Niall McShea has entered Rally Ireland 2009 in an S-Tec hired MEM Proton Satria Neo S2000

It has been confirmed that former PWRC champion Niall McShea will tackle January’s Rally Ireland in a Mellors Elliot Motorsport Proton Super 2000 through a hire deal with Donie O’Sullivan’s S-Tec Motorsport (Irish partner with MEM), according to rally.ie.

McShea last competed on the Cork “20″ Rally in September driving… Continue reading

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MEM Proton Satria Neo Super 2000: photos and full technical details

The MEM Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 rally car was successfully homologated in September and made it’s competitive debut on the recent Rallye d’Antibes in the south of France with Bryan Bouffier at the wheel.

The info below, which was kindly supplied by Mellors Elliot Motorsport, contains the full technical specification of the S2000 machine. MEM are hopeful that they will have a two car entry for the Monte Carlo… Continue reading

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Bryan Bouffier in seventh position with the Proton Satria Neo S2000 after day 1 Rallye Antibes 2008

After day 1 of the Rallye Antibes - Cote d’Azur Bryan Bouffier lies seventh on the competitive debut of the Mellors Elliot Motorsport Proton S2000.

It had been a bit of a fraught day though, with the car suffering from a down on power engine, punctures and having to be pushed into the first service. He was down in 36th position at one stage but fought back to finish… Continue reading

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Rallye Antibes Côte d’Azur ERC 2008 Entry List: Bryan Bouffier set to debut the MEM Proton Satria Neo S2000

The entry list for the European Rally Championship Rallye Antibes Côte d’Azur has just been published and as expected Bryan Bouffier is entered in the new Proton Super 2000.

This will be the car’s competitive debut and the team are quietly confident following a successful test recently with Bouffier in the French Alps. Others entered include all of the top ERC competitors such as Travaglia, Isik, Betti, Rossetti, Solowow etc, for this… Continue reading

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Proton Satria Neo S2000, images, video and technical specification

The first images have recently been revealed by MEM of the finished Proton super 2000. The car was expected to have been homologated on the 1st August and to commence testing immediately. No plans have been revealed yet as to possible programmes but it is widely anticipated the car will compete on the BRC and IRC at least and will make it’s competitive… Continue reading

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More news regarding the homologation of the Proton Satria Neo S2000

The reason for the delay in the Proton Satria Neo S2000 was due to new gear ratios being made available by Xtrac, according to GPWEEK.com. The FIA advised the team to hold on for a month so the homologation papers are correct. The papers were ready to be issued on July 1st but the team took the FIA’s advice and will wait until August 1st for homologation to be granted.

Chris Mellors states that the team… Continue reading

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