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Gp A cars were not difficult to sell at all, Ford, Lancia and Mitsubishi sold their cars by the boatload as did Toyota.
What was the problem was trying to get all the tech you wanted into such a large productions run, not big enough to fully use a line, but not small enough to make one off specials.
The rules were perfect, which is why you had so many big manufacturers involved and mainly the Japanese who came in strongly.
it was ruined by WRC rules that allowed silly cars like the Hyundai Accent (only car from dealers was a 1.6 ffs) the 206 that was wildly unhomologated in reality! But it was great for a while until the recession hit and Citroen came in and outspent everyone like they later did in WTCC.
Group B rules were spot on for manufacturers, it just needed policing far better
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