WRC mainclass from 2027

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

No worries about Toyota, they're already working on their 2027 Car... but it may not be a 'Yaris'...

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Currently they are only one who are working on 2027 car...

people on fb begging for it to be a corolla or a celtica but the current corolla is such an ugly giant sedan and the celitca is just a big suv now. sure, 'resized' cars, but i dont believe toyota would risk racing a sedan out of nothing. the only sedan winning rallies is the subaru in america but only because no one with money is running a hatchback.

they have the yaris cross, which is a little more 'squared'. i think it would look pretty if resizes
comparission: https://media.drive.com.au/obj/tx_q:...drqyanvwptxyd8

edit: oh, they have the Aygo X, veeery "rallie looking" lol.
https://scene7.toyota.eu/is/image/to...m=1.75,0.3,2,0

and they still produce a corolla cross in europe so eh

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Currently they are only one who are working on 2027 car...

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Only Manufacturer, or the only ones at all ?

Surely M-Sport are doing something, even if just with the chassis. If not the WRC future is in big trouble.

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Originally Posted by saco0o

people on fb begging for it to be a corolla or a celtica but the current corolla is such an ugly giant sedan and the celitca is just a big suv now. sure, 'resized' cars, but i dont believe toyota would risk racing a sedan out of nothing. the only sedan winning rallies is the subaru in america but only because no one with money is running a hatchback.

they have the yaris cross, which is a little more 'squared'. i think it would look pretty if resizes
comparission: https://media.drive.com.au/obj/tx_q:...drqyanvwptxyd8

edit: oh, they have the Aygo X, veeery "rallie looking" lol.
https://scene7.toyota.eu/is/image/to...m=1.75,0.3,2,0

and they still produce a corolla cross in europe so eh

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The last Celica is from 2007. It is heavily rumoured to come back around 2027. And it will certainly not be a SUV.

Toyota GR Corolla for the North American market:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...2024-06-30.jpg

Rally Concept they showed in January 2025...

https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accele.../Corolla-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Only Manufacturer, or the only ones at all ?

Surely M-Sport are doing something, even if just with the chassis. If not the WRC future is in big trouble.

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true. but cant we presume msport and skoda motorsport will be there too? i'd imagine they have zero reasons to go away from this excellent business format of bulding and selling 'rally2' level machiinery. sure, now they would have to build the tube frame and body pannles - not the road car with some rollcages, but the business of selling the car would be basically the same, maybe even better cuz apparently these new cars will be raced all over european championships (at least from what I understood) i'd even bet stellantis will join with one of its brands too, because it looks like profitable business for the manufacturer's motorsport divisions. i'm still seeing this new car as this business opportunity for the potential "builders"