Ford has launched at Paris Auto Show 2010 new Ford Fiesta RS WRC, which will race for the American manufacturer in the 2011 season of the World Rally Championship.

New model is based on the Ford Fiesta S2000 model, with which Ford competed at the S2000 class in this WRC season and respect the new technical regulation of the competition, featuring with all-wheel drive system and turbocharged 1.6-liter engine from the Ford EcoBoost family.

The color palette of the new Fiesta RS WRC was created by Ford Europe design team exclusively for the official presentation from Paris Auto Show 2010, the final version will be submitted subsequently to include the sponsors logos. In addition, the Ford engineers will make some changes to the model during its development in light of the 2011 WRC season, but will certainly keep the “kinetic” design philosophy.

The first test with Fiesta RS WRC will be held in Spain over the next week on gravel and will be starring the two pilots of the team works, Mikko Hirvonen and Jari Matti Latvala. The team has already conducted 1900 miles of tests with Fiesta RS WRC in France and Great Britain, but they used an aspirate engine and a prototype of the 1.6-liter turbo unit.

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