This discussion (as a larger phenomenon, not this thread) has three major problems:

1. Fans don't understand the marketing needs of manufacturers/teams.
2. Manufacturers/teams don't do the circus for the hardcore fans but for average joes - and the subsequent failure to understand this.
3. Longing for the past times that won't return. World has changed.

I'm in no means in favour of Capito's shootout idea, in my opinion it isn't rallying at all. But to my knowledge, VW has been quite disappointed to the media coverage and promotion of WRC. We have to understand them a bit, they pour in millions for what? Lousy promotion and media services like crap? If promotion would have been and would be done in a correct way, Capito wouldn't need to ask these spectator-magnets to be made.