Why the WRC's 'modern Group B' era was rallying at its bonkers best
The World Rally Championship has brought down the curtain on the aggressive, aero-laden generation of cars first introduced in 2017 that have been likened to the 1980s Group B icons. As the championship prepares to begin a new era of Rally1 hybrid cars, its stars explain just why the outgoing machines were so special
Sporting icons are often only truly recognised retrospectively. In years to come, the mind boggling beasts born out of the World Rally Championship’s 2017 regulations may perhaps be remembered as perhaps the greatest ever.
There can be no more fitting a tribute than labelling the cars that competed from 2017-2021 as the 'modern Group B' - a future take on the bonkers turbo-charged tearaways produced by Audi, Peugeot, Ford and Lancia during the 1980s that truly put rallying on the map.
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