A Side Effect of Rally Being Popular
[ October 20th, 2008 ] By: Charles Smith Posted in » Ramblings
France. Well known for the “finer things”, wine, cheese, gourmet food, long life spans with ‘terrible’ diets, etc… But an oh so famous French car company Renault has just made me jealous of Europeans. They’ve started selling a ready to race, from factory, Rally car that includes an Electro-hydraulic(maybe mechanical) sequential transmission: The Clio Renault Sport R3.
This machine comes in two kits (really kits). One for 32,600 Euros and one for 53,000 Euros (only sold in Europe ~ $44,000 - $70,000). The latter of which has parts that are designed to handle gravel stages. Oh how I wish Renault would sell at least a few of these in the US. I think they would dominate FWD Rally in the country (given a decent driver).
I wonder if they would be legal in Rally America? Hrmm…
