A Rally1 car is neither a buggy nor a touring car, it's a rally car. It's probably the furthest you can get to still call it a rally car, since at the very least they resemble a road car.
But I...
to me, and to most of people in the rally world, a manufacturer is a company that produces road cars.
but we can also refer to company/entity that builds their own shells, works the same, as the...
My post was a bit tongue in cheek and as you say for WRC level the refinement needed for such a car would probably remove some of the wow factor. Having said that it is an example of what a "tuner"...
As a complete non-expert on the rules side of things, I can confirm that that was a fun car to watch.
Although I wonder how much of that is down to roadside cameras, older suspension giving some...
There was a project to sell road going McRae R4s, but it was canned after Colin's death. Since that didn't happen, to me a McRae R4 is a buggy/proto.
WRC mainclass from 2027