Is there any confirmed information about 2011 cars? I have not find anything just rumours that certain teams are developing their own 1600 cars. Isn't this little absurd that at this place of time we still don't know what is the car model for next year's championship!? What's really going on?

In my view it's more than clear that at that point they should get more manufacturers at any cost. It cannot be the way that there is Ford and Citroen and few substanrard team (like Suzuki few years ago). I heard a rumour that Jean Todt has given Ford and Citroen permission to go for 1600 if they can get two other manufacturers to come in. I don't know what's wrong with ISC and Ford-Citroen. Simon Long has openly said that it's best to have only few manufacturers. In reality this is the very factor that keeps rallying in minor position.

Wolkswagen spends 80 million euros to Paris-Dakar in one year. If rallying would be major show like in old days (a lot of tv-coverage in main stations, fascinating competition, longer rallies with cheaper tickets and night stages) there is no slightest doubt that wrc would bring stronger promotion to the brand compared to Parid-Dakar. The problem now is that the show and publicity value of rallying is far from what it could be. I don't think that lack of manufacturers is really due to too high costs per se. Formula 1 is good example that the worth of show is much more important than the costs.