ixo-MODELS
Series - RALLY CARS (Modern)
RAM219 – FORD Focus WRC #3
WINNER Rally Monte Carlo 2006
Die Cast
1:43 Scale
Retails up to $35.00
ixo Release Schedule – January 2007, US Released February 2007
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Car No 3 Ford RS 06 (02-22) was driven by Marcus Gronholm (FN) who was 2nd in 2006 championship with 111 pts / Timo Rautiainen (FN)
About the Rallye Monte Carlo: Automobile Club de Monaco - “Rallye De Monte-Carlo”
Since 1911, the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo is one of the oldest and prestigious in the sport. This is the first Rallye of the year in the World Rallye Championship (WRC). Stages run through French Alps were on a top of a very difficult terrain crews need to be ready to sudden, very difficult to predict weather changes. A stage could start on dry asphalt but this can change in no time to icy road and / or heavy snow. Generally, stages are tight and twisty goes up and down on slopes of Southern Alps, but they do have very fast stretches. It gets dark early up in the mountains; and it is very trilling for fans to see bright halogen spotlights screaming into to the view.
FIA restricted rally to the Monaco harbor area (2005 and 2006 or 73rd and 74th seasons), however organizers of the Rally Monte Carlo confirmed that in 2007 the rally will return to the “mythical” stages of the French region of Ardeche after FIA gave exemption to the Principality.
ABOUT THE MODEL MAKER
Since 2001 after V_itesse G_roup declared bankruptcy the model maker that produced a large part of V_itesse’s models, in particular under S_kid, O_nyx, 2_-Wheels and some V_itesse badge models created its own brand now know as ixo-MODELS.
Ixo always produced good quality models that are competitive to famous M_inichamps brand, but with their many newest models released in 2006 they show that they are capable of producing equal or even greater quality models to its major competitor while keeping lower price (on SRP is approximately 1/3 less and on retail level even less) without sacrifice in quality. Latest 2006 ixo release of Mercedes cars just brilliant!
