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I guess again was purely down to cost. As these were also very exspensive. The RS200 was popular because Ford got more involved than any other manufacturer and put a lot of development into the rallycross version of the car. Johnathon Palmers Rs200 that he raced in 1988 and 1989 was an evo 2 model of the Ford which was owned by Ford and used purely for development. There car he used was also driven by stig Blomqvist and palmer used it in a few rounds of the Gb championship.
The Lancia was very much like the 205, but i also guess that Lancia were not willing to provide any technical back up. Italian manufactuers tend to be like that only want to make a limited number of cars and those will be put into one basket which was rallying at the time. A bit like Alfa romeo and touring cars nowadays, Ferrari/fiat in formula one.
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