In the hot seat -- Hannu Mikkola
You think a twisty 38km stage is tough? What about Hannu Mikkola doing more than 6350km on the Safari? And he enjoyed Ford Escorts much more than Audis Ford or…
Analysis of success and failure from Start to Finish of the final test
Tabulated for each make of car as follows:
Started — Qualified at end of Road Section — Started on Final Test — Completed Final Test in time limit
Citroën: 23 — 18 — 16 — 13
Ford: 23 — 15 — 14 — 12
Volvo: 22 — 21 — 17 — 13
Jaguar: 21 — 12 — 11 — 08
D.K.W: 20 — 16 — 16 — 13
Austin and
Austin-Healey: 18 — 08 — 07 — 04
Alfa Romeo: 16 — 07 — 07 — 06
Simca: 16 — 06 — 06 — 03
Renault: 16 — 06 — 05 — 04
Sunbeam: 15 — 08 — 07 — 05
Triumph: 12 — 07 — 07 — 05
Porsche: 10 — 08 — 07 — 04
Saab: 08 — 04 — 04 — 03
VW: 08 — 03 — 03 — 02
Peugeot: 07 — 03 — 03 — 02
Borgward: 06 — 03 — 03 — 00
Fiat: 06 — 01 — 01 — 01
Morris: 06 — 01 — 01 — 00
Skoda: 06 — 04 — 03 — 01
Aston Martin: 05 — 02 — 02 — 01
Mercedes-Benz: 05 — 03 — 03 — 02
Panhard: 05 — 04 — 03 — 03
A.C. 04 — 01 — 01 — 01
Lloyd: 04 — 04 — 03 — 01
Riley: 04 — 03 — 03 — 03
Standard: 04 — 02 — 02 — 02
Vauxhall: 04 — 02 — 02 — 02
B.M.W. 03 — 02 — 01 — 00
D.B. 03 — 01 — 01 — 01
M.G: 03 — 01 — 01 — 00
N.S.U: 03 — 02 — 02 — 02
Vespa: 03 — 01 — 01 — 00
A.W.E: 02 — 02 — 02 — 00
Singer: 02 — 00 — 00 — 00
Wolseley: 02 — 00 — 00 — 00
Berkeley: 01 — 00 — 00 — 00
Daimler: 01 — 01 — 01 — 00
Denzel: 01 — 01 — 01 — 01
Fairthorpe: 01 — 01 — 01 — 01
Goliath: 01 — 00 — 00 — 00
Hillman: 01 — 00 — 00 — 00
Opel: 01 — 00 — 00 — 00
Studebaker: 01 — 00 — 00 — 00
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Total 322 — 184 — 168 — 119
N.B. — The meritorious Volvo performances will be noted; had not one car been damaged by a local taxi within sight of the finish, all 22 starters would have completed the road section.