Group B Rally Cars

Group B was a set of motorsport regulations introduced by the FIA in 1982 for competition sports car racing and rallying. The Group B regulations allowed some of the fastest, the most powerful and most sophisticated rally cars ever to be built and is commonly referred to as the golden era of rallying.

However, a series of major accidents blamed on speed, lack of crowd control at events and the deaths of Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto in the 1986 Tour de Corse, the FIA discontinued the class, and instead replaced with Group A, using much lower power and more showroom like cars.

The short-lived Group B era has acquired legendary status among rally fans and automobile enthusiasts since that time.