Electric power boost will be available on special stages
Hybrid drive has conquered the world of Formula 1 and dominated Le Mans endurance racing for almost a decade. Now, it's getting muddy. Gritty. Icy.Yep, from 2022, the FIA has announced that the World Rally Championship will be contested by
by Ollie Kew
You have to see his ‘company car’
Sebastien Loeb really doesn't know how to retire. After leaving top flight rallying in 2012-following a record-breaking nine consecutive world titles-he's returning yet again in 2019 with Hyundai.Loeb made three guest appearances for former employer Citroen
A 10-step guide
1) Show you're serious with elite motorsportThe size of the operation has to be seen to be believed-the team garage looks like an entire dealership has been airlifted into the service park by Thunderbird 2. For 2017, it looks as
by Ollie Kew
Toyota is back with a vengeance
Toyota has returned to World Rally Championship (WRC) headlines, with its Yaris WRC taking victory in Sweden.The 2017 season's second round saw Jari-Matti Latvala win, and take the championship lead, after Hyundai's Thierry Neuville lost a significant lead
More turbo, more wing
Heard the one about the wild Toyota Yaris? It's here, and, joy of all joys, it's not a show car that'll dazzle crowds briefly before disappearing into obscurity. Not a chance. It'll be blasting past at umpteen kilometers
by TopGear.com
Aero everywhere
We've only just met the new Ford Fiesta, and now there's a motorsport version.The work of M-Sport, the Ford Fiesta WRC fully takes advantage of world rallying's wilder new regulations. In short, it looks ballistic.Given how
Will this take Hyundai over the hump?
The World Rally Championship (WRC) set a handful of new technical regulations for next season, and Hyundai has met all of them in very stunning fashion. The Korean carmaker recently unveiled its challenger, the i20 Coupe WRC, and boy does it look
by Drei Laurel
But it's not just about a podium finish
Toyota takes its racing seriously: The exploits of the Japanese carmaker's Gazoo Racing division are proof of this. Now, the company is kicking its competitiveness in motorsports up a notch by fielding a specially-prepared Yaris in the FIA World Rally
Watch 5 entertaining videos
If you're viewing this on a mobile device and can't see the video, please click here.Scaring mom inside a Pontiac Solstice. YouTuber Adam LZ takes his mom out for a joyride on Mother's Day. When you think of
by Drei Laurel
Red Bull stickers and all
Volkswagen Philippines has quietly introduced to the market the five-door Polo hatchback with a price tag of P950,000. And if you follow the World Rally Championship, you would know that the three-door Polo R WRC has won for Volkswagen
Revived after being underwater for hours
During the third stage of the just-concluded Rally Mexico, M-Sport World Rally Team driver Ott Tanak rolled his Ford Fiesta RS WRC car into a lake where it sank within seconds. Fortunately, Tanak and his co-driver Raigo Molder had
It's about time
Toyota will once again compete in the World Rally Championship in 2017, 16 years after the Japanese carmaker withdrew from the sport in 2001 to concentrate on Le Mans and Formula 1.However, instead of using the 86-based CS-R3, Toyota
And we like it!
In September, Ralliart Sweden revealed a Mitsubishi Mirage-based rally car it hopes to enter in the 2015 World Rally Championship 2, a companion rally series to the premier World Rally Championship.It has been three months since then and nothing new
Just to pass time during WTCC off-season
Nine-time World Rally Championship title-holders and seven-time Rallye Monte Carlo winners Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena will be returning to the series that made them legends--but only in a one-off appearance in support of Citroen spinning off
Watch how he takes a WTCC corner in Macau
Nine-time rally champion Sebastien Loeb may have left the World Rally Championship series after 15 years to compete in the World Touring Car Championship this year, but it seems he's still busy employing the rally-driving techniques that made him
Just 4th duo to successfully do so since 1977
Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia have claimed the drivers' and co-drivers' titles for the 2014 World Rally Championship, reportedly making them only the fourth pairing to successfully defend their titles since 1977 and the eighth to become double world champions.Ogier
With titles in 2 different disciplines
The 2003 World Rally Championship titleholder Petter Solberg has entered the record books as the first FIA world champion to win in two different disciplines after scoring enough points in the 10th round to bag the inaugural World Rallycross Championship.With Solberg
See how it looks
Mpart AB, also known as Ralliart Sweden, has revealed a Mitsubishi Mirage-based rally car which it hopes to enter in the World Rally Championship 2, which is a companion series for the premier World Rally Championship and is run on the
With 1-2-3 finish at Rally Australia
Volkswagen Motorsport has wrapped up the 2014 World Rally Championship's manufacturers title with its 1-2-3 finish at last weekend's Rally Australia. With three races still to go in the season, the finish makes it the earliest the manufacturers
After winning Rallye Deutschland with Hyundai
Although the 2014 Rallye Deutschland saw the Hyundai World Rally Team win its first World Rally Championship round with Michelin as its tire supplier, the French tiremaker is reportedly introducing a new tire for the next tarmac rally, which will be the
