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Originally Posted by kayen
There are several car classifications at a Sanctioned WRC Rally. Most people seem to only think that a car has to be AWD to rally...
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There are supporting classes at the events, but WRC is a class unto itself. The supporting classes are not part of the World Rally Championship. There is the P-WRC (group N), the S-WRC (S2000) and the J-WRC (S1600) and the Zx6 would either not be eligible or not be competitive in any of them.
If Toyota intends to return to the WRC (as the article claims) or any of the feeder series', they
can't do it with the 86. The J-WRC
requires front wheel drive. The P-WRC would have it facing EVOs and STIs with rwd and a stock engine (ie don't bother). The S-WRC and WRC
require the use of one of two transversely mounted transmissions, neither of which will accommodate a boxer engine. If anything, they would be using something along the lines of a Yaris or Auris.