M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

[Simmi]

Saw a photo today claiming to be the 2017 Hyundai testing, but not verified.

Hyundai released images yesterday of the car. Although like most of the others it just seems to be a mule.

https://twitter.com/HMSGOfficial?lang=en

[Sarac330d]

In WTCC for season 2015 FIA alowed Lada to use Lada VESTA WTCC from start of season even when production of series model started at the end of year 2015. Maybe FIA will allow something similar to WRC manufacturers.

SM-G930F

[Rally Power]

Anyone knows how strict the rules about homologation are, especially with evolution/changes of parts after the first homologation? If they are as strict as now, I could imagine some manufacturer would homologate the current model as a new WRC and drive it for half a year before homologating the new one...

Probably I'm wrong, but I believe that a manu can only homologate one WRC car per year.

[OldF]

Looking at the homologation history http://www.fia.com/regulation/category/760 (General - 2016 Complete List of Homologated Vehicles with Extensions) for Ford and Citroen the second homologation was 2014, three years after initial homologation in 2011. VW joined 2013 and had yet to homologate the SUPER 2000 1.6 TURBO kit + WRC kit variant (WR). All the first homologations between 2011-2013 have the homologation number 100/01.

Hyundai joined at the beginning of 2014 and now the homologation was called VARIANTE KIT WRC. Also Citroen, Ford and VW made new homologations (homologation number 200/01).

Citroen and Ford made a VARIANTE KIT WRC 2015 homologation at the beginning of 2015 and Hyundai at the beginning of 2016 (homologation number 300/01). VW don’t have a VARIANTE KIT WRC 2015 homologation. I don’t know any explanations for the WRC 2015 homologations.

I don’t remember if it was from the beginning of 2014 or 2015 when no S2000 kit homologations had to be made anymore. By the homologation name it was from 2014. The manufacturers also agreed to freeze the homologation once but was that 2014 or 2015, I don’t remember.

Mitsubishi used in the past the Evolution of the Type (ET) homologation for evo6 and evo6TM. Evo5, evo6 and evo6TM all have the same basic group A homologation number (A5585).

http://www.ralliart.com/eGRN/homologation.html

[OldF]

A correction to what I said earlier. Also VW have a WRC 2015 homologation.

[Rally Power]

First pic of the 3 door Fiesta. Ford won’t be at Paris Motor Show, so probably they’ll launch the new model in Detroit MS, a couple of weeks before MC.


Photo: http://www.carscoops.com/2016/08/all...makes-spy.html

Also a note on the new Polo, mentioned to debut only on 2017 second half…
http://www.carscoops.com/2016/08/201...e-much-in.html

[drive]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/in...ort-rally-team an article about M-Sport expansion plans: 'The exciting future of the M-Sport rally team'

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Not going to happen, would look great... and a the Focus would be a real RS...

[Simmi]

Yeah it's a real shame to have an actual 4WD Focus RS hit the streets and no WRC variant to shout about. Will have to make do with WRX, which is probably a pretty decent representation of what it would have looked like.

[tommeke_B]

What they should do is make a proper Fiesta RS... You need to understand that no car of these dimensions will be considered for world rally cars anymore.