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This is part of the point I was raising about WRX becoming solely a money formula. Rather than being slightly innovative aswell.
You could argue that is has always been, and there is some truth in that.
But now it is SO SO specialised, specialist engine manuafacturers, transmissions, suspension, bodyshells. All that costs far more than is used to.
Don't you just long for someone to turn up with some sort of back yard special that blows everyone away and makes them all think about how they are doing things?
Last time that really happened was Solberg when he originally came over and introduced very soft suspension, rally style setups and a lot of people copied him.
But to compete now costs millions so you cant afford to innovate, you are under so much pressure to simply keep up, you can't develop. Your development is simply finding more from what you have.
Even in the bleak old days of the mid to late 90's you had Citroen running two cars one with hydro pneu suspension, another a different shape, Saab running various layouts, Ford running Cossie and Zetec, Schanche running weird transmissions, Hyundai running what is basically a 2016 style car with a tuner engine and bought in suspension, and Opel running a totally unique idea of a car.
Have we really advanced that much? We are certainly getting good crowds, semi decent tv and huge budgets, but the cars are all very similar.
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