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04-09-2013, 10:37 AM
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We checked out the Opel Adam R2 Rally concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/07/opel-adam-r2-rally-car-geneva-2013/) and its 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine with 185 horsepower and 140 pound-feet of torque at the Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/). The one-make series the car was built for, the ADAC Opel (http://www.autoblog.com/category/opel/) Ralleye Cup, has kicked off with 24 teams in identically prepared cars lining up for eight races in this inaugural season.
Meant to help young drivers find a less expensive way into motorsports, the championship is part of the German ADAC Rally Masters series and will actually run 140-hp cars. We're not sure how much the Opel prepped by Holzer Motorsport for this series costs, but English company M-sport prepares an R2-spec Ford Fiesta (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/fiesta/) with 170 hp for 43,000 pounds (http://www.speedmonkey.co.uk/2012/11/vauxhallopel-adam-rally-car.html#!) (about $66,000 US). There's 100,000 euros in prize money up for grabs and the cup winner gets career help, a shot at the Adam (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/adam|opel+adam/) R2 car in 2014 and a chance to hop into rally-prepped Opel Corsas (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/opel+corsa|corsa/).
The first video below (http://motorgen.com/2013/04/07/rally-for-youth-with-footage-of-the-opel-adam-rallye-cup-car/#continued) has shots of the Adam Rallye Cup car on the move. For more footage and a closer look at the car, the second video has more rolling footage and an interview - in Danish with no subtitles, sadly - with the Danish rally team of 22-year-old Simon Lund Larsen and co-driver Ole R. Frederiksen.Continue reading Rally for youth with footage of the Opel Adam Rallye Cup Car (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/09/rally-for-youth-with-footage-of-the-opel-adam-rallye-cup-car/)
Rally for youth with footage of the Opel Adam Rallye Cup Car (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/09/rally-for-youth-with-footage-of-the-opel-adam-rallye-cup-car/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We checked out the Opel Adam R2 Rally concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/07/opel-adam-r2-rally-car-geneva-2013/) and its 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine with 185 horsepower and 140 pound-feet of torque at the Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/). The one-make series the car was built for, the ADAC Opel (http://www.autoblog.com/category/opel/) Ralleye Cup, has kicked off with 24 teams in identically prepared cars lining up for eight races in this inaugural season.
Meant to help young drivers find a less expensive way into motorsports, the championship is part of the German ADAC Rally Masters series and will actually run 140-hp cars. We're not sure how much the Opel prepped by Holzer Motorsport for this series costs, but English company M-sport prepares an R2-spec Ford Fiesta (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/fiesta/) with 170 hp for 43,000 pounds (http://www.speedmonkey.co.uk/2012/11/vauxhallopel-adam-rally-car.html#!) (about $66,000 US). There's 100,000 euros in prize money up for grabs and the cup winner gets career help, a shot at the Adam (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/adam|opel+adam/) R2 car in 2014 and a chance to hop into rally-prepped Opel Corsas (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/opel+corsa|corsa/).
The first video below (http://motorgen.com/2013/04/07/rally-for-youth-with-footage-of-the-opel-adam-rallye-cup-car/#continued) has shots of the Adam Rallye Cup car on the move. For more footage and a closer look at the car, the second video has more rolling footage and an interview - in Danish with no subtitles, sadly - with the Danish rally team of 22-year-old Simon Lund Larsen and co-driver Ole R. Frederiksen.Continue reading Rally for youth with footage of the Opel Adam Rallye Cup Car (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/09/rally-for-youth-with-footage-of-the-opel-adam-rallye-cup-car/)
Rally for youth with footage of the Opel Adam Rallye Cup Car (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/09/rally-for-youth-with-footage-of-the-opel-adam-rallye-cup-car/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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