Thread: 2022 WRC News & Rumours
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7th February 2022, 14:53 #501
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7th February 2022, 23:36 #502
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take it with more than a pinch of salt, but in italy rumors are growing about a wrc comeback of stellantis with lancia brand.
they ll launch a completely ev delta in 2026, and are supposed to look very closely to the new 2025 regulation to join an elctric wrc with it.
tbh, seems very unlikely to me, first time i read of the delta story, but rumors about lancia comeback with an hybrid are getting loud.
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8th February 2022, 10:15 #503
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8th February 2022, 10:26 #504
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8th February 2022, 11:15 #506
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I found a link - https://www.motor1.com/news/546508/l...outside-italy/
"The brand’s new CEO wants to reposition Lancia as a near-premium automaker aimed at customers with an average age of 55 with at least one child still at home", "will target potential customers and owners of brands such as Tesla, Volvo, and Mercedes-Benz’s EQ division"
I don't buy it, any of this.
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8th February 2022, 11:26 #507
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Lancia, owned by Fiat since 1969, had been pronounced dead by then-FCA supremo Sergio Marchionne back in 2014.
The death sentence, pronounced by the manager in his characteristically blunt language, seemingly left no doubts:
“We realized the Lancia brand has no appeal outside of Italy. It has no heritage neither in Europe nor in the U.S.”
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8th February 2022, 11:57 #509
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they are reported to launch new line(s) of vehicles. delta ev in 2025 (most probably also a hy version before) and new ypsilon hy in 2024. private projects are revamping the delta (for rx) the stratos and the 037 (showed on montecarlo)
stellantis has all the main motorsport championships covered but wrc, sure they have a lot of brands so maybe can be another one, but still is strongly rumored of a comeback. surely a comeback in wrc with a historic rally brand can be interesting (also to launch the new brand cars) and worthy from pr side (remember the hype on the rx delta and for the r4 kit audi i.e.)
plus, the big boss is competing in the historic rally in a stratos, so maybe the brand choice can also be a bit "emotional"
still the most interesting thing -if real- is that 2manus/3brands (lancia opel and renault) are looking at wrc from 2025.
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8th February 2022, 11:58 #510
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