This is nothing new, M-Sport told it before they will not do new car for next year. I expect nobody will have new car on beginning of 2027 except Toyota who is working on the car for more than one...
I think they want to replace Rally2 cars with WRC27 or whatever it will be called, I mean, it's their goal. But I don't know what will then they do with WRC2, WRC3, JWRC in a few years.
mine is more like a question of if the manufacturers would actually be interested to build cars with regs similar to Rally2 in the future...
I agree after the initial plessant surprise of it being revealed. It's a 'coupe', but with that bulbous cabin and high roofline and boxy arches, it doesn't look nice at all.

That's more a question for the new promoter.
WRC mainclass from 2027