{"id":448461,"date":"2026-01-31T00:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448461\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:33:12","slug":"torquing-cars-what-cars-should-join-the-wrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448461\/","title":{"rendered":"Torquing Cars: What cars should join the WRC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the World Rally Championship gets underway for 2026 \u2013 and prepares for new rules in 2027 \u2013 Steve and Scott are picking the brands and cars they\u2019d like to see on the special stages in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota, Hyundai and Ford are currently leading the way, but would the WRC be better with Subaru and Mini back? Kia going rallying? Or other newcomers getting dirty on the world\u2019s stage?<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-680642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/edit_2022_Subaru_WRX_020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>With new rules providing more scope for new brands to enter the sport, the time is right for a new wave of competitors. Which car company would you like to see go rallying?<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this week\u2019s episode of Torquing Cars to see what our hosts pick and let us know if you agree with their choices.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/what-cars-should-join-the-wrc-torquing-cars-ep-17\/id1843508887?i=1000747222530\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-692640 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Apple-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"55\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2yDPUQMa6tVXmFFpqMPTuT?si=k57qxtG-ROCp5k4FfAhmvw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-692639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/spotify-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"55\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the World Rally Championship gets underway for 2026 \u2013 and prepares for new rules in 2027 \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-448461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}