Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
It's not the rules what makes the car small. You can make a Mondeo WRC if You like. The rules allow it. The problem is that Your car will be useless. The first reason why all use same size of cars is that it works.
But if the minimum length of the car was increased then surely we'd see bigger cars and a potential for more variety. I'm sure someone will show dimensions of a GT86 which will prove me wrong though

I'm all for the R5s being this size of car because it seems appropriate for the level below WRC. Also when you think of it at that level it easier to appreciate the look of the cars - the Fabia S2000 and R5 both look very impressive to me and the Fiesta in S2000, RRC, WRC and R5 forms doesn't look too bad either.

Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
Second point is that marketing guys of the big car makers want to promote what they sell the most. I seriously doubt Toyota makes any reasonable profit out of GT-86. That's more an image-maker than a bestseller. On the other hand they sell millions of Yaris.
I certainly can't argue with that but with the WRC in the state it's in these little cars don't do the championship any favours. Maybe we need to see WRC versions of these image-makers or 'halo cars' because whatever car you are using, motorsport success reflects well on the car company as a whole.

Does grandma really need to see a car similar in appearance to hers winning the Monte? Or does the championship need to engage the fans with an exciting product? An exciting product that can be more easily promoted (unless the promoter happens to be a group of incompetent, feckless, mentally challenged imbeciles who will f**k up even the easiest of jobs)