THE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP could be set for a massive boost after it was revealed Fiat and Volkswagen are poised to enter the series next season.

WRC has struggled in the wake of the global financial crisis, with Suzuki and Subaru withdrawing from the championship at the end of last season, leaving the series with only [...]

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FERRARI’S KIMI RAIKKONEN is poised to make his debut in the World Rally Championship after it was announced he would compete in his home event, Rally Finland, next month.

Raikkonen, who has already competed in three minor events earlier in the year, will contest the rally in a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 alongside countryman Kaj Lindstrom, [...]

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WHILE BECOMING a knight in ye olden days often required either slaying a dragon, rescuing a princess or fighting in a questionable holy war, these days the path to knighthood can be a little different.

For rally ace Sebastian Loeb, that path was the muddy and gravel-strewn stages of the World Rally Championship.

Loeb was knighted earlier [...]

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Along with the Porsche Panamera and a bagful of local Chinese models, the Shanghai International Motor Show has played host to the world premiere of the Citroen C4 Sedan.

The C4 hatch was also unveiled, which is a first for China, but not for us Aussies. The new Citroen C5 was also on hand and is set to [...]

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It looks like a rally car, it goes like a rally car but by George, you ain’t seen anything like this before. This is Citroen’s C4 WRC HYbrid4 rally car, and Citroen believes it will revolutionise the world of top-tier rallying.

Testing of the C4 HYbrid4 commenced this week in Portugal on tarmac roads near the [...]

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You’ve got to admire rally drivers. That, or you’ve at least got to regard them as half-mad. Hurtling along dusty gravel tracks that have been scratched out of some European hillside at triple-digit speeds requires immense testicular fortitude, and we’ve got a great deal of respect for the men (and occasional woman) that do it [...]

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Like to park a piece of automotive history in your garage? Prodrive is giving you the opportunity to do just that, offering up for sale the first Subaru Impreza World Rally Car.

The two-door Impreza, with chassis number PRO-WRC-97-001, is being offered for sale at £85,000 - or around AUD $189,000. The car, which was once [...]

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Skoda is one manufacturer that we here at TMR have been keeping close tabs on. Volkswagen-owned Skoda rose from relative obscurity to become one of Europe’s best-known automakers during the 1990s and the re-introduction of the brand to the Australian market in 2007 is now proving a success for the company.

Skoda’s resurgance in the showrooms [...]

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A new seven-day Outback Trial for classic rally vehicles will race over some of the same stages as the World Rally Championship in this year’s Repco Rally Australia. This will include the international event’s spectacular Super Special stage at Murwillumbah.

Called the Classic Outback Trial (COT), the event is to run from August 30th through to September 5th [...]

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Subaru’s recent decision to pull out of the World Rally Championship series in 2009 had left our very own Chris Atkinson without a drive. Thankfully, the folks over at Citroen know a talented driver when they see one.

Chris Atkinson will join the Citroen World Rally Championship Team for the first round of the 2009 World [...]

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Czech manufacturer Skoda will unleash its freshly-homologated Fabia Super 2000 rally car for the first time at tomorrow’s Rally Monte Carlo, marking the official return of the brand to the world of motorsport.

The Fabia-based rally car is built to the FIA’s S2000 regulations, which will form the basis for all WRC cars from 2010 onwards. [...]

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The last couple of weeks have been memorable for motorsport fans, for all the wrong reasons. Honda has announced their intention to pull out of Formula 1 and both Suzuki and Subaru have confirmed that they will not be competing in the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2009.

This however, is a good news piece, as [...]

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