[Deschodt]

Having lived through it and near it, I think some of the Group B lore is vastly exaggerated or put on a pedestal... I was on the side of a stage in the "tour de corse" I wanna say 85... The cars were amazing and I totally imprinted on that era, but they were not the monsters that today's lore makes them to be. I think (preparing to be corrected) modern WRC cars are way faster than B cars and nobody is screaming "danger". I bet they make speed differently though, less power maybe but more grip.... Modern WRC are more efficient when sliding less so they look less "out there". I miss the slides!

I guess what was crazy was the crowd behavior especially in Portugal and Monte carlo. Back then rally was maybe bigger than F1 for a bit, and it was harder to charge people to spectate (LOL, don't ask). I did attend the Monte too, but not during group b, later when the Lancia delta was out - maybe 88 I wanna say? still nuts with people actually tossing snow on the road when it was melting and that caused issues. To me what was nuts in the B era was the lack of FIA safety regs on where people put fuel tanks and probably more safety stuff, especially Lancia who was never known to build the safest cars and got away with stuff !

Mostly the cars were cool and slid more. I don't know how many people get excited at the sight of a Yaris or Hyundai nowadays, I simply cannot relate and have no yearning for either. Bring back M3s, 911s, Alpines, the big ford Cosworths... Maybe 4WD wasn't so good...