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Hyundai i20 N Rally1 #1 T. Neuville / M. Wydaeghe Safari Rally Kenya 2025 IXO 1:18

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Hyundai i20 N Rally1 #1 T. Neuville / M. Wydaeghe Safari Rally Kenya 2025 IXO 1:18 18RMC247B Diecast
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IXO's 1:18 diecast Hyundai i20 N Rally1 reproduces car #1, driven by Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe at the 2025 Safari Rally Kenya. Cast as a sealed body with no opening panels, it captures the raised stance and underbody protection this demanding gravel event requires, with the crew's exact livery and number running cleanly across the bodywork. The zinc alloy build gives real shelf presence, distinguishing this lead entry from its #8 sister car.
Hyundai i20 N Rally1 #1 T. Neuville / M. Wydaeghe Safari Rally Kenya 2025 IXO 1:18
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Car Brand
Hyundai
Model Manufacturer
IXO
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
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18RMC247B
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About the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 #1 T. Neuville / M. Wydaeghe Safari Rally Kenya 2025 IXO 1:18

TL;DR: IXO's 1:18 Hyundai i20 N Rally1 reproduces car #1, driven by Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe at the 2025 Safari Rally Kenya. Cast as a sealed diecast shell with no opening panels, it carries the raised ride height and livery of Hyundai's lead entry.

Thierry Neuville has driven for Hyundai's factory WRC team for more than a decade, making him one of the championship's most recognisable names heading into any season. This 1:18 diecast reproduces car #1, his 2025 Safari Rally Kenya entry with co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe, cast as a sealed body with the raised stance the event demands.

Thierry Neuville and Hyundai's #1 Safari Entry

A Long-Serving Factory Driver

Neuville joined Hyundai's factory team in 2014 and has remained with the manufacturer through every regulation change since, including the switch to Rally1 hybrid machinery in 2022. That continuity is unusual in a sport where driver line-ups shift constantly, and it has made Neuville one of the more consistent title contenders across more than a decade, even without a drivers' championship to his name. Car #1 typically signals a team's lead entry, and Hyundai's choice to run Neuville under that number at a round as demanding as Safari Rally Kenya says something about where the team places its confidence.

Wydaeghe's Co-Driving Seasons

Martijn Wydaeghe has partnered Neuville in the co-driver's seat through recent seasons, a pairing IXO reproduces exactly through the car's specific graphics and number rather than a generic team livery. Getting the crew pairing right matters to anyone assembling a season-by-season collection, since a car's co-driver changes far more often than most casual followers realise. Safari Rally Kenya, with its long stages and minimal recovery time, tends to reward exactly this kind of settled partnership over a newer crew still learning each other's calls.

Rendering the Hyundai i20 N Rally1's Wide-Body Kit in Diecast

Sealed Panels and Livery Continuity

This i20 N is cast as a single fixed shell, with no door, bonnet or boot built to open. That construction keeps the car's full-width sponsor graphics running unbroken across the bodywork, since there is no hinge gap to interrupt a logo positioned across a panel join. The weight of the zinc alloy casting is obvious immediately, a solidity that gives the model genuine shelf presence. Diecast holds that shape over years of display, which matters for a livery this detailed.

Wheel Arches and Underbody Protection

Safari-spec Rally1 cars run a raised ride height and additional underbody protection compared with their tarmac counterparts, and IXO's casting reflects that stance clearly, along with the flared arches every Rally1 car wears under current regulations. Getting the ride height right is not a minor detail here. It is the single visual cue that identifies a Safari entry before a single sponsor mark is read, and that visual language carries across every manufacturer's Safari entry, which is what makes a side-by-side comparison with rival liveries so informative.

Why Safari Rally Kenya Tests Cars Differently

Most WRC rounds run on forest gravel or mountain tarmac, surfaces that punish precision and car control above all else. Safari Rally Kenya asks something different: long stages across open terrain at sustained high speed, extreme heat that stresses cooling systems far beyond their normal operating range, and rough surfaces that can end a car's rally through suspension failure rather than driver error. That combination has made Safari one of the most respected rounds on the calendar since its return to the world championship, valued by manufacturers as proof of genuine mechanical durability rather than just outright pace. For a driver like Neuville, already established as one of the sport's most consistent performers, a strong Safari result carries weight precisely because the event punishes any hidden weakness so completely. Collectors who follow the championship closely tend to treat Safari-spec liveries as a distinct category within their Rally1 collections, separate from tarmac rounds, because the visual differences are substantial enough to justify the distinction.

Building a Hyundai Rally1 Season Shelf

At roughly 20 centimetres, this i20 N's 1:18 footprint sits easily within a cabinet built around several current Rally1 cars, and its sealed body means display is simple: no hinges to check, no interior to dust, just a finish that holds its livery indefinitely. Paired with the #8 entry from the same event, the two cars show how Hyundai set up its lead and secondary crews differently for the same demanding round, a comparison that rewards being displayed side by side. Anyone building a broader Rally1 collection by manufacturer will find this Hyundai a useful counterpoint to Ford and Toyota equivalents from the same season, since all three teams answer identical regulations with visibly different aerodynamic solutions.

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