In answer to the above the point of non-compliance is the handbrake. Ford fitted 300mm discs and different callipers to the EVO and deleted the cable operated rear handbrake callipers in favour of hydraulic actuation of the rear brake callipers. If you check the following link which is an interior view of 084 you can see a box on top of the tunnel to the rear of the handbrake lever which houses the hydraulic cylinder. Pictures of all the other unmolested EVO’s would all appear to be the same.
http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPic=y ... pID=412290
So technically you should not be able to get an MOT on one of these cars in the UK as a mechanical handbrake system must be fitted, hence needing and ameanable or unobservant MOT tester as I said above. I would assume that this would also be an EEC wide requirement. As far as registering one of these cars for road use I guess it would be done under the same type approval as the original vehicles although strictly speaking they are not the same and therefore not compliant.
This deficiency can easily be rectified of course but I guess as Group B had been discontinued the vehicles specification was tailored for Rallycross and was never intended for road use in the way the original cars were so a mechanical handbrake was not a requirement. I guess this also accounts for the ultra close ratios in the dog box which is probably the worst aspect of using the car on the road. With a standard transfer ratio top speed is only around 115 mph at 7,000 rpm compared with 144 mph on the original cars. First is also taller than standard. Previous owner of my car fitted a taller transfer ratio which now gives around 133 mph at 7,000 rpm or 185 mph if you run it to 9,000 rpm, but the down side to this is that first gear is also pushed higher and now goes to 60 mph at 7,000 rpm compared to 40 mph at 7,000 in an original RS200. That makes it a real bitch to pull off gently from a standing start. I guess A200EV is the same as somewhere in amongst that series of pictures showing detailing of the car the owner comments that it needs 4,000 rpm to launch it. This does help, but not very practical in traffic. Once on the move it's fine and quite docile to drive, even me granny handle it, at least until it comes on boost at 4,000, at which point it then transforms into a real beast.