Between 2007 and 2009, Super 2000 cars were permitted in the PWRC alongside Group N, with a noticeable gap in performance between the two.

SWRC also provided an FIA alternative to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, which had gained in popularity and may have been a commercial threat to the WRC.

[6] This may be attributed to the way the cup and championship were approved by and proposed to the World Motor Sport Council separately.

[3] With the new World Rally Car being based on Super 2000 rules, there was no strictly Super 2000 based cup or championship for teams in the following years as this was incorporated into the World Rally Championship.

In 2011, the SWRC calendar consisted of eight WRC rallies, with entrants having to nominate seven to contest.