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Old 01-27-2019, 08:47 AM   #95
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Originally Posted by rennlistuser3 View Post

But honestly I do think the Apline is a fair bit higher on the exotic scale.
Are you aware about the fire on a pre-production Alpine press car in the Monte Carlo race? Complexity and exotic scale isn't necessarily a good thing.



Here are the details and a video of the fire:
https://www.motor1.com/news/238433/a...ar-fire-video/

Yes Subaru or Mazda are cheaper brands and in many cases will use a simpler manufacturing approach, but I would never imagine a press car from them catching fire even if it is not "officially" a production car. And even on the performance area and the slalom results posted a few pages back, it looks that the approach followed by the 86/BRZ works really good even with the stock tires!
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