The FIA Production car World Rally Championship, or PWRC, was a companion

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series to the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is an international rallying series owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the oldest FIA world championship after Formula One. E ...

, contested mainly by

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rally cars.

History

The series started in

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as ''FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers'' and obtained the world championship status in 2002. The eligible cars were still

modified road cars such as the

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and the

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. Between 2007 and 2009 the PWRC allowed

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cars alongside regular Group N entries. In 2010 the S2000 cars were moved to a dedicated championship named SWRC (Super 2000 World Championship). With the introduction of

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cars since 2008, the PWRC was cancelled at the end of 2012 and was replaced by the

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open exclusively to 2WD based cars homologated in R1, R2 and R3 classes. The 4WD Group N cars were moved to the new

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alongside S2000, RRC, R4 and R5 cars.

Results

Drivers' Championship

References

External links

PWRC at WRC.com

PWRC at ewrc-results.com
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History

Results

Drivers' Championship

See also

References

External links