Quote Originally Posted by itix View Post
They should easily have been able to stuff said engine in the 206 the magicians from pipo moteurs should have been able to sort that out, no issues there... If they had stayed with the 206 and the 5 speed they would have had more manufacturers titles.

"I am fed up with this car"
-Grönholm about the 307

Anyway, we are hiking pretty far off topic now hahahaha.

Does anybody think it is likely that Peugeot will return to WRC if PSA mates Citroën give up?

They should (in my hopeful mind) be able to take over since they are the same house and all.
Peugeot Sport and Citroën Sport is two separate entities with higher walls between them than You might think.

Its VERY unlikely that Peugeot enters WRC anytime soon, this is because of the poor TV/Media coverage, wich yields low ROI.
They are focussed totally on Dakar, with smaller "privateer" efforts like in RX with Hansen, and one-offs like Pikes Peak.

BTW, the 307 WRC was hampered in the beginning also by a very free spirited central active differential, that was as predictable as a North Korean leader.
The engine was great, and the car was developed to be the fastest privateer WRC car.
But staying with the 206 would have been better, no question.