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Rally cars after Group B

Frank Sprongl, 5 time Canadian rally champion


Rallying after Group B was banned looks quite a bit different. The replacements for Group B cars was the Group A class, which required at least 5000 copies for homologation, and the WRC class, which only needs 20 copies (the WRC class is remarkably similar to the planned Group S class). The cars are also limited to 300 horsepower (although no one verifies that they comply with this rule), so they have about half the horsepower as the later Group B cars. The FIA is also much stricter when it comes to technology. However, today's cars are still extremely quick and spectacular to watch, and they aren't as dangerous as the Group B cars were.


Today, the top manufacturers are Toyota, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Ford, and SEAT, although Peugeot, Hyundai, and Skoda will also be joining the WRC ranks. All of the teams willingly share safety information to try and prevent tragedies like the death of Henri Toivonen. Thankfully, safety is a prime concern, along with performance. The cars have very strong roll cages, and judging by some of the crashes that have been shown on TV, they seem to do their job. The cars and drivers of today are some of the best and most spectacular in the world, and rallying should continue to become one of the most popular forms of motorsport in the world.


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