Belkits Ford Fiesta WRC

[racer93]

Anyone know of the liveries that will be released along with this kit? I'd love to see Ken Block's Monster liveried car done. It's pretty cool with a black "drip" down the side and front of the car. Pretty cool.

[auw12]

Wow~ Any more info about this kit? Possible release date? I have a fiesta of my own and I love it! I'd like to see an S2000 debut livery. BTW what's Belkits? Never heard of them, any good?

[wolvyreen]

Grrrr!! when are they gona do the new ST/RS in street version!!

[racer93]

Originally Posted by auw12

Wow~ Any more info about this kit? Possible release date? I have a fiesta of my own and I love it! I'd like to see an S2000 debut livery. BTW what's Belkits? Never heard of them, any good?

www.belkits.be

They're a belgian company that just released their first kit, the Peugeot 207 S2000. Very nice kit. Just rather expensive to ship it to the US. They released 5 or 6 liveries in addition to the Meeke car that was standard with the kit. All the reviews I saw were good.

Daniel

[racer93]

Originally Posted by wolvyreen

Grrrr!! when are they gona do the new ST/RS in street version!!

Let Revell or someone like that do that stuff. Belkits is a new, small kit maker and I was very happy to have new WRC models (including the Simil'r kit)!

[drunken monkey]

Originally Posted by racer93

Anyone know of the liveries that will be released along with this kit?

have you emailed belkits themselves who would once again, know better than anyone else on the boards?

[racer93]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

have you emailed belkits themselves who would once again, know better than anyone else on the boards?

They are on here, as I've seen them (or their reps) reply. It was worth a shot, whether you think so or not. Also, some on here may know something so that belongs wouldn't have to be bothered with it.

[wolvyreen]

Originally Posted by racer93

Let Revell or someone like that do that stuff. Belkits is a new, small kit maker and I was very happy to have new WRC models (including the Simil'r kit)!

When I said "they" I meant the model makers in general.

[TvD]

Originally Posted by racer93

Anyone know of the liveries that will be released along with this kit? I'd love to see Ken Block's Monster liveried car done. It's pretty cool with a black "drip" down the side and front of the car. Pretty cool.

Just in case you didn't know, Belkits will be releasing a Ford Fiesta S2000, not a WRC. And the Ken Block car is neither The S2000 and WRC Fiesta's are 3 door versions whereas Ken Block's Gymkhana Fiesta is based on a 5 door version....

[racer93]

Originally Posted by TvD

Just in case you didn't know, Belkits will be releasing a Ford Fiesta S2000, not a WRC. And the Ken Block car is neither The S2000 and WRC Fiesta's are 3 door versions whereas Ken Block's Gymkhana Fiesta is based on a 5 door version....

I did know it was an S2000, but I haven't been following Rallying that closely--why aren't the S2000s not a part of the World Rally Championship? How is the FIA screwing things up again?

I knew the S2000s were 3 doors but I did not see that the Block version was the 5 door. Simple mistake.

How about this version:

[drunken monkey]

WRC and S2000 are different classes of rallying.
Always have been.
Nothing's changed.
FIA didn't screw anything up.

[racer93]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

WRC and S2000 are different classes of rallying.
Always have been.
Nothing's changed.
FIA didn't screw anything up.

I thought I read somewhere over the last year or so that there was a transition or something from the typical WRC car to the S2000 format. I think it was because the dwindling numbers of WRC teams. Didn't something like that happen/or is happening?

[drunken monkey]

No idea.
I think you're just confused over it being a Fiesta because while there are Fiestas in the WRC but they're RS WRC cars as I said before, WRC isn't S2000.

[racer93]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

No idea.
I think you're just confused over it being a Fiesta because while there are Fiestas in the WRC but they're RS WRC cars as I said before, WRC isn't S2000.

No. Just read an article about the Group N (what was known as WRC, as of 2010 P-WRC) cars are in the process of switching to S2000 cars, a standardized car that is to be run as factory and privateer teams that are highly regulated (rev limits, not too much modifications and price limits). It certainly looks like the intention is to do away with the P-WRC and have only S2000 cars.

That was from 2010. Things may have changed, or they may be doing this over a period of years. I'm not sure, the article didn't say. I clearly remember a couple of years ago the WRC being in big trouble because all manufacturers were fleeing WRC because of the costs. That's why they developed this formula, I'd imagine.

[drunken monkey]

er... Group N (P-WRC) is another rallying catagory/class/ruleset seperate from WRC, S2000 (SWRC) and S1600 (JWRC) for that matter.
Group N again, is not WRC.
WRC as a class has been going on since the 1970s although it's followed the same-ish formula that we know since the late 90s (before that it was Group 2/4 and Group A/B).
S2000 isn't new either having been around 2000.

Now I think you really are confusing the difference class/rules/groups.

Group N is more or less the entry level rallying event.
WRC is the highest level rallying event.

Specifically, you are confusing P-WRC and WRC.