Last week, the story broke of the growing debate over what is to be done with the current generation WRC cars due to be replaced at the end of the 2016 season. The last time the WRC faced this issue was at the end of 2010 when the 2.0 litre WRC cars were replaced by the current 1.6 litre specification. At that time, there wasn't much of a controversy. The 1.6 litre spec was brought in to curtail the skyrocketing costs that had led to all but Ford and Citroen to drop out of the championship. There was no place in the WRC rules for the big, expensive 2.0 litre cars, and they were sold off to privateers in various regional and national championships. So, what's different this time around? Why...
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