as BOS advertises so much with their WRC pedigree, it's interesting to hear another side of the story:
http://www.rallye-magazin.de/r/wm/d/n/d/2008/11/02/subaru-verklagt-bos/index.html
Here's a yahoo babelfish translation, as i'm too lazy to translate it myself:
Shortly after announcing that the Subaru Factory Team "Pro Drive" will participate in the WRC with shock absorbers of the Swedish company Öhlins starting from 2009, team head David Richard confirmed that he will pull with substantial demands for payment of damages against its past partner BOS before court. There were dozens of problems in quality, arrangements were not kept. In the end we serviced the shocks ourselves", grumbled the Englishman. "Pro Drive" used BOS shocks for two season in the WRC. Since then the drivers complained regularly about chassis problems. By the end of October the first Öhlins shocks should be supplied to Pro Drive. After that the first tests with the new outfitter should take place. Öhlins is no stranger in the WRC. The Swedes were a partner of Mitsubishi in the late 90's as one of the guarantors for the four world champion titles of Tommi Mäkinen.
well, i don't know, if i'd get their stuff anymore......
http://www.rallye-magazin.de/r/wm/d/n/d/2008/11/02/subaru-verklagt-bos/index.html
Here's a yahoo babelfish translation, as i'm too lazy to translate it myself:
Shortly after announcing that the Subaru Factory Team "Pro Drive" will participate in the WRC with shock absorbers of the Swedish company Öhlins starting from 2009, team head David Richard confirmed that he will pull with substantial demands for payment of damages against its past partner BOS before court. There were dozens of problems in quality, arrangements were not kept. In the end we serviced the shocks ourselves", grumbled the Englishman. "Pro Drive" used BOS shocks for two season in the WRC. Since then the drivers complained regularly about chassis problems. By the end of October the first Öhlins shocks should be supplied to Pro Drive. After that the first tests with the new outfitter should take place. Öhlins is no stranger in the WRC. The Swedes were a partner of Mitsubishi in the late 90's as one of the guarantors for the four world champion titles of Tommi Mäkinen.
well, i don't know, if i'd get their stuff anymore......
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