The whole "promotion" angle is where they've missed the target. These idiots want to show off their budgets, rather than actually put the cars they sell to the test!
Rallying is _not_ F1, and there shouldn't be specialized cars out on the stages... The whole sport developed as a torture test for production vehicles. If you want to build prototypes, go on the rally raids.
The fact is that AWD became more popular under Group A rules, but is now no longer being used as a selling point by anyone but Audi and Subaru!
Last edited by Lee Janotta; 22 May 2003 at 00:12.
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