World Rally Championship Group A

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World Rally Championship Group A was a set of production-based rally car regulations introduced in the late 1980s that became the premier category in the World Rally Championship after the demise of the more extreme Group B class.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf motorsport regulation set
rally car classification
appliesTo rally cars
sports cars
touring cars
basedOn production cars
categoryLevel top class in WRC after Group B
countryOfUse international
era post-Group B era
follows Group B
governingBody Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
hasCharacteristic greater emphasis on production models
homologation requirements
lower performance than Group B
restricted modifications
safety-oriented regulations
hasPurpose to align rally cars with road-going production models
to control costs in rallying
to improve safety compared to Group B
to regulate technical specifications of rally cars
homologationMinimumProduction thousands of units (mass production requirement)
influenced World Rally Car regulations
introducedIn late 1980s
isPremierCategoryOf World Rally Championship (late 1980s and 1990s)
partOf World Rally Championship
predecessor Group 4
linked to: Group B
regulates production-based rally cars
replaces Group B
usedIn World Rally Championship drivers' championship
World Rally Championship manufacturers' championship

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Lancia Delta Integrale homologationFor World Rally Championship Group A
Didier Auriol era Group A era of World Rally Championship
linked to: World Rally Championship Group A
Juha Kankkunen participatedIn Group B World Rally Championship
linked to: World Rally Championship Group A
Juha Kankkunen participatedIn Group A World Rally Championship
linked to: World Rally Championship Group A