But seriously, I was talking to an ex World Rally Championship (WRC) mechanic or 2 the other week and they were saying how expensive rally is. The top names in rally – i.e. the WRC – and Wales rally NEVER make any money at it! If it’s a big team like Ford, Subaru or Citroen etc. then they will lose money every time without question, because it’s virtually impossible to make money at it.

For example the car giants company Subaru (who pulled out of the WRC recently), it’s kind of a “loss leader” because they pay all the drivers, mechanics and technicians big, big money sometimes, but Subaru loses money every rally. However the point is that they can get really good advertising and research for their road going cars like the Impreza WRX to sell in masses (which they actually have done) and probably make millions that way selling the road going cars (some of which group N level rallying) to the masses preferably. It’s also a fun way to get “tax relief”!

So then, even a basic new Mitsubishi Evo would for example cost £25,000, but that’s just the start because to rally spec it up it would cost at least £15,000! It would be the same for a car that cost £7,000 brand new as well! Shock absorbers could be £1,000 x 4 quite often, engine rebuilds costing several thousand pounds every 1,000 KM’s and a set of a £1,000 brakes 2 x a rally as well! The costs are out of reach for many so a rally driving present truly represents big value for money and 1 of the only ways to experience the shear thrills of driving the way it feels should be that the car was built to do!

So I got my point across that rally is expensive / time consuming to maintain the cars, as well as a big chance of severely damaging them. The costs just to have one go in the forest / off road would be 10′s of thousands of pounds! Although you could dome a few more rallies for a few thousand pounds once you actually had the car.

But my point is that from around £100 up to £300 pounds plus for a full days rallying like a Wales rally spec Subaru Impreza does represent serious value for money.

You don’t have to worry about anything at all. No need to worry about insurance, rally prepping the car, checking it over for repairs or transporting it to the rally track. Now all you, your friends or family have to do is to turn up and be instructed the steps to take before getting in the car and when driving round the rally course. All you have to worry about is doing what the instructor tells you and trying to get a quick time for the course.

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