The 1996 World Rally Championship was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 9 rallies. Following the 1995 disqualification Toyota Team Europe had been banned for one year, so only three works teams contested the championship. The drivers' world championship was won by Tommi Mäkinen in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3, ahead of Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.
Each works team had to nominate up to three drivers 30 days before each event; only two best placed nominated drivers were eligible to score points for the manufacturers' championship.
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() Denotes dropped score