EAN: 9783947156214

GROUP A - JOHN DAVENPORT REINHARD KLEIN GEBUNDEN

After several fatal accidents in 1986  Group B cars were banned from rallying and Group A -
tuned road cars with a minimum production of 5 000 examples became the top formula in the
sport. The early years saw an almost complete domination by Lancia  before Toyota became their
first proper competitor. In later years  Mitsubishi  Ford and Subaru joined Toyota as key
players  each with cars based on four-wheel drive  turbocharged special editions of their mass
production vehicles.  The new McKlein book  "Group A - When rallying created road car icons" 
covers the ten years from 1987 to 1996. It gives an overview of the major events  the leading
cars and crews  the factory teams  the changes of regulations - both technical and sporting -
as well as results plus many stories of incidents and occurrences. The books are lavishly
illustrated with photographs from the famous McKlein archive.   Key Content: - Why the changes
had to come. - Initial difficulties and the lack of sufficient hi-tech Group A cars. - Detailed
reviews of each World Championship year and the rallies of the WRC. - Tracking the evolution of
performance from cars that had been made in thousands. - Revealing the way the rule makers had
to run hard to keep up with the evolving technology. - Detailed examination of the major
marques and their factory teams. - Top results of World Rally Championship events from 1987 to
1996. - Why Group A came to an end and was replaced by the World Rally Cars that are still
running today.

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