[WRC] News & Rumours 2018

[Watson]

+1

and they made the Toyota even more messy...

It's ghastly. That Panasonic sticker on the front corners personifies how out of place everything is.

[er88]

I understand that the Yaris is stuck with the livery as it is used across multiple disciplines of racing. But the C3 could have used a change to help forget about the 2017 season..

Yeah but they should update that livery year on year across all their motorpsort disciplines. Stick with the same theme and colours but at least progress it or change it in certain ways.

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[JUF]

+1

and they made the Toyota even more messy...

The livery looks like it was designed by Tommi Mäkinen himself... Look at the stickers on the front wings !

[steve.mandzij]

Yeah but they should update that livery year on year across all their motorpsort disciplines. Stick with the same theme and colours but at least progress it or change it in certain ways.

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The worst part of all this is that it's been tweaked to make it ever so slightly more horrible. The only differences are sponsor placements and those shards of accents on the front leading to the new bumper, unfortunately ruined by the livery. Seriously, that Panasonic sticker is atrocious. I didn't mind the livery last year but, come on, it got old before it was even new.

I tried making a side by side of old vs new here


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[EstWRC]

Tänaks car should be in estonian colours

[Simmi]

Never seen so many people by the placement of a sticker before...


The subject of liveries not changing is quite an interesting one. A big part of me would like to see the cars look different every year. But equally, like any team or brand, there's something to be said for consistency and teams building that brand recognition. Like Subaru did in the 90s. So I can see both sides, particularly when big name title sponsors are all but a thing of the past.

In general teams are pretty lazy though. I'd love to see more unique one-off liveries or throwback paint schemes on events. It's great PR and good for merchandise etc. How many people, particularly in the UK, bought those Michelin Pilot bobble hats back in 2014. I still see them on rallies. Stuff like that is incredibly popular among the fans.

[ESTR]

Last years privateers have better liveries, at least that's my opinion. Hyundai should stick with 2016 and that black color is missing... Citroen have nothing special. Toyota...hmm better looking Nasser's hilux than these wrc machines. Ford/M-Sport have/had at least good looking for almost all years... Skoda have good too but those green wheels a big no...

[Andre Oliveira]

FMC plate and same Red Bull logo on the rear

[macebig]

FMC plates? Wow, haven't seen these since the Martini days...

[dimviii]