Hyundai WRT

**wyler** · 20th October 2025, 09:58

Originally Posted by jonkka

Amazing that Abiteboul's statement of "we may not build 2027 spec car" hasn't created more stir than this? I only read about it now, three days afterwards and to find more I have to google myself into bleeding Dirtfish (site I avoid like plague otherwise).

why? nobody is doing a wrc27 other than toyota, and as long as there won't be enough, they ll keep rally2 in the same category. "real" 27 spec may never happen!

**jonkka** · 20th October 2025, 11:03

Originally Posted by wyler

they ll keep rally2 in the same category

Death of WRC is written right there.

**skarderud** · 20th October 2025, 15:17

Originally Posted by jonkka

Death of WRC is written right there.

Why? Its like Gr.A, a much better championship than Gr.B ever was.

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**EstWRC** · 20th October 2025, 15:48

Originally Posted by skarderud

Why? Its like Gr.A, a much better championship than Gr.B ever was.

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sorry but you are comparing apples and sour grapes

**skarderud** · 20th October 2025, 18:51

Originally Posted by EstWRC

sorry but you are comparing apples and sour grapes

How?
Todays wrc1 compared to wrc2, VS Gr.B compared to Gr.A, how on this earth is that somehow not comparable?

It was a step down, and in my opinion it was much better in every aspect.

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**deephouse** · 20th October 2025, 19:04

Isn't Rally2 performance compared to old spec WRC if not better (pre 2017).

**denkimi** · 21st October 2025, 05:03

Rally2 now is faster than group b or 2016 wrc. We have seen a few years of unprecedented speed since 2017.

**SubaruNorway** · 21st October 2025, 15:20

Might be just as fast, but sound and looks are lacking. I can't get much more views on an ERC round compared to a Norwegian rally

**Eli** · Today, 09:02

https://youtu.be/7WC_WbgjE_o?si=sm3xv6aLNzJPyfBR
CER 2025, Liaison episode 12.

**doubled1978** · Today, 11:30

Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

Might be just as fast, but sound and looks are lacking. I can't get much more views on an ERC round compared to a Norwegian rally

That ‘should’ be a relatively easy fix though, take the rally2 basis and make them look and sound a bit more exciting.
The cars in the WEC Hypercar class look superficially like LMP1 cars, but are much lower tech, less powerful and considerably cheaper, yet it is thriving at the moment. Hypercar is barely any quicker than a de-restricted LMP2 cars.