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Originally Posted by petet16
The saloon shell is stiffer than the hatch so handles better, that's why the saloon went touring car racing.
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Not true i'm afraid, on a standard shell the saloon is stiffer but also heavier, wsr spent 800 man hours making adjustments to the shell and as you see with other hatch in btcc standard shell stiffness isn't an issue as they do so much work to them. The saloon was chosen apparently for political reasons, wsr told me this because it is less like the Honda hatch and therefore a saloon is more mg/rover. The hatch is lighter and has a better drag co-efficiency. the saloon is standard or near standard stiffer and apparently has less under steer. but its an age old argument which will probably never die!