 2 Champions Pontus Tidemand and co-driver Jonas Andersson lead the three cars of the ŠKODA factory squad at the penultimate round of World Rally Championship › Norwegian youngsters Ole Christian Veiby/Stig Rune Skjaermœn and Finnish shooting stars Juuso Nordgren/Tapio Suominen competing in a ŠKODA FABIA R5 as well › ŠKODA Motorsport boss Michal Hrabánek: “Running three factory cars for the second time in 2017 demonstrate our outstanding performance in WRC 2.” Mladá Boleslav, 24 October 2017 – ŠKODA Motorsport will compete at the upcoming Wales Rally GB (26/10–29/10/2017) with three ŠKODA FABIA R5 cars driven by the new WRC 2 Champions Pontus Tidemand/Jonas Andersson WRC 2, Norwegians Ole Christian Veiby/Stig Rune Skjaermœn and Juuso Nordgren from Finland, joined by co-driver Tapio Suominen. While experienced Tidemand is aiming to score his fifth 2017 victory in WRC 2 category, youngsters Veiby and Nordgren want to demonstrate their skills behind the steering wheel of the works ŠKODA FABIA R5. “After Monte Carlo Rally for the second time in 2017 we are running three works teams in a round of the World Rally Championship. Having prematurely won the WRC 2 Championship with Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson, also having secured the FIA WRC 2 Championship for Teams, I am really looking forward to the performance of our three teams,” explains ŠKODA Motorsport boss Michal Hrabánek. Pontus Tidemand and co-driver Jonas Andersson won the WRC 2 category already in Sweden, Mexico, Argentina and Portugal.
    [Show full text]