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The World Rally Championship Manufacturers' Championship (WMC) is awarded by the FIA to the most successful WRC constructor over a season, as determined by a point system based on rally results. The WRC was formed from well-known and popular international rallies, most of which had previously been part of the European Rally Championship and/or the International Championship for Manufacturers; the series was first contested in 1973. [1] The first official rallying Constructors' Champion was Alpine-Renault. On seventeen occasions has the World Constructors' Champion team not contained the World Drivers' Champion for a given season.
In the 45 seasons the Championship has been awarded, only 13 different constructors have won it; Lancia being the most successful, with 10 titles including 6 consecutive from 1987 to 1992. Only seven countries have produced winning constructors: France (3), Japan (3), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (2), Germany (2), South Korea (1), and United States (1).
| Podiums | The number of times the champion finished in the top three in a rally |
| Margin | The margin of points by which the champion defeated the runner-up(s) |
| Constructor | Total | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
 Lancia | 10 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 |
 Citroën | 8 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Peugeot | 5 | 1985, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
 Toyota | 1993, 1994, 1999, 2018, 2021 | |
 /  Ford 2 | 4 | 1979, 2006, 2007, 2017 3 |
 Volkswagen | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| Fiat | 3 | 1977, 1978, 1980 |
| Subaru | 1995, 1996, 1997 | |
| Audi | 2 | 1982, 1984 |
 Hyundai | 2019, 2020 | |
| Alpine-Renault | 1 | 1973 |
| Mitsubishi | 1998 | |
| Talbot | 1981 | |
| Country | Constructors | Total |
|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 14 |
| Italy | 2 | 13 |
| Japan | 3 | 9 |
| Germany | 2 | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4 |
| South Korea | 1 | 2 |
| United States | 1 | 1 |
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