Originally Posted by dtrally

I Agree, but not because they were Japanese, but because you could buy a road car version that had some sting to it. Not like rallying a WRC version of a nanna spec Citroen, Peugeot or Ford that only come in FWD.
Group A rules spawned some great road car homologation models like the Quattro and Delta Integrale. The WRC rules were supposed to make it easier for the maufacturers to participate without having a decent road car base. Fug 'em I say, make them build 500 road cars.