Subaru to withdraw from rally world championship [MERGED]

**nicolodeon** · December 18th, 2008 08:31 AM

Wakanga! Nawala Toyota nun sa WRC, sumunod Mitsubishi ngayon Subaru na. Magiging all European car show na ang WRC. Well...except for the Ford team. That is, if Ford Motors doesn't "hit the bottom of the pail". With the kind of financial situation facing Ford at the moment, hindi malabo sila sumunod.

**Horsepower** · December 18th, 2008 01:10 PM

Probably Ford will go out next.

Sayang naman ang Subaru. There are only two competing teams in WRC, Subaru and Citroen. Mga saling-pusa lang yung iba.

**Monseratto** · December 18th, 2008 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Probably Ford will go out next.

Sayang naman ang Subaru. There are only two competing teams in WRC, Subaru and Citroen. Mga saling-pusa lang yung iba.

Subaru has been doing rather badly. They haven't won a race since 2005. It ranked #3 in 2008, behind Citroen and Ford.

**hajabah** · December 18th, 2008 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by roberto_minosa

That's a thought!

Honda quit F1
Suzuki quit jWRC
now Subaru quit WRC.

What else???

Audi quit the American Le Mans....

Im not kidding....

**creepy** · December 18th, 2008 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Probably Ford will go out next.

You're probably right. I suspect that Fuji Heavy is probably in better financial shape than Ford.

**Burai** · December 19th, 2008 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by hajabah

dang.... I'm a teen and a diehard fan of Subaru... when I get my first car with my own money, its gotta be a Subaru for the rally-esque EDSA.... Now that they're backing out of the WRC.... whaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

call me OA if you want, pero napaluha ako doon ah... and that, personally, is a hard thing to come by....

my day is now ruined...... and the week, and the year... not a very good piece of news to hear at the end of the year.....

This is the last news that I would ever want to hear, family and friend involvements aside.

We Subaristas can only hope FHI goes back into rallying once the turmoil is over.... the new hatch was showing hope, then they back out....

damn, teen ka lang!? swerte mo naman tapos teen lang XD
well, yeah.. its hard to finish kahit 3rd lang. pero out of 6? ang alam ko 4 lang manufacturer na naglalaban laban dun ngayon. ford citro suzu suba. what was the other team? BTW, i think lugi rin naman kasi subaru kung ang citro's car was producing 320bhp. correct me if im wrong pero ayun talaga ang nabasa ko. pero ayos lang din as long as nahahandle ng ford at suba yun kalabanin.

*testament11
wala po mitsu pati toyota. for the peugeot? i dunno. pero parang hindi kasama yun sa wrc. baka sa ibang division i think? pero nagtataka lang ako bakit sinama sa sega rally 3 yung peugot na blue sa wrc lang mismo? i just played it yesterday and to my surprise, bakit merong peugeot!? pero that's a good idea sir ha! r35 for the WRC! mmm nice!

*roberto_minosa
suzuki quitted wrc yata, not on the jwrc?

*Horsepower
pano nyo po nasabi yan sir? wasn't ford a force to deal with? kasi ang nangyayari na was ford at citroen na lang ang parang naglalaban laban eh (which sucks) kasi silang dalawa lang agawan sa mga trono while habang ang suba eh hirap makapasok sa 1st place uli

sayang ang future ng hatch. di man lang din nasubukan ng todo abuso just like the previous units. well kung magbabalik man sila, sana eh yung newer model na agad *grin smile*

**Monseratto** · December 19th, 2008 08:51 AM

Ito yung standing this 2008 Season

1. Citroen- 191 points
2. Ford- 173 pts.
3. Subaru- 98 pts.
4. Stobart Ford (privateer)- 67 pts.
5. Suzuki- 34 pts.
6. Munchi's Ford (privateer)- 22 pts.

http://www.wrc.com/index.jsp

**hajabah** · December 19th, 2008 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Burai

damn, teen ka lang!? swerte mo naman tapos teen lang XD
well, yeah.. its hard to finish kahit 3rd lang. pero out of 6? ang alam ko 4 lang manufacturer na naglalaban laban dun ngayon. ford citro suzu suba. what was the other team? BTW, i think lugi rin naman kasi subaru kung ang citro's car was producing 320bhp. correct me if im wrong pero ayun talaga ang nabasa ko. pero ayos lang din as long as nahahandle ng ford at suba yun kalabanin.

Yes, teen lang ako... should be getting license soon (not in the near near future, but soon enough)

Anyway, back to the topic, may mga privateer pa eh.

320 bhp yung Citroen? diba capped at 300 bhp mga WR cars? o de lugi talaga Subaru, pati Ford. 20 bhp, from what I can comprehend, a lot of power when in a sport as precise as WRC with all the sliding and climbing.