Skoda announced they will be running the Fabia by the end of this season. Personally, I hope they have better luck with a smaller car.

http://www.wrc.com/en_GB/News/2003/001/2003_R_MC_SkodaToFabia.htm

Big rally cars have always been problematic. Remember the Audi-200. A beast but not a match for the smaller wheel based competition. The Fabia should be a better match for that.

That makes my colleague will be driving a "WRC" at the end of the year then... :p

First pictures. This has got to be the funkiest camouflage ever! :)

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/356321fabia.jpg

I like the Octavia......it looked good....but it was too big. It was a tank. hopefully the fabia will do better...also a question..wasn't the 307 coming to rally? I thought I heard that the this is hte 206's last year or something like that

http://io.webstar.hu/yappa/rally/hirek_vb_2003/fabiawrc_1.jpg
http://io.webstar.hu/yappa/rally/hirek_vb_2003/fabiawrc_2.jpg

here's another one:

http://www.deautogids.be/jpg/GEN0252.jpg

:D Looking like a compacty-style car, not as bulky as the 3-volumes cars.
I guess this car will do better then the octavia, for the simple fact that it's so har to do worse!

Ciao Olivier