Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[Rally Power]

Citroen obviously did a great job when they came to WRC, spent lots of money and ended up dominating, but I always felt they didn’t appear to capitalise on it as much as they could have, perhaps living in the UK I didn’t see the best of their marketing but they didn’t do it to launch a sporty range or anything like that, in fact they seemed to almost do the opposite.

It’s fair to say that until the mid 10’s there were still sporty models in the Citroen range and some of those were even converted into low or mid budget rally cars (ZX, Saxo, C2, DS3) but after that it was a bit painful to see Citroen WRC effort getting so disconnected from their general production.

Btw, despite their revolutionary approach and the vast resources, Audi’s WRC winning path was far from the supremacy of Lancia in Gr.A days, Citroen in the 00’s or VW in the mid 10’s; still, it was more than enough to change the sport for ever.