SEAT Córdoba WRC

The SEAT Córdoba WRC was SEAT's World Rally Car, the machine the Spanish maker entered in the top class of the World Rally Championship from 1998 to 2000. It was based on the Córdoba road car and homologated from the Córdoba 16v, with a 2.0 litre turbocharged engine, and it made its debut at the 1998 Rally Finland with Harri Rovanperä as the main driver. Drivers for the SEAT World Rally Team included the 1994 champion Didier Auriol, Toni Gardemeister and Rovanperä, and the car reached the podium on the 1999 Rally New Zealand, the 1999 Rally GB and the 2000 Safari Rally. The factory programme ended after the 2000 season with the third evolution of the car, but the Córdoba WRC kept winning in national championships, including Spanish gravel and tarmac rally titles.