List of World Rally Championship Manufacturers' champions

The World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (or WRC Manufacturers' Championship) is a title awarded by the FIA to the most successful manufacturer over a World Rally Championship season, as determined by a points system based on rally results.[1] The WRC was formed from well-known and popular international rallies, most of which had previously been part of the European Rally Championship and/or the International Championship for Manufacturers; the series was first contested in 1973.[2] The first official rallying Manufacturers' Champion was 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 Lancia Lancia Fulvia HF
Lancia Stratos HF 		3 6 94 25
1975 Lancia Lancia Stratos HF 4 7 96 35
1976 Lancia Lancia Stratos HF 4 10 112 55
1977 Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth 5 12 136 4
1978 Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth 5 12 134 34
1979 Ford[a] Ford Escort RS1800 5 14 122 14
1980 Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth 5 12 120 27
1981 Talbot Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 1 7 117 11
1982 Audi Audi Quattro 7 12 116 12
1983 Lancia Lancia Rally 037 5 14 118 2
1984 Audi Audi Quattro A2
Audi Sport Quattro S1 		7 18 120 12
1985 Peugeot Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 		7 13 142 16
1986 Peugeot Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 6 12 137 15
1987 Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD 9 19 140 58
1988 Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD
Lancia Delta HF integrale 		10 23 140 61
1989 Lancia Lancia Delta HF integrale
Lancia Delta HF integrale 16v 		7 18 137 39
1990 Lancia Lancia Delta HF integrale 16v 6 16 137 6
1991 Lancia Lancia Delta HF integrale 16v 6 20 140 9
1992 Lancia Lancia Delta HF integrale "Evo" 8 21 140 24
1993 Toyota Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 7 17 157 12
1994 Toyota Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 5 13 151 11
1995 Subaru Subaru Impreza 555 5 11 350 43
1996 Subaru Subaru Impreza 555 3 9 401 80
1997 Subaru Subaru Impreza WRC 97 8 13 114 24
1998 Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V 		7 9 91 6
1999 Toyota Toyota Corolla WRC 1 15 109 18
2000 Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 6 13 111 20
2001 Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 6 16 106 20
2002 Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 8 21 165 61
2003 Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 4 13 160 15
2004 Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 7 20 194 51
2005 Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 11 20 188 53
2006 Ford[a] Ford Focus RS WRC 06 8 20 195 29
2007 Ford[a] Ford Focus RS WRC 06
Ford Focus RS WRC 07 		8 25 212 29
2008 Citroën Citroën C4 WRC 11 25 191 18
2009 Citroën Citroën C4 WRC 7 19 167 27
2010 Citroën Citroën C4 WRC 10 31 456 119
2011 Citroën Citroën DS3 WRC 10 18 403 27
2012 Citroën Citroën DS3 WRC 10 20 453 144
2013 Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 10 18 425 145
2014 Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 12 18 447 237
2015 Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 11 17 413 183
2016 Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 7 14 377 62
2017 M-Sport[b] Ford Fiesta WRC 5 19 428 83
2018 Toyota Toyota Yaris WRC 5 14 368 27
2019 Hyundai Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 4 13 380 18
2020 Hyundai Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3 11 241 5
2021 Toyota Toyota Yaris WRC 9 18 522 59
2022 Toyota Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7 20 525 70
2023 Toyota Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 8 18 548 116
2024 Toyota Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 8 20 561 3
2025 Toyota Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12 25 735 224

By manufacturer

Manufacturer Total Seasons
Lancia 10 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Toyota 9 1993, 1994, 1999, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Citroën 8 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Peugeot 5 1985, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002
Ford[a] 4 1979, 2006, 2007, 2017[b]
Volkswagen 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Fiat 3 1977, 1978, 1980
Subaru 1995, 1996, 1997
Audi 2 1982, 1984
Hyundai 2019, 2020
Alpine-Renault 1 1973
Mitsubishi 1998
Talbot 1981

By nationality

Country Manufacturers Total
 France 3 14
 Japan 3 13
 Italy 2 13
 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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