So much so that it convinced Renault to try and sell the car in Western Europe as well. So the announcement of the S class came at the perfect time. Instead of starting from scratch, the Logan was fitted with as much parts as possible from the Front wheel drive Super Renault Clio that ran in the Junior World Rally Championship.
Just like when the Clio was initially developed, one of France's biggest motorsport companies Oreca was back to help turn the Logan into something competitive.
The 2. The car was thoroughly put through its paces at a test session in the French mountains on tight and twisty roads in the hands of Simon Jean-Joseph. Curiously, when it went out for its first couple of runs all the Dacia decals were camouflaged with ducttape.
For some reason nobody was to know it was a Dacia despite the road car already being out for a year. At some point in the day the tape was removed and the secrecy ended. Sadly, so did the project. For reasons still unknown to this day, Dacia and Renault pulled the plug on the Super rally car. Although I do have a couple theories. One can argue it just wasn't worth it. The original Dacia Logan was supposed to be a car in its purest form, simple transportation for a small prize.
People who'd want to buy such a car obviously aren't gonna be interested in motorsport at all. It was the complete opposite of what a Dacia was supposed to be. Renault could have also not been interested in running the car for multiple seasons for the same reason Skoda today doesn't want to compete in WRC and prefers to stay in WRC2. The Clio was pretty capable of its own and didn't need a bigger brother racing in a faster, and more expensive class. What was supposed to be the first car of a new era of rallying, faded away into obscurity.
With an enormous amount of kangaroo petrol. A truly awful getaway — the Fiesta lurches forward uncontrollably and no matter how steady I try to be with the accelerator, nothing cures it. Davy is smiling. Get onto the stage, accelerate hard and the hiccups disappear. Lift off the throttle, dip the clutch, bang the Fiesta into second. More throttle, keep the toe in this time and just yank the gearlever rearwards for third.
Brake for the next corner and really shove the gearlever towards the dash to select second. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox.
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The S is significantly cheaper than the current WRC regulations to run, and eliminating the turbo kit means that no development is needed on cars that currently exist. S prepped rally cars are no less spectacular than the WRC and are also relatively simple to build.
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