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  1. 11-11-2014, 03:41 AM #1
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    VW Golf SCRC

    ProDrive - who built the 911 SCRS rally cars back in the day - have built a similar themed Golf SCRC. It won it's first rally (the APRC China Rally) with WRC driver Chris Atkinson at the wheel last weekend. It is built to open-class specs (so maybe we'll see one in North America next year), basically a WRC car with a larger engine.

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    Do the regs require these cars be 4 door?
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  3. 11-11-2014, 04:39 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garfield View Post
    Do the regs require these cars be 4 door?
    Not sure what the thinking was on that. It's built for the China Rally Championship Open Class. If it's like Open Class in the US, pretty much anything goes.
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    Hmmm, you'd think a two door would be lighter and stiffer. Although with the extensive roll cages in these cars it's probably a moot point - so how about just better looking?
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    Don't know about the Golf chassis, but frequently 4 door tubs are stiffer. I know that was the case with BMW E36 models - the preferred race choice in those was the 4 door M3, not the coupe.I also recall that there was some question as to whether VW would even offer a 2 door in the Golf Mk7 body. That may have been a late addition, perhaps just for the USA.
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    Huh, seems counter intuitive, but interesting to hear. 4 doors make so much more sense in the real world, and would be my choice for a road car. And if VW is dropping the coupe the 4 door rally version fits in with marketing.
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    I wonder if they wanted the longer wheelbase for handling reasons? The main competition in China was 5-door Subie Sti's (which the Golf beat by over 5 minutes overall ).

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    Quote Originally Posted by CurtEgerer View Post
    I wonder if they wanted the longer wheelbase for handling reasons?
    I thought about that, but it seems bass-ackwards. For the roads they run on you would think a twitchy swb car would get around the corners better. You might be familiar with this concept??
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    I guess by "handling" I'm thinking more about compliance over the bumps, eliminating some of the skittishness of a SWB car.
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    I'm pretty sure that the wheelbase is the same for both 2 and 4 door models.
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