Dani Sordo and his co-driver Marc Martí competed in the 2017 WRC season under the colors of Hyundai Motorsport with the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC — a car that represents one of the most important chapters in Hyundai's rally comeback. The South Korean manufacturer returned to the World Rally Championship in 2014 after more than a decade's absence, and the i20 Coupe WRC developed for 2017 was already a completely redesigned race car built to the fourth-generation regulations. The new WRC rules introduced for that year mandated wider bodywork, more aggressive aerodynamics and more powerful engines, resulting in a dramatic leap in both spectacle and performance compared to previous years.
The Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC is technically a four-wheel-drive race car fitted with a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine, producing around 380 horsepower within the series regulations. The car's base is the production i20 Coupe, but the competition version shares only the basic body shape with the road car — everything else was tailored to the demands of rally. As a Spanish driver, Sordo was particularly able to demonstrate his abilities on asphalt stages; one of his standout performances of the 2017 season came at the Rally de España, where he reached the podium. The number 6 was his exclusive identifier in the field throughout that season.
Edicola is an Italian publisher whose name is associated among collectors primarily with model series distributed as magazine supplements — these typically appeared in large print runs across Europe and made rally and race car models available at affordable prices. It is worth noting that Edicola product packaging — being supplements to magazine publications — often shows minor damage, but the model itself generally reaches the buyer in intact condition. This is a characteristic of the series, not a defect.
The model is made in 1:24 scale, meaning every dimension of the real race car is reproduced at one twenty-fourth of its actual size. A WRC car is approximately 4.2 metres long in reality, so the model measures roughly 17–18 centimetres in length — a size that is clearly visible in a display case and comfortable to hold, allowing the bodywork details, sponsor graphics and wide rally arches to be appreciated. The distinctive blue, white and black Hyundai Motorsport livery of the #6 Hyundai i20 WRC makes for a strong visual presence on the shelf at this scale.
This model is aimed at those who wish to preserve the visual world of the 2017 WRC era, the rally history of the Hyundai team, or a specific moment in Dani Sordo's career in their collection. Pieces from the Edicola series have become increasingly hard to find on the market over the years, as the original editions have sold out and restocking is limited — meaning that tracking down a specific car and livery can itself require some research on the part of collectors.
