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=== Group S === [[File:Lancia Delta ECV at Legendy 2014.JPG|thumb|Lancia ECV pictured at Legendy 2014]] The cancellation of Group B, coupled with the tragedies of 1986, brought about the scrapping of Group B's proposed replacement: '''Group S'''. Group S rules would have limited car engine power to 300 hp (225 kW). To encourage innovative designs, ten examples of a car would have been required for [[homologation]], rather than the 200 required for Group B. By the time of its cancellation, at least four Group S prototypes had been built: the [[Lancia ECV]], the [[Toyota MR2]]-based 222D, the Opel Kadett Rallye 4x4 (a.k.a. Vauxhall Astra 4S) and the Lada Samara S-proto, and new cars were also planned by both Audi (the 002 Quattro) and Ford (a Group S modification of the RS200). The cancellation of Group S angered many rally insiders who believed the new specification to be both safer than Group B and more exciting than Group A. The Group S concept was revived by the FIA in 1997 as the [[World Rally Car]] specification, which persisted until 2021. WRC cars were limited to {{convert|380|hp|abbr=on}} and required 2500 examples of a model but, unlike Group S, also had to share certain parts with their base production models.
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