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01/02/2015 at 14:36 • Filed to: None
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01/02/2015 at 14:36 • Filed to: None | 2
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Okay we've pretty much all seen them doing their thing in various rallies around the world.
Below is the 50th R5 completed. EDIT: as of 15th March 2014/
Others we've already seen out doing there thing.
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But I've never seen or heard about the people who make the lions share of these vehicles mentioned on here which is a shame because the guy behind the company Malcolm Wilson O.B.E. has himself been a rally driver for many years (was even a Saab car dealership owner in Cardewlees, just outside the city I live in (my dad worked for him)).
They have completed their 50th Fiesta R5 with more to be done and orders in for the R5+ in the bag. Also testing a prototype racing Bentley (of which there are already 20 orders for them).
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M-Sport is one of the world's top motorsport development and engineering companies and is headed by Malcolm Wilson OBE, who used his vast experience of rallying in Britain and around the world to create the company. M-Sport is responsible for Ford's FIA World Rally Championship team and has with Ford developed world beating rally versions of the Ford Fiesta and Focus saloon cars. It also operates a thriving support business for private teams, assisting Ford drivers in more than 12 countries. M-Sport is based at the magnificent Dovenby Hall in Cockermouth and has a strong Cumbria workforce leading the international success of the company.
"When we were looking for somewhere to house our thriving global motorsport business, it was hard to think of anywhere other than the place I grew up, Cumbria. We have won two World Rally Championships from our base in Dovenby, developed more than 10 top-level competition cars, attracted prestigious manufacturers such as Ford and Bentley and established an extensive customer base with close to 1,000 sales around the world. This idyllic country setting gives us something that very few others in the motorsport industry can offer." Malcolm Wilson OBE, Managing Director of M-Sport
They have recently been given approval for a £19m expansion on their site in Cockermouth for a centre for excellence for testing and evaluation to expand into general automotive industry.
A £3.5 million grant that will help create over 100 new jobs and secure 220 existing ones at Cockermouth-based M-Sport is now ready to be unlocked thanks to the project getting the planning green light.
Allerdale Borough Council has approved the £19m development at the Dovenby Hall headquarters of the rally manufacturer. The expansion and investment in a new R&D and manufacturing facility will be a key boost to the local economy and also create 200 construction jobs during the project.
Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership had already approved in principle a £3.5 million grant through its Regional Growth Fund programme, but it was subject to planning approval being granted and the work starting before April 2015.
George Beveridge, Chair of Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership, said:
"I am very pleased that the Regional Growth Funding can now be used to support this ambitious and exciting project. We recognised its potential and the benefits it would bring to the local area from the outset. It's an ideal project for Regional Growth Funding – developing into an expanding area of industry, securing existing jobs and creating new ones, and planting another marker for success in Cumbria's burgeoning manufacturing sector."
Cumbria County Council has also been supportive of the M-Sport development. In its response to the planning application, the county council said it supported the overall principle of the development, given the economic development benefits that would arise for the area. The council stated that the new housing on the site would not put pressure on the demand for local school places as there was capacity in the system and the development was outside the flood risk areas. From a highways perspective, the county council said the existing access road off the A94 was well able to deal with the scale of development and influx of jobs, as long a work is carried out on footways and at the Bridekirk road junction to allow local bus services to pick up and set down near the entrance.
Cllr Stewart Young, Leader of Cumbria County Council and LEP Board Member, said:
"M-Sport are one of Cumbria's great success stories. The ambitions laid out in this new development proves they are not resting on their laurels and intend to keep moving and keep growing. We're all backing that ambition and wish them every success in their new venture."
So you'll be seeing a lot more Fiestas in the future wearing 'PX' and 'PY' licence plates with even a good share of Bentleys too.
It's always good to see a local company do so well on an international arena (along with Eddie Stobart road haulage who were mentioned in the Topgear Patagonia Special Episode 2 with reference to the guy taking the cars across the river as 'Eduardo Stobart').
With even a crossover with the Eddie Stobart Rally Team using M-Sport Ford Focus's and driven by Malcolm Wilson's son Matthew.
EDIT: THOUGH i FOUND IT ON BREAKING NEWS. THE NEWS IN FACT IS DATED 15TH MARCH 2015.
It doesn't detract from such a milestone in such a short time or the amazing work but note to self: look harder for when the breaking news was added to the site as breaking news may of been at that time new, it may not necessarily be new by the time you read it.
Doh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cé hé sin
> Svend
01/02/2015 at 14:40 |
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Where would Scania be without Stobarts?
V8soundRIOT- Now Has a V8
> Svend
01/02/2015 at 14:51 |
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Working at this place or Pratt and Miller seems like an awesome career.
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Svend
> Cé hé sin
01/02/2015 at 14:59 |
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Eddie Stobart has about 2,000 trucks on the books (some owner drivers) but not all are Scania. Some are Iveco, DAF, MAN, Mercedes and Volvos but ye', Scania dominates the fleet.
Of course Mercedes for the Mercedes F1 team.
Pirelli F1 tyre transport.
They are into rail distribution, rail repair, depots, two airports, horse racing and a polo team.
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Svend
> V8soundRIOT- Now Has a V8
01/02/2015 at 15:02 |
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M-Sport currently employs 200 people (mostly local) but with the expansion of a testing facility, a test track and an on site hotel are hoping to add another 100 to the staff.
Dusty Ventures
> Svend
01/02/2015 at 15:14 |
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50 R5 cars is a ridiculous number, especially since the R5 category isn't even two years old and rally cars of this caliber usually take about 50-700 man-hours to build. Last I heard there were over 80 R5 Fiestas on order (including the completed cars), which is more cars than many entire rallies have.
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> Dusty Ventures
01/02/2015 at 15:28 |
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KEY FACTS
Outright victories: 10
Class victories: 27
WRC 2 victories: 4
Currently leading: 4 championships
WRC 2 stage wins: 92
WRC 2 podium clean-sweeps: 2
Orders: 67 and counting…
Number of countries delivered to: 21
Number of shells completed: 50
Number of man hours to build one Ford Fiesta R5: 400
Average overtime per week: 20 hours
Number of testing kilometres: 5,431
Number of days as the only R5 on the market: 234
Number of development drivers: 2
Number of designers: 10
Number of weeks in development: 36
Number of R5+ orders: 7
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> Dusty Ventures
01/02/2015 at 15:34 |
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The Fiesta's look good but I'm also drawn to the Bentley's
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Engine: 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8, repositioned to the rear of the engine bay, Motorsport engine management system
Max Power: Up to 600 bhp unrestricted
Oil System: Dry sump
Transmission: Rear wheel drive, Xtrac six-speed sequential transaxle gearbox, racing clutch, steering wheel mounted paddle operated pneumatic gear shift
Drivetrain: Carbon fibre propshaft, limited slip differential
Suspension: Double wishbone suspension front and rear, four-way adjustable racing dampers
Steering: Hydraulic power-assisted steering
Brakes: Ventilated iron disc brakes front and rear, six-piston front calipers, four-piston rear calipers, driver-adjustable brake bias
Safety: FIA-specification steel roll cage, Sparco six-point FIA safety harness, onboard fire extinguisher, onboard pneumatic jack system
Fuel: System FIA-specification racing fuel cell
Electronics: Race-specification ABS and traction control. Lightweight race battery
Wheels: OZ Racing 18" x 13" rims
Tyres: 310 / 710 R18
Aerodynamics: Carbon fibre front splitter, rear wing and body panels. Lightweight, aerodynamically-optimised bumpers, bonnet, sills and fenders
Length: 4950 mm
Width: 2030 mm
Height: 1350 mm
Weight: <1300 kg
Weight Distribution: 52 : 48
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> Dusty Ventures
01/02/2015 at 15:40 |
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I've put an edit footnote at the bottom of the page. As although it was on the breaking news page, it was 'breaking news' on the 15th March 2014. Doh.
I looked for the date of upload too, but couldn't find it.
Sorry fella.
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Dusty Ventures
> Svend
01/02/2015 at 17:01 |
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No worries. At least that means my 80 orders number was more likely to be correct ;)
Hoccy
> Svend
01/03/2015 at 20:59 |
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Very cool how the sales of the R5 Fiestas pretty much keeps the WRC-team alive. Everyone that would like to see Ford in the WRC, buy a rally car today!
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> Hoccy
01/03/2015 at 22:05 |
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They don't come cheap though.
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Dusty Ventures
> Svend
01/09/2015 at 01:15 |
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Thought this might interest you. M-Sport has officially made their 100th R5!
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> Dusty Ventures
01/09/2015 at 02:17 |
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That's awesome. Thanks.
So that means since they did their 50th in march, they have done 50 more R5s since then plus all the Bentleys, other cars plus all the maintenance of existing cars with strip downs and rebuilds. That's a hell of a lot for a team of 200 staff and apparently they have been turning work away because they don't have the time or facilities.
All in a sleepy back-water of north Cumbria.
captdownshift
> Svend
01/16/2015 at 12:59 |
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are these figures specifically for R5 classed fiestas? As M sport does in fact produce prepped race ready fiestas to spec for classes other then R5, I find those figures astounding when looking at worldwide entry numbers within the class.
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> captdownshift
01/16/2015 at 20:24 |
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They are for the R5 alone. Whether it's the R5 and R5 WRC together I don't know but I assume so.
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captdownshift
> Svend
01/16/2015 at 20:32 |
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I checked ERC and nacar as well, most of the FIA regions, however not asia, that'd why I asked. Wonder what their R2 fiesta production numbers are like