February 10th, 2006 -- Cordoba, Argentina

RS&SP (Racing Suspension & Sport Parts), a world leader in rally suspension technology, has appointed RalliSpec Ltd. as its official distributor in North America.

The deal was finalized after RalliSpec Ltd.'s managing director Dave Anton and legal representative Jorge Coombs visited RS&SP's headquarters in Argentina. The trip was an eye opener for RalliSpec as they came away thoroughly impressed by the level of engineering and development work that is being done there.

RS&SP is an offshoot of the Barattero rally team based in Cordoba. Barattero has been involved in building most of the top level Subaru rally cars that have come out of South America in the last few years. Last year they supported 3 competitors in the Production World Rally Championship (Gabriel Pozzo, Marcos Ligato, and Sebastian Beltram). They came away with six podium finishes in the N4 classification. In addition, Barattero is also involved with many of the top South American, national, and provincial competitors. With support from STi, Barattero has been pushing the development of the STi in production (Group N) trim. A vast range of specialized components are engineered and produced in-house. No other effort outside of Prodrive is on the same level.

The lessons learned and development knowledge gleaned from their rally efforts have been funneled into their RS&SP suspensions. In the short span of a few years they have managed to take things from the drawing board to a fully developed and championship-winning suspension system. However, RS&SP is never satisfied to sit on their laurels. There is continuous testing and development work going on at their facilities. During their visit, RalliSpec's representatives sat in on a typical gravel test session with a 2004 STi. They were also shown numerous components and suspension designs that were "under development".

RalliSpec's interest in RS&SP is to be able to provide to the North American motosport community a suspension system with world-class features and performance at an affordable price. They also know that a motorsport suspension system is of no real value if there is not service and support available to back it up. This is why RalliSpec technicians are factory trained on all service and rebuidling procedures and can also get involved in working with the RS&SP factory to develop new or custom suspension options.

RS&SP suspension systems are available for Subaru Impreza, Mitsubishi Evo, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Peugot 206, and other applications. Impreza and Evo applications feature 3-way adjustability, external reservoirs, adjustable hydraulic bumpstops (optional), large inverted shafts, and robust construction. Tarmac or gravel versions are available. Contact sales@rallispec.com for more information.

Photos courtesty of RS&SP and Dave Anton