We’ve shown you the new MINI WRC set to take on the World Rally Championship in 2012. Now feast your eyes on Ford’s entry into the downsized category of the WRC, the Fiesta RS WRC. In keeping with Ford design, the showcar is enveloped in blue and grey livery complementing the company’s kinetic design styling cues.
After Paris, the next official debut of the car will be the Rally Sweden in February 2011. The four-wheel drive Fiesta RS will house a 1.6-litre turbocharged EcoBoost engine.
This has been developed in association with their rally partner M-Sport and French tuners Pipo Moteur, which has created a powerplant that is capable of producing 300hp. Unfortunately, apart from this not much else has been revealed in terms of performance figures.
Keeping it up to scratch with the rest of the pack, the car has completed 3000 kilometres of testing, but is still in development, with a major test on gravel roads in Spain next week. Thus major changes could be made before its debut in Sweden. Drivers for Ford will be Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen, along with teammates, Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila.
High resolution press photos are available after the jump.
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nice strips… nice rims slurp..
remind me of adidas
yep, even the side profile reminds me of adidas snickers.
what a car … impressive masterpiece …
Hopefully the new regs will temp the Japanese to enter WRC again, and of course other manufacturers as well.
awesome..i can imagine this car on hillside road…
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handsome…….
will ken block hve this next?
Next year full campaign, they planned to field 2 cars. Block and maybe Raikkonen named as main drivers for the team. Pastrana has been called up to sign for 2nd driver just in case they couldn’t find anyone.
I’m just wondering if we’ll get the ecoboost version of fiesta in Malaysia… I’m definitely looking forward to it…
(okay now someone please jump out and say I’m wrong, there’s some news of this and I missed it.. pls.. )
@Chris, Ford is planning to make a Fiesta hot hatch with an EcoBoost engine (ST?) but it will be FWD only.
No details yet on the final specs or which markets will get it.