{"product_id":"ford-england-puma-rally1-team-ford-m-s-18rmc231b22","title":"Ford Puma Rally1 M-Sport Ford WRT No. 13 Munster Louka Rallye Monte-Carlo 2025 IXO Models 1:18","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exact car in which Munster claimed his first-ever WRC stage win before retiring at SS17 — captured in M-Sport's 2025 blue, yellow and red livery as a 1:18 scale model by IXO Models.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIXO Models has chosen a genuinely consequential car for this \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e scale model: the Ford Puma Rally1 entered by M-Sport Ford WRT as No. 13 at the 93rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, run 23–26 January 2025 from Gap, France. Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka were confirmed as M-Sport's lead crew for the full 2025 FIA World Rally Championship season, taking over the mantle vacated by Adrien Fourmaux's departure to Hyundai. That context gives the No. 13 a significance beyond a single event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"ford-puma-rally1-platform\"\u003eThe Ford Puma Rally1 — architecture and 2025 specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ford Puma Rally1 debuted at the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally as the direct successor to the Ford Fiesta WRC. Built by M-Sport on a tubular spaceframe with an FIA multi-point roll cage, the car carries a 2,600 mm wheelbase and a regulated minimum weight of 1,260 kg, driven through a five-speed semi-automatic transmission with mechanical limited-slip differentials front and rear. The bodywork references the Ford Puma crossover road car. For 2025, revised WRC regulations deleted the 100 kW electric motor and 3.9 kWh hybrid battery that had defined the Rally1 class since 2022; the car retained the Rally1 designation but ran as a pure-ICE machine. It was also the first Monte Carlo for the Puma Rally1 on Hankook control tyres, following Pirelli's supply of the 2022–2024 seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"monte-carlo-2025-story\"\u003eA milestone stage win, then SS17 retirement\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 93rd Monte Carlo covered 18 special stages and 343.80 km of competitive distance on mixed tarmac and snow. Munster — born 24 December 1998, holding a Luxembourg competition licence — took his first-ever WRC stage win during the Saturday morning loop, a landmark for both driver and team. The weekend also brought power-steering difficulties, two punctures and ultimately a retirement classified as an accident at SS17, one stage from the finish. It is a turbulent sporting narrative, and it belongs to this specific car. The overall winner was Sébastien Ogier in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 with a time of 3:19:06.1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"ixo-118-die-cast-model\"\u003eIXO Models — die-cast in 1:18\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIXO Models produces this replica in die-cast metal with plastic parts, at \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e scale. The livery — predominantly blue with yellow and red team and sponsor graphics, including RB energy drink branding — matches M-Sport's revised 2025 season colours, distinct from the Fourmaux-era schemes on earlier IXO Puma Rally1 releases. A companion \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e model covers the sister No. 55 McErlean\/Treacy car from the same event, and both cars are additionally available in \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:43\u003c\/span\u003e scale, giving collectors flexibility across formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"display-cabinet\"\u003eIn the display cabinet\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe road-car baseline for the Ford Puma measures 4,186 mm in length; at \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e that reference point yields a model approaching 23 cm. Plan for at least 25 cm of shelf depth to accommodate bumpers and mirrors. The blue-yellow-red palette sits well alongside other 2025 WRC entries in \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:18\u003c\/span\u003e — the IXO Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 No. 17 Ogier\/Landais and the IXO Hyundai i20 N Rally1 No. 16 from the same Monte Carlo round make a coherent season-opener trio. For M-Sport specialists, pairing No. 13 with the No. 55 McErlean car recreates the complete M-Sport presence at the 93rd Monte Carlo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IXO MODELS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58820052976000,"sku":"18RMC231B.22","price":88.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-18rmc231b22-front34-v2_ce888771-dd08-4c48-9daa-57774d7a0181.jpg?v=1793988313","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/de\/products\/ford-england-puma-rally1-team-ford-m-s-18rmc231b22","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}