Why do Rally cars have 4 doors?

[bmwmpower]

2 door means it will be a coupe and won't have a hatchback. The Fabia only exists as 3, 4 or 5 door (if my memory serves me right).


ok mine mistake , here is fabia most selled car,
but now have only 3 modifications
5D hatchback
4D sedan
5D kombi

3D is maybe planed for next generation 2006?

[acs power]

To me it's also a little bit curius because the first Audi Quattro which is regarded as teh first WRC car as we know them today was with 2 doors.

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

The first Audi Quattro was launched in the rallying world as a Group 8...since during the end of seventees (before the launch of the group B) the cars cathegory was classified according to the engines size....the case of the renault 5 Turbo and the Audi Quattros was an exception since their engine was turbocharged and their group was created as they had a bigger engine in order to make equal the turbos advantages in shorter engines....anyway...the Audi Quattro became just the first rallying car with the four wheel drive system in it....on the other side, before Audis launch of the quattro for the rallying, many 2 door cars used to take part in the world of rallying; such as the Ford Escort MkI, MkII, the Merc CL, the BMW 2002, the Fiat 131 Abarth, the 124, The lancia Fulvia, the porsche 911, the Renault Alpine A110, the Mini cooper, among others

[homemade wrx]

Originally Posted by 23790554 the older 22B STI had two doors and it was great

ditto, but subaru did away with two doors...I know not why

[adamk24]

Thanks for all the replies guys, but Im kind of confused as to the anwser. Heres what I know so far:

- The street version rally hot rods (evo, sti) are 4 door because the rally cars they are based off of are 4 doors.

- The actuall rally cars are 4 doors because the factory road cars they are based off of are 4 doors.

...... I am the only one that thinks this makes about as much sence as Government Intelligence.... They make both the Lancer and the Impreza in 2 door models. (like the 2.5 rs) Well actuall in america they stopped selling the old 2 door mirage/lancer, but these cars are dimentionally similar to their 4 door counter parts, only much more rigid and with better wieght distribution.
Im just saying there must be a technical reason behind the 4 door thing. I dont think they would have 4 doors for little reasons like ease of access
thanks again

[neilo63]

Wow ive thought about this question before and never bothered to ask any1 .. interesting read

[antonioledesma]

Originally Posted by Wutputt 2 door means it will be a coupe and won't have a hatchback. The Fabia only exists as 3, 4 or 5 door (if my memory serves me right). So there won't be a 2 door WRC version, since they have to be based on an existing model (or they have to produce loads of units of their WRC car), like Ford Capri explained.

whooops ops: sorry, it slipped. thanks Wutputt for pointing that out. That's when you realize you must think in the same language you're speaking, talking, writting

[antonioledesma]

Originally Posted by adamk24 Thanks for all the replies guys, but Im kind of confused as to the anwser. Heres what I know so far: - The street version rally hot rods (evo, sti) are 4 door because the rally cars they are based off of are 4 doors. - The actuall rally cars are 4 doors because the factory road cars they are based off of are 4 doors. ...... I am the only one that thinks this makes about as much sence as Government Intelligence.... They make both the Lancer and the Impreza in 2 door models. (like the 2.5 rs) Well actuall in america they stopped selling the old 2 door mirage/lancer, but these cars are dimentionally similar to their 4 door counter parts, only much more rigid and with better wieght distribution. Im just saying there must be a technical reason behind the 4 door thing. I dont think they would have 4 doors for little reasons like ease of access thanks again

the "technical reason" sometimes is purely based in marketing. See the most noticeable example: the 307 cc
How many versions exist of this car?? vagon, 3 and 5 doors hatchbacks and the cc. Why they didn't choose the hatchbacks? Mkt proposed to use the CC because it would look better and give an excellent promotion and publicity to the new product of peugeot. It was said in some wrc media that the 307 cc had some problems (the most known the gearbox) because the team wanted the 3door hatch (easier to tweak, modify, better performance, etc)