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Kia after car builder
Kia are looking at VLR, WSR, RML, Edenbridge and Prodrive are all in contention to build the new Kia ETCC challneger for 2004, with a few races towards the end of 2003 possibly. The manufacturer will use its Schumi model.
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Not really a suprising annoucenment as they have stated thier intention is to be in the top 10 manufacturers in the world by 05.
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West Surrey Racing run MGs in Britain though, does that mean they are quitting at the ens of 2003, when the current programmme comes to an end?
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Where have you been then??? Been common knowledge for ages!!
Alfa Fan - Prodrive are also linked to this programme, and they run the Volvos! Which seems strange, either Volvo want a new team to run the cars, or they're giving up? |
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Kia do need to shed this tacky budget car image, and how do they prov they're cars have meat? race them, and let everyone see that they are strong and can fight the cra of the crop. For a compnay like Kia it maes every sence.
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Has Kia been the rumored but never officially announced "Korean manufacturer" that had been seeking to race in the BTCC these past 5-7 years?? Or could it be Hyundai, Daewoo or all of the above?
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Doesn't mean they can't do other projects.
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Or the first post at the top of the page.
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I've heard the Korean manufacturer LG electronics (main sponsor of the ETCC)would like to have a Korean team in this series, possibly in 2004.
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