02-01-2006, 11:00 AM
DJ has a good point and that's part of the reason I'm not as upset about it. The championship is not looking very good right now and I seriously wonder how competitive its gonna be with most of the major manufacturers pulling out and no new ones coming in.
Hard to say what caused the decline of WRC although I'd have to say costs and perceived low marketing value (in comparison to other forms of motorsport) is the problem.
Then you look at Mitsubishi and Ford's financial problems which makes WRC a tough sell. Then Honda and Toyota are both busy battling it out in Formula 1 and elsewhere. So who do you have left? DC? Nissan? GM? DC and Nissan/Renault are both in F1 and GM has the same financial problem.
Its a tough time for WRC, hopefully they can restructure the championship and get it healthy again.
Hard to say what caused the decline of WRC although I'd have to say costs and perceived low marketing value (in comparison to other forms of motorsport) is the problem.
Then you look at Mitsubishi and Ford's financial problems which makes WRC a tough sell. Then Honda and Toyota are both busy battling it out in Formula 1 and elsewhere. So who do you have left? DC? Nissan? GM? DC and Nissan/Renault are both in F1 and GM has the same financial problem.
Its a tough time for WRC, hopefully they can restructure the championship and get it healthy again.
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