Have you seen this heard about thisProton WRC

Kinja'd!!! by "FalconHoon" (falconhoon)
Published 05/18/2017 at 01:52

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[OFFICIAL] Proton will compete in WRC with the new Proton Iriz R5 rally car built by Mellors Elliot Motorsport & powered by a Mitsubishi Evo X engine. | Autosport | #FUELGARDEN

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Kinja'd!!! "Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
05/18/2017 at 02:50, STARS: 0

The evo x engine sounds a bit fishy as it’s not a 1.6 like the current regs permit (unless they’ve changed that)

Kinja'd!!! "FalconHoon" (falconhoon)
05/18/2017 at 04:03, STARS: 0

For some reason the link didn’t post

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129574/proton-set-for-wrc-return-with-new-r5-car

The engine has been “taken down” in can only assume they mean destroked.

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
05/18/2017 at 05:38, STARS: 0

as they no longer see cars here, they’d be better off spending the money on making the cars emissions compliant