Group B Rally car replicas

Group B Rally car replicas

Group B is a set of regulations introduced in 1982 for the racing and rally racing cars of the International Racing Federation (FIA). Group B regulations gave birth to some of the fastest, most powerful, and most advanced rally cars ever built, often referred to as the golden age of rallying. However, a series of major accidents (some of which were fatal) were blamed on their excessive speed and insufficient crowd control at the time of the incident. After Henri Toivonen and his co-pilot, Sergio Cresto, died in the Tour de France in 1986, the FIA ​​cancelled the Group B
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Audi Quattro Replica

​In 1977, Audi chassis engineer Jörg Bensinger put forward the idea of ​​a high-performance four-wheel drive car, because he discovered that Volkswagen Iltis military vehicles may perform better than other vehicles in snow tests The Audi Quattro was the first rally car to take advantage of the changing rules at the time, which allowed the use of four-wheel drive in the race. It won the competition consecutively for the next two years. Quattro A1 made its debut in the 1983 WRC opener Monte Carlo Rally, and subsequently won the Swedish Rally and the Portuguese Rally in the hands of Hannu Mikola. The Audi Sport Quattro S1 is a variant of the Quattro. It was developed in 1984 for the product of the same name for the Group B rally and sold as a limited edition production car.

ACE Competition -  (Body replica, original parts)
Audi sport veghel - Netherlands
Makroraceline - Germany
Ker - Germany
S1 Performance - Lithuania
Volker Gehre- Germany

Ford RS 200 Replica

​The Ford RS200 is a mid-engine, four-wheel drive sports car produced by Ford Motorsport in Boreham, England from 1984 to 1986. The RS200 on the road is the basis of Ford Group B rally cars. Its design complies with FIA certification regulations, which require the production of 200 parts kits and at least one legal road car. It was first shown to the public at the Belfast Motor Show.
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Adjen - Sweden (one-off)
Group B Replicars - Greece
Cradley - England
​Rallyreplica (RS) - England
RS Retro - England
Tribute - England

Lancia 037 Replica

Boldrin 037

Lancia 037 was manufactured by Lancia in the early 1980s A mid-engine sports car and rally car designed to participate in the FIA ​​Group B World Rally Championship. Driven by Markku Alén, Attilio Bettega and Walter Röhrl, the car won the Lancia automaker’s world championship in the 1983 season. This is the last rear-wheel drive car to win the WRC.

Carteroni - New Zealand
Boldrin - Italy
Rally Legend Recreations - England​​
​​Rally Legend Replicas - England

Lancia Delta S4 Replica

The Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car, it participated in the WRC in 1985 and 1986, until Group B was disbanded. After this, the Delta S4 was banned from the competition by the FIA. The car replaced the 037, which was an improvement of the 037. 
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Automobili Amos - Italy (Delta HF, not S4)
Group B Replicars - Greece
Rally Legend Recreations - England​​​
​Rally Legend Replicas - England
​​Rallyreplica (RS) - England

Lancia Stratos Replica

Lancia Stratos HF (Tipo 829) is a very successful rally car that won the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976; and the car that won the Targa Florio car in 1974. Lancia conducted extensive testing of Stratos and drove the car in several races in the 1972 and 1973 seasons that allowed Group 5 prototypes. Production of 500 cars required for Group 4 certification began in 1973, and Stratos was certified during the season of the 1974 World Rally Championship. Not a group B, but a rally legend.
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​Boldrin - Italy
Lister Bell / LB Specialist Cars - England
Manifattura Automobili Torino (MAT) - Italy (Reborn, not replica)
Hawk - England
Sfida - Japan
Stratis4C - Netherlands

Best Group B Scale Models to buy

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MG Metro 6R4 Replica

The 1984 4WD mid-engine MG Metro 6R4 was created for the short-lived Group B rally category. This racing car actually only uses the name of the mass-produced Metro because it uses a mid-mounted engine and a four-wheel drive gearbox enclosed in a semi-monocoque welded tubular chassis. The development of this car has been entrusted to the Williams Grand Prix Engineering Company.
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Group B Replicars - Greece
Rally Legend Replicas - England
​​Rallyreplica (RS) - England
Speed 3 Automotive - England

Peugeot 205 T16 Replica

The Peugeot 205 T16 driven by Jean Todt was a very successful car that participated in the last two years of the World Rally Championship Group B era and won the 1985 edition thanks to Timo Salonen and Juha Kankkunen. And the 1986 Team and Drivers Championship

In order for the 205 T16 Group B rally car to be recognized, Peugeot had to produce 200 prototype cars on the road. According to Group B regulations, these must be based on currently produced road vehicles. Peugeot decided to base the Group B rally car on the two-door version of the 205. The body is manufactured by Heuliez, where the standard three-door body of the production line was delivered and major modifications were made 
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BRC - Spain
Group B Replicars - Greece
​Rally Legend Replicas - England
​​Rallyreplica (RS) - England

Renault R5 Maxi Turbo Replica

Renault 5 Turbo is a sports hatchback launched by French manufacturer Renault at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1980. The car was originally designed for Group B rally racing, but there is also a street version. A total of 4987 units were manufactured in six years of production operation. This car won the MonteCarlo Rally in 1981, driven by Jean Ragnotti
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Gemini Racing - Slovakia

Toyota Mr2 222D Replica

​In 1985, the European Toyota team launched a rally project code-named "222D" based on MR2, with the purpose of participating in the S group or even the B group. This project has never competed due the cancellation of Group B in 1986, the proposed Group S regulations suffered in the same way, and the car was finally exposed to a museum.

TTE 222D - England

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