New WRC Liveries

[Jarrod Li]

That thing is so small...with the new livery it makes it look like a pack of marlboros! :bandit:

[Rtuned]

If they want to make used of red and white color on Peugeot 206, should at least look a little more like the Bastos 206, it will look a little more nicer to that.

[ales]

I'm loving every bit of it!!!!!! Oh yeah! At last something exciting. I was appaled when they changed from the beutiful '99 lion lively to the dull, IMO, silver. '01-'02 was a bit better, but '03 totally owns me!!!!

Love it love it love it!!!!

[bigfrit]

What's this stuff??? It's bad taste come alive!!! Let's hope for all of us that they won't be using it as a real scheme next year!!

Maybe it can be caused by the shock-effect that this livery has, but honestly, seeing this car in such an horrendous Marlboro livery just makes me want to switch cigarette brands!!!

Actually, not such a bad idea, if all the liveries were so disgusting, wouldn't the amount of smoking teenagers decrease fenomenally??? just a thought :smoker2:

[Bimmerkid]

I liked the silver ones better..

[maxhogblom]

I think it would have been pretty good looking if the white line at the bottom of the car was thinner, like that on the EVOs
I like the lion livery most tho....

[flyonthewall]

I quite like it! Its nice to see a change from the silver livery that's been running for the past 3 years or so. I much prefer the Maalboro livery on the Pugs than the Lancer's thats for sure!

[maxhogblom]

This is what i wished it look like.....

[RallyRaider]

Originally posted by freakray
The more I look at it, the more I think it looks like a 206 in Lancer's clothing.....literally like they took the same paint scheme and transposed it directly from one car to the other....

Yeah, it appears to be just a continuation of Marlboro's 'Corporate Identity' doesn't it? And take a look at this picture of the Ferrari F1-2002, explains where the red line at the bottom comes from. Also might explain why Ferrari fans like Alex think the "new" livery is cool.



So Peugeot is now just a cog in the Philip Morris machine, I guess they are being paid well. Wouldn't be so bad except that whilst the livery looked great on a Lancer and okay on an F1 Ferrari - it just does not suit the 206 in my eyes.

Really quite bemusing the graphic designers went this way because with a few changes it could be made to suck a whole lot less. Like making the red/white division follow the body contours and panels on the car, working with the form of the body rather than in spite of it.

Max's modifications are a first step down the right path. I just hope that Peugeot will have refined the design in a similar way come the first morning of the Monte! At the end of the day I am a devoted Pug fanatic so even if the new livery is almost as ugly as a Ferrari Enzo it is still my duty to build one And regardless of the paint job hopefully it will still cary Marcus and Timo to Championship number three :right:

[Guido]

Originally posted by RallyRaider


Yeah, it appears to be just a continuation of Marlboro's 'Corporate Identity' doesn't it?

That's rigth buddy, sponsoring is all about marketing and corporate identity is nearly the most important thing in that. So there you go, and the F-2002 scheme does prove all that. For Marlboro marketing boys it's a mission accomplished so far, because there's a lot of buzz going on about it...

Originally posted by RallyRaider

At the end of the day I am a devoted Pug fanatic so even if the new livery is almost as ugly as a Ferrari Enzo it is still my duty to build one And regardless of the paint job hopefully it will still cary Marcus and Timo to Championship number three :right:

That's the spirit of a true and devoted fan! Same for me, regardless the colours that a Mercedes have raced in, regardless if I like it or not, I HAVE to build it. On the Marcus thing I will not comment however... :finger:

[daggerlee]

I prefer the old silver paint job, with this new red paint job it reminds me a little bit of the Xsara. I wonder how Tamiya will handle the Marlboro licensing when making the kit! Will we all have to buy S27?

On a side note, now what will Mitsubishi's new Colt look like, without their trademark red/white livery? Perhaps the new red/silver/gray will carry over to the Colt?

[ales]

Originally posted by RallyRaider


Also might explain why Ferrari fans like Alex think the "new" livery is cool.

I don't know why, but there's something about some tobacco liveries that is appealing to my eyes (I don't smoke and never have and hope never will). I like most Marlboro schemes, the Rothmans scheme on the Williams was absolutely great, and West on the McLaren *cough*looks*very*cough*good*cough* And who can forget the stunning JPS Lotuses?

Originally posted by RallyRaider
And regardless of the paint job hopefully it will still cary Marcus and Timo to Championship number three :right:

Marcus will be my second choice of a cahmpion next year.

funny thing: for some reason a lot of my favourite racers drive for Marlboro-coloured machines - Michael Schumacher, Max Biaggi, now gronholm and Panizzi (hopefully). And I started supporting all of them before they became sponsored by Phillip Morris

[ales]

Originally posted by daggerlee
I prefer the old silver paint job, with this new red paint job it reminds me a little bit of the Xsara.

I wouldn't be too surprised to see the Citroens (at least some of them) in Telefonica blue next year

[maxhogblom]

Originally posted by RallyRaider


Yeah, it appears to be just a continuation of Marlboro's 'Corporate Identity' doesn't it? And take a look at this picture of the Ferrari F1-2002, explains where the red line at the bottom comes from. Also might explain why Ferrari fans like Alex think the "new" livery is cool.



So Peugeot is now just a cog in the Philip Morris machine, I guess they are being paid well. Wouldn't be so bad except that whilst the livery looked great on a Lancer and okay on an F1 Ferrari - it just does not suit the 206 in my eyes.

Really quite bemusing the graphic designers went this way because with a few changes it could be made to suck a whole lot less. Like making the red/white division follow the body contours and panels on the car, working with the form of the body rather than in spite of it.

Max's modifications are a first step down the right path. I just hope that Peugeot will have refined the design in a similar way come the first morning of the Monte! At the end of the day I am a devoted Pug fanatic so even if the new livery is almost as ugly as a Ferrari Enzo it is still my duty to build one And regardless of the paint job hopefully it will still cary Marcus and Timo to Championship number three :right:

I totally agree, except i do like the Enzo:finger:

[flyonthewall]

Originally posted by daggerlee
I wonder how Tamiya will handle the Marlboro licensing when making the kit!

In the same way as all other rally cars they have produced with tabacco/alchohol sponserships - by producing the kit to make up one of the cars as raced in an event where those forms of advertising are banned. Monte Carlo rally seems to be a popular choice.