Quote Originally Posted by cali View Post
Nobody's against new manufacturers but this RGT class is not going to revolutionise rallying. It will be a niche class at it's best. The past has proved it already. I don't mind seeing couple of good sounding Porsche's here and there but a) they will never fight for the top places in general classification thus b) they will attract very few drivers with any ambition to choose this class c) suitable only on tarmac championship rallyes and even then one must have really favourable conditions (dry weather, smooth wide roads with less bends etc). Sounds quite niche to me and a class for gentleman drivers in countries with good wide asphalt roads
If you are a driver without big ambitions because you are too old or just not good enough, willing to drive the best car possible, but an r5 car is just a bit too expensive, what car would you drive?

They are indeed for gentleman drivers. But there are lots of those. In some rally here in belgium we have had up to 9 or 10 porsches, all private projects.