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It is a hopped up econobox and looks exactly like one. All the aero, fancy wheels and massive grills in the world will not hide it's origin.
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Sounds typical of a homologated rally car.
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The background music is amazing too!
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Yes, yes.. but so were Scooby, Lancers, Sierra Cossie, E30 M3, Integrale, Civic Type R, Renault sport products... I can go on and on...
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So were?
Subarus and Hondas still are.
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And they all look like souped up econoboxes that no element of racecarizing will change the appearance of. Some just hide it better.
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Yes, yes but sometimes things like that like look cool.. silk purses from sow's ears.. just amazing what the "racecarizing" engineers can do to make 'em fly. My Integrale is a brick but it just oozes rally car (obviously IMHO)..
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It seemed like he was commenting on how light some of the components were like rear door. Also looks like is has a water tank in the rear, along with the battery,to spray into the intercooler, there's carbon composite roof too. I wonder how much of that detail will carry over to the Corolla version? Or how much time and money will go into development and tuning the chassis. Will they just slap the parts on a Corolla and call it a day? It's a shame we couldnt get this very car, you can tell they were pretty serious about it.
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Toyota knows they're too slow and cumbersome to capture magic in a bottle, they basically took an unoccupied market segment with the 86, that's not going to happen here with the 'rolla, I think this car is a nice gesture but will ultimately be unsuccessful. That being said I wouldn't gamble on which would sell better a Yaris or Rolla GR4, I can see a strong argument for a warmed up Corolla getting more non-enthusiast buyers than a hotted up Yaris and doing better for Toyota in the US. |
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So, in the end rally car drivers are rednecks with European accents?
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