# Production World Rally Championship

The FIA Production car World Rally Championship, or PWRC, was a companion rally series to the World Rally Championship, contested mainly by Group N rally cars.

## History

The series started in 1987 as FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers and obtained the world championship status in 2002. The eligible cars were still Group N modified road cars such as the Subaru Impreza WRX and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Between 2007 and 2009 the PWRC allowed Super 2000 cars alongside regular Group N entries. In 2010 the S2000 cars were moved to a dedicated championship named SWRC (Super 2000 World Championship). With the introduction of Group R cars since 2008, the PWRC was cancelled at the end of 2012 and was replaced by the World Rally Championship-3 open exclusively to 2WD based cars homologated in R1, R2 and R3 classes. The 4WD Group N cars were moved to the new World Rally Championship-2 alongside S2000, RRC, R4 and R5 cars.

## Results
### Drivers' Championship

| Season | Champion | Champion | 2nd place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Season | Driver | Car | Driver | Car | Driver | Car |
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| 2012 | Benito Guerra | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Marcos Ligato | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Valeriy Gorban | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX |
| 2011 | Hayden Paddon | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Patrik Flodin | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Michał Kościuszko | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X |
| 2010 | Armindo Araújo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Patrik Flodin | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Hayden Paddon | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X |
| 2009 | Armindo Araújo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Martin Prokop | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
| 2008 | Andreas Aigner | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Juho Hänninen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Jari Ketomaa | Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
| 2007 | Toshi Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Mark Higgins | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX |
| 2006 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Fumio Nutahara | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Mirco Baldacci | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX |
| 2005 | Toshi Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Marcos Ligato | Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
| 2004 | Niall McShea | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Toshi Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Jani Paasonen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII |
| 2003 | Martin Rowe | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Toshi Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Stig Blomqvist | Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
| 2002 | Karamjit Singh | Proton Pert | Kristian Sohlberg | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII | Ramón Ferreyros | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII |
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| 2001 | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI | Manfred Stohl | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI |
| 2000 | Manfred Stohl | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI |
| 1999 | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V / Evo VI | Hamed Al-Wahaibi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V / Evo VI | Toshi Arai | Subaru Impreza WRX |
| 1998 | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV / Evo V | Manfred Stohl | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo V | Luís Climent | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo IV / Proton Wira 4WD |
| 1997 | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | Luís Climent | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo IV | Manfred Stohl | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo IV |
| 1996 | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Subaru Impreza WRX | Uwe Nittel | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | Pascal Smets | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III |
| 1995 | Rui Madeira | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II | Jorge Recalde | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II | Isolde Holderied | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II |
| 1994 | Jesús Puras | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | Isolde Holderied | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo I / Evo II | Jorge Recalde | Mitsubishi Lancer RS / Evo II |
| 1993 | Alex Fassina | Mazda 323 GTR | António Coutinho | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | Jarmo Kytölehto | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 |
| 1992 | Grégoire De Mévius | Nissan Sunny GTI-R | Hiroshi Nishiyama | Nissan Sunny GTI-R | Carlos Menem, Jr. | Lancia Delta HF Integrale |
| 1991 | Grégoire De Mévius | Mazda 323 GTX | Fernando Capdevila | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 | Carlos Menem, Jr. | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 |
| 1991 | Grégoire De Mévius | Mazda 323 GTX | Fernando Capdevila | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 | Piergiorgio Bedini | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V / Volkswagen Golf GTi 16V |
| 1990 | Alain Oreille | Renault 5 GT Turbo | Gustavo Trelles | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 |
| 1989 | Alain Oreille | Renault 5 GT Turbo | Grégoire De Mévius | Mazda 323 4WD | Gustavo Trelles | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V |
| 1988 | Pascal Gaban | Mazda 323 4WD | Jorge Recalde | Lancia Delta Integrale | Giovanni Del Zoppo | Lancia Delta Integrale |
| 1987 | Alex Fiorio | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Ove Olofsson | Lancia Delta HF 4WD / Audi Coupé Quattro | Bertrand Balas | Lancia Delta HF 4WD |
| 1987 | Alex Fiorio | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Ove Olofsson | Lancia Delta HF 4WD / Audi Coupé Quattro | Sören Nilsson | Audi Coupé Quattro |
| 1987 | Alex Fiorio | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Ove Olofsson | Lancia Delta HF 4WD / Audi Coupé Quattro | Claude Balesi | Renault 5 GT Turbo |
| 1987 | Alex Fiorio | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Ove Olofsson | Lancia Delta HF 4WD / Audi Coupé Quattro | Evangelos Gallo | Toyota Corolla GT |
| 1987 | Alex Fiorio | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Ove Olofsson | Lancia Delta HF 4WD / Audi Coupé Quattro | Fredrik Donner | Subaru RX Turbo |
| 1987 | Alex Fiorio | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Ove Olofsson | Lancia Delta HF 4WD / Audi Coupé Quattro | Franco Cunico | Lancia Delta HF 4WD |
| 1987 | Alex Fiorio | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Ove Olofsson | Lancia Delta HF 4WD / Audi Coupé Quattro | George Donaldson | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth |
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