Quote Originally Posted by WRCStan View Post
I know they won't resemble a particular named existing production (road) model, but from a distance they'll fit the generally accepted shape and look of what a production model would be to somebody who has no idea or care for there are not 10,000 of them all around the globe. They won't look like buggies, spaceships or dragsters, in other words.
They will look like the shape of a production model, then fans will ask "What is that car?" and the answer is "It's a Project Rally One Rally1, it's not based on any actual road model, you can't buy a road version and you can't find it anywhere else"... then look at the disappointment of the fans asking the question...
It's not surprising that most comments on the Project Rally One announcement and on the FIA regs are people speculating what models these new cars are going to be... Porsche, Subaru BRZ, Honda Civic Type-R etc.

Quote Originally Posted by WRCStan View Post
It's apparently not the shape, look or technical specs of these cars that bothers you, but that there aren't consumer production manufacturers involved. You say that's insulting, but it's commercial stuff reflecting the era we live in. It's a pivotal change but entirely necessary. If they didn't have to have done it, they wouldn't have done it. The only alternative is an amateur historics sport instead and no WRC at all.
I'm all for cars like the Swedish Mitsubishi Mirage R5. In the Group A days, there were many Audi rally cars never used officially by Audi, but only privateers, or national importers: Coupé, 90, S2... This is a step too far.
Where is the red line? When are we going to say stop, it's not rallying anymore? What if in future they'll propose, because of commercial reasons and to boost entries, to allow SxS and motorbikes in WRC... or to have WRC rallies only inside circuits. I'm sure the vast majority of rally fans would hate that, that wouldn't be WRC anymore. Changing one of the core aspects of rallying/WRC to keep WRC alive is a contradiction. If WRC isn't sustainable anymore, I'd rather them to do a new discipline with these type of cars and scale down rallying to an ERC level, with privateers and semi works team.