8 incredible racing cars that never raced

A staggering amount. of money goest into creating, designing, building racing cars. And another incredible amount of cash is lost on those machines that, after a full development cycle, never actually made it to the track. But it happens. a lot more than you think.

There have been plenty of sportscars, F1 cars, rally cars and more that were created with the purpose of conquering the world, but ended up just sitting gathering dust, and these are eight of our favourites.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:46 Alfa Romeo SE 048SP
02:26 Porsche LMP2000
04:24 Peugeot 908 Hybrid 4
06:09 McLaren MP4-18
07:59 Lancia ECV
10:05 Deltawing Indycar
11:48 Toyota TF110
13:05 Volkswagen Polo WRC

#gwflatout #WRC #F1

[GoodwoodRR]

Which one would you most like to see in action?

[BRAINFxck]

I think it's also worth mentioning the Lancia ECV 2 as it was the pinnacle of Lancia engineering, same chassis and engine but better aerodynamics and better weight distribution than the original ECV

[Tyindel]

A note on group S. Prior to the fatalities that ended Group B, the Group S regulations would have opened the engines up significantly with a number of unraced prototypes running in the 800hp range. The regulations mentioned in the video were as a last ditch effort to try and save Group S that also failed which is why there are so many Group S prototypes out there from different manufacturers

[sebastian_berlin]

I think another honourable mention would be the 2021 BMW M4 DTM after the Class One Regulations. It was developed, but after DTM went to become a GT3 Championship it never got to be raced. At least it found its way into Simracing.

[davidpryor]

According to Adrian Newry, the MP4-19 was just the MP4-18 with the 8 changed to a 9, and the reason the car didn't work till the mid 2004 season "B" spec was because McLaren didn't listen to him about a package redesign that should have been done to the 18 in late 2003 but the rest of the aero team said it could work without the time and cost of a redesign. I think Newey was right and should have been listed too as he'd be off to Red Bull Racing in part due to not being respected correctly.

[NemiXisRevo]

For anyone that would like to see the Toyota TF110 up close, it's displayed with some other rarities (The first Jordan-Ford F1 car Schumacher raced on, a Dakar Volkswagen Touareg, a 919 Hybrid, the uber-rare Audi R8R LMP Proto, etc) at Automuseum PROTOYP in Hamburg, Germany! :)

[vintageman]

The amount of group b/group S cars that was never used could fill this list over 4 times over.

[christopherc]

I kinda wished Toyota had the chance to race the 22D, it would have been cool to see later versions of the MR2/MRS in rally spec, even just for RWD specific rallies.

[llmkursk]

The lot of Group S and Group B prototypes that never raced is fascinating and intriguing. The 190e was originally conceived as a Group B car, there was an Alfa, the Porsche 959, a collaboration between Daihatsu and DeTomaso, all for Group B. Mazda also had a Group S prototype in the works!

[kimnorberg]

Also Peugeot 905 evo2, successor of the top group c machine.

[waters]

I really like these videos and the narrator has a very pleasing voice as well!

[CSX]

Almost criminal levels of negligence leaving out the very beautiful Jaguar XJ13.

[jez_]

Knowing Lancia they would probably just stop somewhere in the Monte Carlo mountains and quickly turn that engine up to full 600bhp

[Marvdogger]

The Group S regs were never fully signed off on which is why the manufactures were building cars with power alot higher than 300bhp.

[owpwk]

The Peugeot 905 Evo 2 supercopter
It was ahead of it's time

[vycanismelodis]

that deltawing would be so cool to see racing in a whole field of them

[Strssdpot]

Sad to not see the koenigsegg CCGT on this list as it wouldve been an absolutely dominant car had it been able to race

[TheRUBrally]

I made a similar video years ago (but focused on rally), it's always intetesting to see what we almost see on tracks

[Megus_Degus]

So well put together and informative!
I would have love to seen the Porsche no doubt!

[AtheistOrphan]

My all-time dream car is a road-going Lancia Delta S4 Stradale. Surprisingly few videos about them. A road-legal ECV would be truly wild!