Personally I am sceptical that Citroen and Ford will allow a change to the R categories, plus Mini have committed to the current "new wrc" format of 1.6T. However, there is a lot of talk of new manufacturers joining, and they are saying 2013, and new style rallies. Now I guess FIA and NOS and these potential new manufacturers are talking, so maybe there is something big about to be announced on Sept 8th.