Thursday 21st April 2016

GT86 CS-R3 and Patrick Snijers: Time for Tea?

All up to date on the current rally classes? Here's how much fun they can be!

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Hopefully Dan's spotter's guide on the current WRC classes will have cleared up the regulations, and piqued a little interest in rallying too. If it hasn't, then this video should do it...

Anyone with some knowledge of tarmac rallying will know Patrick Snijers. If you don't, watch this legendary vid of him on the Manx in an M3 and prepare to accept him as your new rallying hero. He's still at it in fact, driving one of the very exciting new GT86 R3 rally cars.

Here's why rear-wheel drive must feature in rallying! Sure, it doesn't go all that quickly if you're used to 300hp+ rally cars and there's a fair amount of grip, but to see it slipping and sliding around on a stage is great. Snijers has definitely still got it as well...

So sit back and enjoy rear-wheel drive back in rallying. It even sounds pretty good. Can we have a go please Toyota?

Watch the video here.
 

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Love it, now make it 4WD, add a turbo, give it some STI stickers and get it into WRC!

Edit: Or TRD stickers.......

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DM525i said:

Don't make it 4WD, that's the whole point. Great to see a modern RWD car rallying.
We need more!

I completely agree, I prefer RWD of course but the only way it would be competative in WRC would be if it had 4WD hence why I said that.

If they made a WRC RWD class I would watch it a hell of a lot more that is for sure.