The Best World Rally Cars - 1997 to 2021 : The World Rally Car Era of the World Rally Championship
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- World Rally Car documentary about the best rally cars using the FIA World Rally Car regulations from 1997 to 2021. We look at the best World Rally Cars from the past 25 World Rally Championship seasons in this WRC+ exclusive documentary. Watch the full documentary on WRC+ here : WRC.com/en/news/2021/wrcplus/best-of-world-rally-car-era/
Full List of all the WRC cars from 1997 to 2015, the WRC era :
Citroën
Xsara WRC 2001 - 2006
C4 WRC 2007 - 2010
DS3 WRC 2011 - 2016
C3 WRC 2017 - 2019
Ford/M-Sport
Escort WRC 1997 - 1998
Focus RS WRC 1999 - 2010
Fiesta RS WRC 2011 - 2016
Fiesta WRC 2017 - 2021
Hyundai
Accent WRC 2000 - 2003
i20 WRC 2014 - 2016
i20 Coupe WRC 2017 - 2021
MINI
John Cooper Works WRC 2011 - 2012
Mitsubishi
Lancer Evolution WRC 2001 - 2002
Lancer WRC 2004 - 2005
Peugeot
206 WRC 1999 - 2003
307 WRC 2004 - 2005
SEAT
Córdoba WRC 1998 - 2000
Škoda
Octavia WRC 1999 - 2003
Fabia WRC 2003 - 2005
Subaru
Impreza WRC 1997 - 2008
Suzuki
SX4 WRC 2007 - 2008
Toyota
Corolla WRC 1997 - 1999
Yaris WRC 2017 - 2021
Volkswagen
Polo R WRC 2013 - 2016
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The WRC is the FIA World Rally Championship, a tough motorsport using rally cars on real roads around the world. Watch the best rally drivers battle on gravel and asphalt roads with mud, rain, dust, ice and heat! Watch high speed action as the rally drivers power slide and drift round narrow corners, go flat out over a big jump or through a watersplash, handbrake turn round a hairpin, survive a big moment, or have a massive crash! Rally requires maximum attack and careful tactics to become world rally champion.
Each rally has timed sections called special stages, on closed roads. Drivers complete these stages as quickly as possible. A co-driver reads pace notes that explain the hazards ahead. Rally drivers use the same rally car to travel to each stage on public roads, following normal traffic regulations. The crew which completes all the stages in the shortest time is the rally winner. Championship points are won using the same scoring system as Formula 1. The championship is administered by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.
Some of the world's greatest drivers have won the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, like Colin McRae, Carlos Sainz, Walter Röhrl, Stig Blomqvist, Petter Solberg, Ott Tänak. The list of world rally champions includes many Finnish rally drivers like Juha Kankkunen, Tommi Mäkinen, Ari Vatanen, Marcus Grönholm, Hannu Mikkola. French drivers have had success with Sébastien Ogier, and 9 times world champion Sébastien Loeb. Famous drivers from other motorsports have come to try rally driving like Ken Block from Rallycross, and Robert Kubica and Kimi Räikkönen from F1.
Car companies compete for the prestigious FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers awarded to the most successful WRC constructor. Winners include Citroen, Hyundai, Volkswagen and Peugeot. Ford have had success with the Ford Escort, Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta when the M-Sport team won in 2017.
The 1980's featured the iconic Group B rally cars like the Lancia 037 and Delta S4, Peugeot 205 T16, MG Metro 6R4, Ford RS200 and Audi Quattro.
Japan dominated the 1990s with the Mitsubishi Lancer, Subaru Impreza, and Toyota Celica and Toyota Corolla. Toyota returned to the WRC in 2017 with the Toyota Yaris WRC, winning in 2018. Hyundai won in 2019 and 2020 with the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. Find out about the latest winners and champions at www.wrc.com
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We need more manufacturers back in the rally
The problem with WRC is that their coverage has steadily dropped to the point that it's a pale shadow of its former glory. So why would any manufacture join the sport if they're not going to get enough coverage?
@Jack xtal and because they've made it almost impossible to watch.
I love rallying. But I just can’t watch it, no coverage at all
Their on boards have millions of views, so why not record more of that and put it on yt.
@@tiadaid Well spectecular optics we have, give them 500hp for the whole Stage and lets go.
My favourite decade is 1995-2005. Many great cars, great guys in that cars, and I love Subarus of that model years so much. But every team was cool and interesting. Greetings from Ukraine!
Indeed the best decade after the group b amazing racing with a ton of manufacturers and amazing drivers and co drivers
I agree, 1998-2003 subies are what I think of when I think of the brand
same here, especially due to the fact that the wrc featured more sedans during this time
We had SEVEN manufacturer entries in the late 90s/early 2000s. All beautiful looking and sounding cars. My favourite era in WRC.
@@soundbelch1600 totally agree, such a great time. I went to the Network Q back in 1999 and recently got dug out the entry list for the event. Not only were there 7 manufacturer entries for that rally but driving we had the likes of McRae, Burns, Makinen, Kankkunen, Auriol, Gronholm, Sainz, Delecour and Panizzi. The list goes on. An exceptionally talented group of drivers all competing for one title.
Simply the best.
In 1999 there were 10 factory entries
@@edwnas 10 factory entries, only 7 of those were WRC/Group A cars. That's my point.
I miss the Group B and Group A era!! 🔥
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Group B the one and only rally cars 🥰 (similar to the Group C in racing or Group 5) awesome old days. But.. every time has his own great cars
I had an Evo IV a few years back and I miss it so much, best car for winter here in 🇨🇦 so easy to slide it where and when you want to.
My Impreza is still much better xD
My fiat panda is superior
@@Jacobmathews. do you have the M-sport Panda? :)
@@benedux no it's missing a wheel
Not going to lie, WRC and seeing Colin flying through the air in a Focus was the main reason why I got the 1st gen focus that hit America.
The reason my first car is a blue Subaru Impreza I owе to him. He may have not won the most titles, but he definitely won the most hearts.
Same here. I bought a Skoda Fabia because of McRae. I think the manufacturers kind of forgot about the aspect that rallys can be advertisements for their cars.
@@NathanieI87 Poor you
@@BerchBG yeah I've learned my lessons. After the said Fabia and one Octavia (which was stolen from me) and countless times I've had to bring them to a mechanic I was done with VW cars in general.
@@NathanieI87 We had a Fabia for 10 years. My father has always claimed that was the biggest automotive mistake he has made and he has owned over 25 cars. Unlike him I am wise and I stick to Naturally Aspirated Subarus, have been treating me very well for the past 9 years.
Rally could be as popular as F1, if it was managed properly...
I’ve always found that Rally has more potential than F1, it’s just so diverse and colourful. It’s basically like watching a race and going on a sightseeing spree at the same time
@@EliaFlowers and it’s fun doing the stages in the many games rally has to offer. But there is 0 coverage for us to actually watch the sport
@@MikeLikesBikes095 it’s just too sad tbh
The WRC started well, then lost its way.
I grew up with the WRC right when cars became interesting to me. The fact I could go down to Subaru/mitsubishi and stare through the show room window as a 17 year old was incredible.
Then the cars got more complex and started having stupid wide arches. You couldn't buy the cars anymore, save for a pathetic Loeb edition Citroën. I could no longer live a fantasy of watching the WRC then hopping in the car on an early Sunday morning.
What makes rallying so popular is that you can relate to it. Its normal cars you could buy racing on roads you knew rather than the rather remote F1 circuit experience.
You only have to look at the popularity of the GR yaris (in England at least) to see that people still love rallying. They just don't love the WRC.
I'd also add that this video is rather poor. I was expecting to see something about the WRC era I grew up with. The WRC impreza from 1997, the dominant Evo, the Pug 206 which blew away everything and then Loeb with the blistering Citroën.
Instead we got more talking then we did car footage.
rallying was most popular in the 80s, and the cars of group B had nothing in common with the series cars
What you say is exactly what WRC does NOT stand for!
World Rally Car regulations were introduced to allow manufacturers to field rally cars with turbochargers and all wheel drive even if the homologated street car lacked those features.
The C4 by Loeb might have been pathetic performance-wise but at that time, it was the only way to have a car that represented the WRC for a lot of people. You couldn't have a decent looking Impreza or Lancer that could be run at a reasonable cost. In Ireland for example, road tax meant that the likes of performance cars were out of touch for anyone with a family or trying to save for a home. So the C4 by Loeb I had for 5 years was something different that didn't cost an arm and a leg to buy and run. Add to that, it was surprisingly reliable after 100k kms.
Audi Vs. Lancia Vs. Peugeot
Subaru Vs. Mitsubishi Vs. Toyota
We Need Battles Like This Again!
One of The Best Things About World Rally Championship Was Buying a World Championship-Like Car.
The Guy Who Owned a Subaru Impreza Ocean Blue Was A King Wherever He Goes, Just Because His Car Looked Like Colin McRae's WRC Car.
"The Best World Rally Cars - 1997 to 2021" - expected to see more about the cars as they evolved over 25 years. Instead got a brief history of how it came about and then straight to 2021. Hardly a mention of how Subaru and Mitsubishi fell behind Citroen and Peugeot, how Ford remained in the series, nothing of Mini's entrant either. Come on WRC, you can do much much better than this.
Peugeot really needs to return to WRC, and become competitive against the likes of Toyota and Hyundai. With their LeMans Hypercar campaign coming soon in 2023, a return to WRC in 2024 would probably attract some of their passionate fans back to the sport since a very long time.
@Christian Alden I agree with you, because I want to see not only 3 car manufacturers in the WRC class actually, or MMaybe something like Renault back to Rally and Mitshubishi maybe even Subaru
@@chubbly2948 exactly those 4 you mentioned. I love seeing Hyundai making good research in the WRC for their mass manufacture cars. but it's kinda boring to see just only 3 types hatchbacks in the current races (not that i dislike hatches though)
Subaru will probably never come back considering that they need to make a 1.6l engine to even compete. And they're not necessarily known for small displacement.
@@oneplumpboi5317And WRC is barely lucrative nowadays...
Citroen Xsara is an icon
I can't believe there's only 3 manufacturers left in WRC. It seems to be declining a lot year-by-year unfortunately.
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No money in it and people won’t fund it :(
The Impreza is the one that sold the most road cars for its manufacturer.
Loeb and Citroen the Best forever.
The 206 is definitly my favorite
Man, I really miss homologation specials. I know they make the GR Yaris but for how long? I lose interest whenever WRC doesn't have a car competing that I can actually aspire to own. As soon as Mitsubishi and Subaru pulled out, I lost all interest. I don't mind them going hybrid, just actually let us buy the road going equivalent again.
TOYOTA,MITSUBISHI,SUBARU...3LEGEND FROM JAPAN IN WRC...and untill today I always feel something when see one of this 3 compete in WRC...
I loved the older rally cars more. The Subaru Impreza 555 was a beast. So was the 1995 ford focus Colin McRea drove. Not to forget the Toyota corolla 1999 which I think was driven by Auriol and Gronholm. I was in for the cars only. They had style and stiff competition then. I don’t watch it these days even the games don’t do much justice. Nice video though
I miss the days when manufacturer make an homologated car just for rally
Amazing
Part of the attraction to rallying was the fact you could buy an affordable and a very similar car in looks and performance from a dealership, wrc rule changes stopped this. The cars now bare zero resemblance to the road going versions.
Awesome
I know it probably made entry easier for manufacturers but I really miss stricter homologation. So many cool street cars wouldn't exist without it.
the imprezza gc8 will always be my favorite
In my memories, 206 and Xsara and polo. That cars best bulit world rally car.
WRC 1995 - 1998 for me the 1997 Ford. 1998 Toyota. 1995 mitsubushi. 1996 subaru.
90s and early 2000s were the golden days
グループA全盛の頃は、メーカーが最高のベース車を世に出してくれて、その車たちが未だに世界中のサーキットを走り回って最速クラスのタイムを出していますよね。
良い時代でした。
No1: Skoda Octavia WRC
Welcome to 2020's our motto is "no fun allowed" enjoy your boring soulless overpriced ipad on wheels and don't forget to dedicate 80% of your life to your corporate masters.
Unless the video didn’t charge properly, the title is misleading. It looks like a trailer of a more detailed video. I was expecting a review of the winning cars year by year or grouped by the total number of wins but nothing. Did I miss something ?
my dad used to take me to those... i don't regret any second
THE BEST RALLY CARS OF THE LAST 24 YEARS: just these two
WRCに限らず昔のモータースポーツは見てて面白かったな...
2004 ones are my favourite.
What about mention of Sebastien Loeb??
Impreza, Corolla, evo
My favourites are easily 1997 to 2009 and 2014.
Subaru Impreza 2006 is still my dream car Ill own one day
Why ?? just why you don't talk about Sainz , Loeb , Citroen, McRae , Subaru , Peugeot ?
vw Polo R wrc the legend car ever best and also Toyota Yaris ...just the superb wrc car ever and ever...
How about being the world rally gt from ERC. Car like Porsche and alpine. That will be so cool
The Sedans Evo & Impreza were so fuckin killer.
I think that is best see WRC in Dazn.
At least i am more excited for these regulation than Rallycross
There should be the Korean Rally near the DMZ for Hyundai to promote.....
That would be cool ngl
@@Chr.Monika6469 one obstacle would be avoiding the landmines....
Group A the best. Road relevant cars
No one cares about going hybrid at this point, we just want more manufacturers, more different cars
Electric is going to destroy Rally. The whole point is the noise, the smell, steam pissing out the radiator after hitting a boulder and going around a handbrake turn with the exhaust cackling. Historic might end up becoming more popular and with a bit of luck they might review the situation but I doubt it. Crazy times we're living in...
Many more Rally manufacturers have to come back to best Rallye! 🔥❤️😍🚗Because I just love this rally!! I'm really looking forward to the new rally season 2022, with hopefully many drivers fighting for the title! Hyundai🔝🚗💪🏻🍾🔥 will remain my favorite for the title in 2022 years!! 👻🎉
i hope to see subaru and audi returning to rally scene
Has there been Rally after 1987????
Bit of a misleading title; should be best WRC drivers - there was only like 4 or 5 cars featured.
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how many manufacturers are running next year? what? only 2?!?! wake up, change rules to bring the real WRC back...
3 in rally 1 (ford under m-sport, toyota and hyundai), for rally 2 and 3, 4 manufacturers (skoda, ford, citröen and hyundai)
@@rejeylola 3...it's a big change from 2 ahahahhah rally2 (ex R5) have more manufacturers like Peugeot, Citroen, Opel, Volkswagen, Skoda, Ford, Hyunday and Renault, maybe not officially but like M-sport. WRC is dead, and the next regulation with hybrid is the last nail in the coffin
Toyota Celica is always the most beautiful rally car in history in my opinion
They should never have gone to the WRC formula, instead they should have kept the Group A formula, and just lowered the required number of homologation cars.
Peugeot ... the one and only
WHEN DID THEY GO CRAZY WITH THE SPOILERS AND WINGS?!!!
I much preferred GROUP A because essentially YOU COULD BUY THOSE CARS.
I love how Mitsubishi, Subaru and Escort kept using street-cars when WRC began. Citroens, Peugeots, Volkswagens, Fiestas and Hyundais, by contrast, had NOTHING TO DO WITH STREET CARS. At least Fiestas and i20's drive well, all Citroens (Xsara, C4, DS3) drive live nanny's carriages.
From i read at some pages, it seems 7 manufacturers was too much. 4 or 5 seems reasonable. So i think one or two more manufacturers should join to make it more exciting
The best times for wrc were the 80s and 90s. Group B period was the peak times of the WRC popularity. with safety ... Then came the 90s and the era of Subaru I mitsubiszi and Lanczji delta integrale and Toyota Celica and Corolla and then began Regulations additional requirements Absurd regulations and systematic Killing of WRC began and after 2007 WRC began to roll down and in 2022 The year will be the same castration as in the F-1 Cyli Hybrydy and probably in 4 or 6 years the electrics will come in and it will be a total end .....
Yes Group b very danger cars and Futuristic. Audi Quattro, Lancia Stratos hf integrale, MG, Peugeot. Super cars. But i like all rally cars, just i no like citroen wrc c3 ungly
@@bodnar10261 I agree ... Group B cars were very fast but unfortunately very dangerous .. The rapid increase in power did not go into harm's way with safety ... But the roar of these machines, especially the Audi Quattro, was phenomenal and the whole Pleiad of Legendary drivers and certain Lady who did not pretend to be Big Stars, but had great skills to tame these Beasts ..... For me, the last good WRC car was the Peugeot 206, even the next Subaru Evolutions were miserable ....
Where is the Octavia or the Cordoba?
I wonde? if subaru is cameback from wrc?
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2003 was the last interesting wrc season, still using that "win on sunday, sell on monday" mantra. nowadays you can only buy some fwd version of already watered down garbage, compared to the homologations of what made rally interesting
The beginning of the Sebastien championship sandwich.
Subaru! Hercules car! Acropolis greece!
Subaru only, everything else is not cars.
This exhaust sound cannot be confused with any other car.
It's a shame they left the WRC.
Whats the best rally team ever??
Imo Lancia
Subaru Impreza P7 WRC, Ford Focus WRC, Peugeot 206 WRC, Citroen Xsara WRC, Ford Focus RS WRC, Citroen C4 WRC, Citroen DS3 WRC, VW Polo R WRC after 2017 there was no one car superior to other cars
Totally agree with that one. But i think that made it more exciting. Because the driver had to make a difference. As it should be. Correct me if i am wrong
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mitsubishi evo
Nothing beats the old days.. Today isn't cool anymore. Screw hybrids and electric cars man
Bruh the cars of today are so much faster those group b death traps. I mean they are cool and all but a pain to drive.
One thing that fans love about the new hybrid Rally1 cars are ironically the sound. Give them a listen, unlike any other Rally cars to date
@@JustusKuroVT Yeah i know, i didn't meant to say that today isn't cool anymore, but the future doesn't look good..
@@Revolution1143 the future looks very good actually
@@douglaspettersson2624 lol no, they are actually slower due to regulation. Lift the HP limit to 800 and just let ICE cars compete, electric is soulless and boring, it's a car for corporate NPC not for life enjoying humans.
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Where Mitsubishi?
peugeout 206.
It was the best era ever. If you like French dudes named Sebastien.
It is so hilarious to hear the Subaru boys go on and on about how great those cars are, yet the car manufacturer has only won 3 championships. It is like hearing how Colin McRae was the greatest rally driver ever and he won one championship.... Never mind the 8 and 9 WRC championships by the two Sebs...
absoluelty agreed about McCrae! He was a great driver of course but completely over-rated {waits for the torrent of abuse from McCrae fan-boys]
Well lancia and audi have more right to brag rally
I think a lot of people, esp those that remember the 1999-2004 era, don’t view the dominance of the Sebs as something that’s been good for the sport…
Colin McRae has many fans because of driving style and not for the championships. It 's not all about numbers
@@musography6958 completely over-rated while being the driver who had most wins between years 1993-2002 in WRC with 25 wins, 2nd to Colin being Tommi Mäkinen. Colin is a 5 Time Acropolis rally winner, only driver to win the event 3 years in a row when it comes to WRC and also 3 time winner of Safari rally. wouldn't say that he is overrated when taking a look at how many times he wont he crown jewel events of WRC.
if i can i will drift that peugeot down a corner so hard the tires break and fall off
Remember who cheated by manipulating the turbo.... 🤣🤣🤣
If mitsu come again toyo will lose again😁
Los Rally 1 son una mierda por que un coche de rally debería ser un coche modificado no un prototipo de chasis tubular con la silueta de un coche de calle.
El Citroen Xsara es el mejor WRC
Cars nowadays are crap. Bring Back A7 and A8 cars.
Group b better
Bring WRC in india
I'd love for WRC to move to hybrid crossovers. That's a whole new challenge for these guys with the bigger dimensions and added weight, and it's the only thing that'll make crossovers cool.
ford already has the puma, toyota is keeping with the yaris, and i think hyundai with the i20
most crossovers especially small ones are really just hatchbacks on stilts. the puma does not seem any larger than the fiesta in the rally car format, we might see some enter their crossovers to the new category.
@@kirby1225 no, I'm thinking bigger. Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Santa Fe, Ford Escape, VW Tiguan etc.
@@yt_Ajay_ those are more likely to be made to rally raid cars, as bigger suvs just aren't ideal rally cars, there's a reason why the cars have shrunk to the small hatchbacks that they are today
@@kirby1225 that's exactly what I'm saying. They're still small enough that they can go where hatchbacks can go, but the drivers will have to recalibrate themselves to deal with the bigger dimensions and added weight.
Besides, I feel like this change would also bring in more manufacturers.
@@yt_Ajay_ those would be the largest rally cars probably in history, they would also not be that popular among the drivers.
SUVs just aren't suitable for rallying, they are better for rally raid.
i don't see any reason to make the cars a lot slower.
Before even watching the video.. stopped it in the commercials.
A Hyundai being the best car?
This must be a new years joke. It might have won, but a Jordan also won a F1 GP. Still doesn't make it a good car
electric cars will ruin WRC
modern cars are way less appealing
Who.. d f... doesn't like cars that can fly !!!!