What is the fastest ever rally car?
What is the most powerful rally car?
Is Group B faster than WRC?
How fast can rally cars go?
Why did Subaru leave WRC?
How much HP do rally cars have?
What killed Group B rally?
How much HP did Group B cars have?
These 10 are among the most monstrous of the bunch:
8 MG Metro 6R4.
7 Peugeot 205 T16.
6 Lancia 037.
5 Ford RS200.
4 Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2.
3 Porsche 959.
2 Ferrari 288 GTO.
1 Lancia Delta S4.
This all means that, even though WRC cars make only about 60-65% (even more since 2017) of the power of the best Group B cars, they are ultimately faster around a rally stage and post better times. However, in a straight off tarmac drag race to their top speed, the best Group B cars would more than likely beat a WRC.
But current generation of rally cars can reach around 200 km/h on straight tarmac roads, but FIA tends to keep an average rally stage speed under 130km/h to be still considered safe for the crews and the spectators.
It has credited the increased sales of its vehicles, especially the Subaru Impreza, with its success in the World Rally Championship, in addition to popularizing its all-wheel-drive system. … The team withdrew from WRC competition at the end of the 2008 season due to widespread economic downturn.
The power of a rally car currently stands at a maximum of 380 HP thanks to its 1.6-liter turbocharged engine, but this is limited via air restrictors. The engines of the past have put out more than 500 HP, but the engines of the future are set to become hybrids.
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Group B rally died on 2nd May 1986, killed alongside Henri Toivonen and co-driver Sergio Cresto on a notoriously treacherous left-hander during the second leg of the Tour de Corse, the "rally of 10,000 corners".
Group B (4WD): 1982 – 1986
Group B welcomed some of the most spectacular rally cars the world had ever seen, boasting four-wheel-drive and in some cases over 500 brake horsepower. Sources at the time claimed that a Group B car could accelerate from 0-60mph (96km/h) on a gravel road in just 2.3 seconds.