Volvo/sweed of the day!!

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In the United States, any rental car with full, $20-a-day comprehensive insurance will pass as a proper recce vehicle. But here in the WRC, many of the recce cars are just short of being stage-ready rally cars. For example, this fully prepped AWD Volvo S60 from M-Sport that Ken and Alex have been driving for the past two days of recce. Yes, it may seem weird for the Ford team to be piloting Swedish sedans, but the world’s safest car company is still technically owned by the Blue Oval until the sale to Geely is finalized. But enough about that.

These Volvos, on the outside, aside from big, beefy Pirelli gravel tires—wrapped around OZ rims—look rather unassuming. But Ken guarantees they are “pretty quick.” But on the inside, you will discover Recaro buckets, an intercom system, some carbon flair for good measure, and even find a proper hand brake. Plus rally-spec suspension and undercarriage protection have also been fitted to protect the V60s from wayward boulders and the ilk. But Ken’s favorite part of these Volvo recce cars? The radio!



RALLY 101 What is Recce? For those unfamiliar with the recce process in rally, here’s a quick primer. As we hope you already know, a rally car team consists of two drivers, the one who is actually driving and the one who is calling out the notes. And while in some places, like certain events in the US, a computer generated note system is used—called Jemba—most of the rallying world relies on the two-pass recce. Basically, the teams pre-run the stages and the driver calls the turns as he sees them to the co-driver, then on the second pass the co-driver reads them back and any corrections are made to insure they have the best possible notes for the actual stage. Oh and for those still wondering, recce is military slang for reconnaissance.

http://www.monsterworldrallyteam.com/blogs/rally-bricks-m-sport-recce-volvos
 
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