Tamiya 24255 - 1/24 Peugeot 206 WRC 2002 Tour de Corse  [24255]

The Peugeot 206 WRC made its impressive initial on "Tour de Corse", the 6th battle of 1999 World Rally Championships (WRC). When 206 made its complete WRC entry in 2000, it clenched the Manufacturers' and motorists' dual title. Maintaining strong these year, Peugeot could win the Manufactures' name in 2001. In accordance with these successes, Team Peugeot joined up with the 2002 length with high hopes. The Peugeot 206 WRC 2002 which features a 4WD procedure with longitudinally put up transmission in conjunction with a 2-liter turbo motor connected to many compact framework of WRC cars, underwent improvements regarding coolant system, motor power and fat. The Peugeot's brief wheelbase and overhang provided high maneuverability on cost of uncertainty on bad roadways and high-speeds. To conquer this problem, the vehicle have been built with electronically controlled active differentials, plus in 2002 a dynamic anti-roll club wound up being newly packed. This method regulates the roll of car via electronically managed hydraulics with the capacity of developing customizations during operating. Motorists the 2002 length could be the 2000 World Champion M. Gronholm, 2001 World Champion R. Burns whom transferred from Subaru, Tarmac expert G. Panizzi and gravel expert H. Rovanpera. Despite bad results within period starting Monte-Carlo Rally, Peugeot 206 WRC products location 1st and 2nd in 2nd to 5th rally and monopolized the 1st and 3d jobs in third rally, showing up their superiority and continuing their tradition os excellence inside 2002 duration.