1 18 AutoArt 2004 Citroen C4 WRC Plain Body Version in Red (Sealed body shell)

This is an AUTOart 1/18 scale 2004 Citroen C4 WRC Plain Body Version that is painted red. The Citroen Xsara WRC won multiple World Rally Championships for the French marque at the hands of Sebastien Loeb from 2004 to 2006. The much-anticipated C4 World Rally Car, intended to replace the multiple World Rally Championship-winning Citro?n Xsara WRC, was first sighted in 2004 with testing duties assigned to two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz. Having once been earmarked for a late 2005 competitive debut, the decision by the controlling PSA Group to withdraw both Citro?n and stablemates Peugeot from works participation at the end of the 2005 season led to the momentary abandonment of the project. Since then, however, the marque etched in a comeback for the 2007 season during which a revived C4 WRC was scheduled for its official debut, with the then-thrice world champion S?bastien Loeb as the official first driver, and Dani Sordo, the 2005 Junior World Rally Champion, later confirmed alongside him after an impressive 2006 season for the Spaniard. In its official debut, at the 2007 Monte Carlo Rally, the two C4 WRCs finished 1-2, with Loeb winning ahead of Sordo. Loeb has subsequently secured the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 drivers' titles, with Citro?n claiming the 2008, 2009 and 2010 manufacturers' championships. Citroen replaced the C4 WRC for the 2011 WRC season with the DS-3 WRC.