WRC future

[steve.mandzij]

Are they really so terrible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qROTiK8pe-c

Yeah, they are on the stage. The Fabia in particular makes a billion sounds and not one of them is a sounds like a nice engine or exhaust sound to me.

The C3 sounds quite nice though, I must say.

[RS]

Yeah, they are on the stage. The Fabia in particular makes a billion sounds and not one of them is a sounds like a nice engine or exhaust sound to me.

The C3 sounds quite nice though, I must say.

I kind of have the opposite view, the Citroen sounds like an old two stroke motorboat engine under braking, Fabia to me sounds quite good now at full pelt:

https://twitter.com/OliverSolberg01/...510064128?s=20

All R5s to me sound better than old GrpN4 cars or some 2L WRCs, but of course not as good as the current World Rally Cars.

[AnttiL]

Raising the profile of the brand is the main aim of WRC participation. But sticking with petrol turbos for the next gen i20(N) & Yaris (GR) while insisting they are going 'green' in WRC is strange logic.

If both of these models were hybrid then they would probably promote their brands 'green credentials' more than hybrid WRC's.

These cars are just "homologation specials" of the current WRC cars which don't yet have any hybrid elements to them. We don't even know if i20 and Yaris will be used in the 2022 regulations, since larger model bodyshells could be used, Hyundai could want to promote the Kona as a hybrid model etc.

EDIT: not current WRC cars but what would have been the WRC cars in 2021

[Francis44]

These cars are just "homologation specials" of the current WRC cars which don't yet have any hybrid elements to them. We don't even know if i20 and Yaris will be used in the 2022 regulations, since larger model bodyshells could be used, Hyundai could want to promote the Kona as a hybrid model etc.

JESUS CHRIST!!!! Again, the Yaris already has a hybrid version for several years and the I20 will have one next year.

[AnttiL]

Calm down Of course I know there's Yaris hybrids, but it's still not known whether they choose to go rallying in 2022 with that or some other model, since it can be chosen now more freely.

When they started designing the Yaris GR, the 2022 rules were still up in the air. In fact, they were designing things for that car with specifically the now-cancelled 2021 WRC car homologation in mind, not the 2022 car. We could even see all Yaris GR's being sold out before the 2022 WRC cars are out.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

These cars are just "homologation specials" of the current WRC .

Well, the i20N is just a hot version of the new i20, nothing to do with the WRC.

If Toyota and Hyundai want to promote hybrid (performance) cars then their GR & N brands should be doing so more than their WRC entry. But for their newest performance models they are sticking with petrol. This does nothing this promote hybrid to 'petrol-heads' or encourage them to switch...

[pantealex]

These cars are just "homologation specials" of the current WRC cars

NO

Current WRC are based on previous generations i20 and Yaris.

Both Yaris GR-4 and i20N are current generation cars, so totally different body shape than WRC-spec.

[AnttiL]

NO

Current WRC are based on previous generations i20 and Yaris.

Both Yaris GR-4 and i20N are current generation cars, so totally different body shape than WRC-spec.

Yes, but only because the 2021 Yaris GR WRC car was scrapped. As for Hyundai, there were rumors of them making a facelifted WRC car as well...

[wyler]

As for Hyundai, there were rumors of them making a facelifted WRC car as well...

And the new rally2, latest car unveiled from wrc manu

[T16]

Good news!!

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/all-t...main-for-2022/