Janne's Designs

For many, this is The  Mk II Escort. (Or the Rothmans ones, gotta make those soon too) Definitely one of the most beautiful Mk2 Escorts in the existence of Mk2 Escorts. The real life counterpart with the undeniably beautiful wide arches being swung around UK's tarmac roads in true Vatanen fashion is some of the best things to witness in rallying and that's why I wanted to make this skin for RBR, despite our Escort's 3d model not being 1:1 match to the 1982 one that Vatanen drove. In the 1982 Manx International Rally Ari begun strong. Stage win on the rally opener and a tight battle with another fine fast Finn Henri Toivonen for the lead of the rally. Toivonen then started to disappear into the distance a bit leaving Ari battling with Terry Kaby first and then Jimmy McRae for the second place in the rally. Then on SS11 Glascoe 2 Ari started driving again on the level he's most famous for and did four fastest stage times in a row, leaving McRae into his dust and Ari inche...

Before you start shouting at me that Juha never drove a Porsche, check Manx International Rally 1984 entry list from ewrc-results.com. This was a one off entry for Kankkunen with Porsche. He was substituting for Henri Toivonen as Henri had injured his back a bit earlier and was unable to drive. In an interview Juha said "Mr. Piironen called me last friday if I could come to England to drive a rally." According to Juha he was allowed to drive other cars despite being contracted to Toyota at the time. Only other "tsapaniis" cars posted an issue. Apparently Juha only had one week to practice for the rally, but it wasn't for much. Juha had to retire on special stage 4 of 49 for oil pressure related issues. Before his retirement from the rally he was running on 6th in the rally. I guess his pace would've improved as the rally would've progressed on. Ah well, now you can go and try to do your best Kankkunen impressions with this car. And no I don't...