Skoda Octavia RS-P to race in Targa Tasmania 2010 posts ONLY!

[Lima]

Pretty cool huh!

More detail HERE.

[K1W1]

Could be fun to watch. I hope it doesn't go the way of the guy who rolled his Ferrari one year, sent it back to Italy for a complete rebuild then rolled the same car in the same place the next year.

[goodfella]

Quozl and Manaz, given your heading down, I expect a full report online next week!!

[woofy]

Good publicity, now they are doing something right.

[JP-009]

Too cool!

I hope they do well in the race. Will be watching with interest

[4thchicken]

will be great publicity for skoda

anyone know if the event will be televised?

[K1W1]

It's not usually outside Tasmania at least. Coverage is usually limited to anything bad that happens making the news and limited highlights on programs like Sports Tonight or RPM (does RPM still go to air?).

[woofy]

Yep used to be shown on RPM, or just before, no idea if that still runs, I hardly get to do or watch anything these days with a 2 yr old around the traps. People do notice who is entering the Targa though, so it will at least have the "What the hell is that" factor. The MPS 3 has had pretty good press from entering each year and it has worked well for Mazda.

[Lima]

MPS 3 is entered again this year. They have a black/dark grey and orange paint scheme. It looks crap!

There's even a diesel powered i30 racing in 2010.

Anyway, hope the Skoda goes well, it certainly has the power and pedigree to surprise a few people who won't know what the hell it is.

[dazag]

So how many Targa's has the Editor in Chief of Carsales done?? Why not get a more well known and reputable driver to pilot it around Tassie to give it a chance to do well in it's class. (not saying that they wont do well, it's just that I have no idea of their ability as a race driver) I'm sure the car will perform well, lets hope the driver and Nav perform well too.
Hopefully they will think about running this car in the Bathurst 12 hour next year and see how it holds up there for reliability.

[dsgfh]

So I'm not sure they're taking the race seriously, but they're certainly doing what they can to make sure they get noticed.
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Hopefully they're doing enough to get themselves some coverage.

[team_v]

Hahahaha!
Love the idea of running with 2 bikes on the roof-racks to show how diverse the car's uses are.

I hope they do well and that the skoda brand gets some good press from it.

[Inego]

I was wondering yesetrday how good those bike roof mounts are, given my love of spirited driving - question answered! I assume they're the factory Thule ones, which I might pick up at the weekend.....

[Tim]

Hopefully now they have made their scene and got their publicity they can lose the bicycles. Kinda makes a mockery of the event in my opinion.

[team_v]

Hopefully now they have made their scene and got their publicity they can lose the bicycles. Kinda makes a mockery of the event in my opinion.

To adegree i see your point.

However they are also running an i30 Diesel and an MPS-3 so i don't knwo if these cars are going to be overly competitive.