A FIA Group is a category of car allowed to compete in
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
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FIA Appendix J to the international motor sports code defines the various Groups.
While a given racing car may fit into a FIA Group, local rules still may either prohibit the car, or allow additional modifications that aren't part of the FIA Group specifications.
See also
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group N
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Group R
In relation to motorsport governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, Group R refers to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for rally competition. The Group R regulations were created in 2008 as a gradual ...
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Group S
Group B was a set of regulations for grand touring (GT) vehicles used in sports car racing and rallying introduced in 1982 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Although permitted to enter a GT class of the World Sportsca ...
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Group 1 (racing)
The Group 1 racing class referred to FIA regulations for cars in touring car racing and rallying. Throughout its existence the group retained a definition of being standard, series production touring cars, and of having a character of being unmod ...
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Group 2 (racing)
The Group 2 racing class referred to regulations for cars in touring car racing and rallying, as regulated by the FIA. Group 2 was replaced by Group A in 1982.
The FIA established Appendix J regulations for Touring and GT cars for 1954 and the t ...
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Group 3 (racing)
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Group 4 (racing)
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Group 5 (racing)
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Group 6 (racing)
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Group 7 (racing)
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