Best of Both Worlds?
On the 1960 Simca Aronde range the rear suspension will be a combination of leaf and coil springs. The leaf springs are semi-elliptic, having four leaves while above the axle…
RALLY OF THE THOUSAND LAKES THERE
was no doubt about the supremacy of the Audi Quattros, although Blomqvist’s Michelin tyres gave him (below) the edge over Mikkola (above
Centre) who was using his team’s Klebers, along with a few Michelins when no-one was watching. Championship points were so vital to the team that the, could not risk a duel developing, and the two drivers were instructed to keep their positions, Mikkola then winning from Blomqvist.