Fiat Punto Abarth May Join World Rally Championship By 2014
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Harry Lay
Published: May 24th, 2011
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After years of Citroen dominating the World Rally Championship, Fiat is getting ready to challenge the French automaker’s dominance with their own entry, based on the Punto Abarth.
The Abarth has been racing in the International Rally Challenge and national rally championships with the Punto S200. The S2000 has done considerably well in a number of lower-tier motorsports campaigns, and a WRC campaign would mark the first time the Punto Abarth has competed in a high level race series.
If the Punto Abarth does compete, it will likely be adapted to WRC specifications, which now closely mirrors the S2000 spec used in the IRC.
[Source: Autoblog]
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