The

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Production World Rally Championship, or PWRC, was a companion

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series to the

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, contested 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

Super 2000 Super 2000 is an FIA powertrain specification used in the World Rally Championship, the British Touring Car Championship, the World Touring Car Championship, and other touring car championships. The engines were originally 2 L naturally aspirate ...

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

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 ...

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
{{FIA Rally racing series * Defunct auto racing series Recurring sporting events established in 1987 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2012

History

Results

Drivers' Championship

See also

References

External links