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    I’ve read (on an article on YLE) that the turbo will be simplified

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    Mk4 Focus RS cancelled due costs for hybrid power ...

    https://drivetribe.com/p/bad-news-20...SiWreNTf7o9PbA

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Mk4 Focus RS cancelled due costs for hybrid power ...

    https://drivetribe.com/p/bad-news-20...SiWreNTf7o9PbA
    and that has to do with WRC future? It's been 10 years since Focus was a WRC model and we don't need homologation specials such as the RS series to make a WRC car.

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    The number of allowed engines per car per team will be reduced from three to two for 2022 https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/w...duced-in-2022/

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    and that has to do with WRC future? It's been 10 years since Focus was a WRC model and we don't need homologation specials such as the RS series to make a WRC car.
    To me its an indication of why M-Sport is going to the Puma (already hybrid) even though its no sort of performance car.

    The Mk4 Focus would be an ideal base car for rally but it seems the SUV buyer has killed it. The RS brand has been linked to rally in the past but now it seems totally dead.

    The reasonably-priced fast Ford buyer will now be stuck at the ST level.
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    The ‘base car’ isn’t really a base car in the same sense as it has been up to this point though. The car M-Sport will roll out for 2022 will most likely be the same regardless of whether they decide to slap on the headlights/grille/something resembling the side windows/rear lights from a Fiesta, Puma, Kuga or Focus.

    If a national competitor (a gentleman driver type) were rich enough they could probably buy one from M-Sport and ask they have it styled like a Focus and not a Puma 😂

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    The FIA statement read:
    "Manufacturers will be allowed to use a production bodyshell, or a prototype tubular structure to current WRC size guidelines, while the FIA is set to define carry-over elements from production vehicles for key visual elements. "There will also be an option for 'scaling' of the body within prescribed limits, to allow larger cars to comply with dimension targets."

    So Manu's can use a production bodyshell if it suits them and is the size required.

    If M-Sport 'chooses' the Puma they will have to scale it all down, whereas if they chose a Focus they could just use a production bodyshell.
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    But as the Focus is a C-segment hatch and the Puma is based on the Fiesta platform (correct me if I’m wrong) surely the Focus is bigger and anything will be scaled down to a 4000mm length as per the current min length allowed?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    The FIA statement read:
    "Manufacturers will be allowed to use a production bodyshell, or a prototype tubular structure to current WRC size guidelines, while the FIA is set to define carry-over elements from production vehicles for key visual elements. "There will also be an option for 'scaling' of the body within prescribed limits, to allow larger cars to comply with dimension targets."

    So Manu's can use a production bodyshell if it suits them and is the size required.

    If M-Sport 'chooses' the Puma they will have to scale it all down, whereas if they chose a Focus they could just use a production bodyshell.
    If M-Sport 'chooses' the FOCUS they will have to scale it all down, whereas if they chose a PUMA they could just use a production bodyshell
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    To me its an indication of why M-Sport is going to the Puma (already hybrid) even though its no sort of performance car.
    You mentioned the point yourself. It's hybrid. The manufacturers will want to push hybrid models in the WRC. Most likely Hyundai will go to the Kona. Yaris already has a hybrid option.

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