Yaris WRC

[ilikerice]

Curious.. Whats up with all the sub compact cars being converted to WRC cars lately... Seems like it started off with the Fiesta and the Mini Cooper. Now the Yaris and Micro? What happened to the Evo, WRX, Focus?

At this rate, I would not be surprised to see Smart car and the Scion iQ show up

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

Curious.. Whats up with all the sub compact cars being converted to WRC cars lately... Seems like it started off with the Fiesta and the Mini Cooper. Now the Yaris and Micro? What happened to the Evo, WRX, Focus?

At this rate, I would not be surprised to see Smart car and the Scion iQ show up

After 2010 the engine regulations changed. Previously you could have a 2.0L turbo charged engine, for 2011 and up they adopted the S2000 spec (no, not the Honda) for engines, this limited cars to 1.6L with turbo. Since most cars fitted with these small motors seem to be B segment cars its only fitting this is what you see being raced.