Hyundai i20 N Rally1 #6 D. Sordo / C. Carrera Rally Monte Carlo 2023 IXO 1:18

Dani Sordo represents a distinct type of WRC factory driver — a Monte Carlo specialist whose results on those January stages have regularly outperformed his overall championship position. In car number 6 alongside co-driver Candido Carrera, Sordo started the 2023 Monte Carlo Rally as part of Hyundai Motorsport's three-car factory program at an event he knows in genuine depth. This IXO Hyundai i20 N Rally1 1:18 diecast documents that entry with the specificity the model series is built around.

IXO's Full-Team Rally Documentation and the #6 Livery

IXO's approach to WRC documentation in their 1:18 diecast series covers full factory team entries rather than selecting only the championship leader's car. At Monte Carlo 2023, Hyundai ran three cars. IXO has produced models of both the Neuville #11 entry (18RMC153A) and this Sordo #6, giving collectors the option to represent two-thirds of the factory team at a single event on the same display shelf.

The zinc alloy diecast construction delivers consistent weight and the opening feature capability the format enables. At approximately 25 centimeters in length, the i20 N Rally1's wide-arch competition body fills the 1:18 footprint with the aggressive stance the car carries in competition — the flat undertray, the mandatory rear wing, the roof-mounted air intake that identifies the Rally1 platform immediately from above. IXO tampo prints the blue and white Hyundai Motorsport livery with the registration control their series maintains: car number 6 appears at the correct size and position on hood, doors, and rear panels.

Where this model differs from the #11 Neuville version is in the crew-specific markings: Sordo's name on the driver door, Carrera's on the passenger side, and the service park identification graphics specific to the #6 car. Rally models that document individual crew entries rather than generic team liveries carry greater historical specificity — and IXO produces these as individual pieces, not repainted variants of a single template.

Dani Sordo — Monte Carlo Specialist in the Rally1 Era

Sordo's relationship with the Monte Carlo Rally runs deeper than his WRC title count suggests. The Spanish driver has won Monte Carlo outright — a result that places him in a category of drivers who understand that January event's character with unusual clarity. His entries at Monte Carlo carry the weight of a driver who approaches those mountain stages with specific preparation and genuine pace, rather than treating the season opener as a warm-up.

The Rally1 hybrid regulations represented a significant technical transition for WRC when they arrived in 2022. By the 2023 Monte Carlo, Sordo had accumulated enough Rally1 mileage with Hyundai to bring that specialist knowledge to bear on a car he understood. Carrera, his co-driver for this entry, provides the pace note delivery and communication that Monte Carlo's frequently revised stage conditions demand — sections that appear on the road book as dry tarmac can carry unexpected patches of snow or ice above a certain altitude, requiring continuous adaptation.

IXO's documentation of the #6 car captures a specific Monte Carlo entry that sits outside the headline championship narrative but carries genuine competitive history. Sordo's Monte Carlo results belong in any accurate account of the event's 2020s chapter.

Completing the 2023 Hyundai Monte Carlo Factory Pair

For collectors building a 2023 Monte Carlo display, the #6 Sordo and #11 Neuville entries from IXO create a factory team pair at the same event. Both models share the blue and white Hyundai Motorsport livery base, which gives them strong visual coherence side by side — the kind of display grouping that communicates a team's Monte Carlo campaign more completely than either piece does alone.

IXO's 1:18 rally series positions itself as the primary source for modern WRC documentation at display scale. The 1:43 segment, served by Spark and others, offers broader field coverage at smaller footprint. At 1:18, IXO focuses on the factory headline entries where livery detail and scale presence combine to make a display statement. The Sordo #6 entry earns its place in that selection on the strength of the crew's Monte Carlo credentials and the team's factory status — both factors that give this replica its specific collecting value alongside any serious WRC display.