List of World Rally Championship Manufacturers' champions

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The World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (or WRC Manufacturers' Championship) is a title awarded by the

Alpine-Renault. On seventeen occasions the Manufacturers' Champion team has not contained the World Drivers' Champion
for a given season.

In the 45 seasons the Championship has been awarded, only 13 different manufacturers have won it; Lancia being the most successful, with 10 titles including 6 consecutive from 1987 to 1992. Only seven countries have produced winning manufacturers: France (3), Japan (3), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (2), Germany (2), South Korea (1), and United States (1).

Key

Podiums The number of times the champion finished in the top three in a rally
Margin The margin of points by which the champion defeated the runner-up(s)

By season

Manufacturers who also facilitated the WRC Drivers' champion in the same season are shown in bold.

Year Manufacturers' Champions Car(s) used Wins Podiums Points Margin
1973
Alpine-Renault
Alpine-Renault A110 6 15 147 63
1974
Italy Lancia
Lancia Stratos HF
3 6 94 25
1975
Italy Lancia
Lancia Stratos HF
4 7 96 35
1976
Italy Lancia
Lancia Stratos HF
4 10 112 55
1977
Italy Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth 5 12 136 4
1978
Italy Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth 5 12 134 34
1979
United Kingdom Ford[a] Ford Escort RS1800 5 14 122 14
1980
Italy Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth 5 12 120 27
1981
Talbot
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
1 7 117 11
1982
West Germany Audi Audi Quattro 7 12 116 12
1983
Italy Lancia Lancia Rally 037 5 14 118 2
1984
West Germany Audi Audi Quattro A2
Audi Sport Quattro S1
7 18 120 12
1985
France Peugeot Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
7 13 142 16
1986
France Peugeot Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 6 12 137 15
1987
Italy Lancia
Lancia Delta HF 4WD
9 19 140 58
1988
Italy Lancia
Lancia Delta HF integrale
10 23 140 61
1989
Italy Lancia
Lancia Delta HF integrale 16v
7 18 137 39
1990
Italy Lancia
Lancia Delta HF integrale 16v
6 16 137 6
1991
Italy Lancia
Lancia Delta HF integrale 16v
6 20 140 9
1992
Italy Lancia
Lancia Delta HF integrale "Evo"
8 21 140 24
1993
Japan Toyota Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 7 17 157 12
1994
Japan Toyota Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 5 13 151 11
1995
Japan Subaru
Subaru Impreza 555
5 11 350 43
1996
Japan Subaru
Subaru Impreza 555
3 9 401 80
1997
Japan Subaru Subaru Impreza WRC 97 8 13 114 24
1998
Japan Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
7 9 91 6
1999
Japan Toyota Toyota Corolla WRC 1 15 109 18
2000
France Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 6 13 111 20
2001
France Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 6 16 106 20
2002
France Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 8 21 165 61
2003
France Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 4 13 160 15
2004
France Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 7 20 194 51
2005
France Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 11 20 188 53
2006
United Kingdom Ford[a] Ford Focus RS WRC 06 8 20 195 29
2007
United Kingdom Ford[a] Ford Focus RS WRC 06
Ford Focus RS WRC 07
8 25 212 29
2008
France Citroën Citroën C4 WRC 11 25 191 18
2009
France Citroën Citroën C4 WRC 7 19 167 27
2010
France Citroën Citroën C4 WRC 10 31 456 119
2011
France Citroën Citroën DS3 WRC 10 18 403 27
2012
France Citroën Citroën DS3 WRC 10 20 453 144
2013
Germany Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 10 18 425 145
2014
Germany Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 12 18 447 237
2015
Germany Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 11 17 413 183
2016
Germany Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 7 14 377 62
2017
United Kingdom M-Sport[b] Ford Fiesta WRC 5 19 428 83
2018 Japan Toyota Toyota Yaris WRC 5 14 368 27
2019 South Korea Hyundai Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 4 13 380 18
2020 South Korea Hyundai Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3 11 241 5
2021 Japan Toyota Toyota Yaris WRC 9 18 522 59
2022 Japan Toyota Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7 20 525 70
2023 Japan Toyota Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 8 18 548 116

* Season still in progress.

By manufacturer

Manufacturer Total Seasons
Lancia
10
1992
France Citroën 8
2012
Toyota
7
2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
France Peugeot 5
2002
United Kingdom Ford[a] 4
2017[b]
Germany Volkswagen
2016
Italy Fiat 3
1980
Japan Subaru
1997
Audi
2
1984
South Korea Hyundai 2019, 2020
Alpine-Renault
1
1973
Mitsubishi
1998
Talbot
1981

By nationality

Country Manufacturers Total
 France 3 14
 Italy 2 13
 Japan 3 11
 Germany 2 6
 United Kingdom 2 5
 South Korea 1 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Ford Motor Company Limited, a British registered company, was the winning manufacturer. Its cars were homologated via the local ASN, RAC/MSA, thus were considered British under FIA rules, despite ultimate ownership by the Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Michigan, USA[3][4]
  2. ^ a b M-Sport were not an official Ford team from 2013 to 2017, entering under a waiver to the rule insisting on manufacturer association[5]

References

  1. ^ "2022 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP – SPORTING REGULATIONS" (PDF).
  2. ^ "What is the WRC?". World Rally Championship. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ "FIA Historic Database". historicdb.fia.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. ^ "FIA Homologations List 2008" (PDF). fia.com.
  5. ^ "2013 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MANUFACTURERS". fia.com.

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