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Toyota GR Yaris WRC Limited Editions Have the Weirdest 4WD Control Modes
Toyota GR Yaris WRC Limited Editions Have the Weirdest 4WD Control Modes

26 Jan 2024, 12:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Shortly after presenting the new version of the Yaris GR hot hatch, Japanese carmaker Toyota pulled the wraps off the WRC special editions for the car

 
What's Next in 2024: All Things Motorsport
What's Next in 2024: All Things Motorsport

25 Dec 2023, 07:47 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Thanks to technology, motorsports have become easily accessible for anyone to watch regardless of their location on the planet. And the 2024 season is coming up

 
Lia Meets Michelle Mouton: Ken Block Would Be Proud
Lia Meets Michelle Mouton: Ken Block Would Be Proud

29 Nov 2023, 00:24 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Audi has listened, and Lia Block finally drives her father's Hoonitron to Italy. But there's an even deeper point to the whole story.

 
Can the Finnish Wonder Kid Become the GOAT in the WRC?
Can the Finnish Wonder Kid Become the GOAT in the WRC?

31 Oct 2023, 18:37 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Kalle Rovanpera is the youngest World Rally Championship winner of all time, and he's on a path of perhaps dethroning the two French giants, Loeb and Ogier.

 
Nissan Safari Rally Z Is Ready for SEMA, Is It More Than Just a Tribute Car?
Nissan Safari Rally Z Is Ready for SEMA, Is It More Than Just a Tribute Car?

30 Oct 2023, 16:58 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Building upon an iconic rally victory with the Datsun 240Z over half a century ago, Nissan will be displaying a Safari Rally Z Tribute car at SEMA.

 
EA Sports WRC Is the Best Game I've Played in a Long Time (Preview)
EA Sports WRC Is the Best Game I've Played in a Long Time (Preview)

12 Oct 2023, 15:00 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / EA Sports and Codemasters have teamed up for what may be the most exciting WRC video game of all time! Here is my preview of it before its official launch.

 
EA Sports and Codemasters Reveal New WRC Game, Hits Shelves This November
EA Sports and Codemasters Reveal New WRC Game, Hits Shelves This November

6 Sep 2023, 16:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After a series of ambiguous but nonetheless intriguing teaser trailers this past summer, Codemasters finally unveiled the fruits of their first collab with EA.

 
F1 Car vs WRC Car vs WRX Car vs MotoGP Bike vs Electric Van Is One Intense Drag Race
F1 Car vs WRC Car vs WRX Car vs MotoGP Bike vs Electric Van Is One Intense Drag Race

5 Sep 2023, 19:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Spoiler alert: Dani Pedrosa and his 270-horsepower KTM RC16 MotoGP bike are the quickest of the bunch in the quarter mile

 
VW Scirocco Bi-Motor: The Crazy Twin-Engine Hot Hatch That Almost Made It into Production
VW Scirocco Bi-Motor: The Crazy Twin-Engine Hot Hatch That Almost Made It into Production

27 Jul 2023, 13:30 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Initially meant to compete against the Quattro in WRC, the twin-engine Scirocco was an insane idea that made sense and it was very close to being produced

 
Ford Escort RS Cosworth: Mediocre in Rally Guise, but Legendary as a Road-Legal Hot Hatch
Ford Escort RS Cosworth: Mediocre in Rally Guise, but Legendary as a Road-Legal Hot Hatch

19 Jul 2023, 10:49 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / With a potent, highly-tunable turbocharged four-cylinder, permanent 4WD, and a rally-bred suspension system, the small Cossie was a near-flawless driver's car

 
Lancia's Miracle: How Audi Quattro Was Outmaneuvered in the 1983 Monte Carlo Rally
Lancia's Miracle: How Audi Quattro Was Outmaneuvered in the 1983 Monte Carlo Rally

29 Jun 2023, 21:28 UTC · By: Silvian Irimia / Everybody knows about the legendary years of rally in the 80's, with cars like Audi Quattro or the Lancia models. Let's talk about the upset made by Lancia.

 
In Case You Missed It: 9 Iconic Images That Best Immortalize the 2023 WRC Safari Rally
In Case You Missed It: 9 Iconic Images That Best Immortalize the 2023 WRC Safari Rally

29 Jun 2023, 14:28 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / The 70th season was indeed a spectacular performance that proved the tiny GR Yaris was a relentless unwavering badger the torrid stages of Africa couldn't tame

 
Mother Nature Throwing Curve Balls At 2023 WRC Safari Rally, Ogier Says Bring it on
Mother Nature Throwing Curve Balls At 2023 WRC Safari Rally, Ogier Says Bring it on

24 Jun 2023, 10:34 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Saturdays' leg is the most extended course of the competition. Compared to Friday, sections of the special stages were reduced to mudbaths

 
Unrelenting Ogier Leads Friday's WRC Safari As Rovanpera and Evans Lock Out Toyota Trio
Unrelenting Ogier Leads Friday's WRC Safari As Rovanpera and Evans Lock Out Toyota Trio

23 Jun 2023, 15:58 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Toyota Gazoo driver Sebastien Ogier won Friday's opener, Kalle Rovanpera, caught up at Kedong, Evans took third place while Neuville came in fourth

 
Rovanpera Wraps Up 2023 Safari Rally Shakedown Stage With an Eventful Morning Win
Rovanpera Wraps Up 2023 Safari Rally Shakedown Stage With an Eventful Morning Win

21 Jun 2023, 16:54 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Rovanpera, who led the Toyota GR Yaris squad to a 1-2-3-4 win last year, blasted through the 5.40 kilometer (3 miles) Loldia shakedown stage ahead of Tanak

 
2023 WRC Safari Rally Kenya Ready To Kick Off, Here's Everything You Need To Know
2023 WRC Safari Rally Kenya Ready To Kick Off, Here's Everything You Need To Know

21 Jun 2023, 08:09 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / The modern-day WRC Safari Rally still upholds its moody character pushing contenders to their full limits - with often unpredictable outcomes

 
Auto Evolution: From 1970s Econocar to WRC-Winning Icon - The Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Story
Auto Evolution: From 1970s Econocar to WRC-Winning Icon - The Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Story

13 Jun 2023, 14:21 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / The Fiat 131 was one of the most boring European cars of the 1970s, but its rally-bred Abarth version had nothing boring about it

 
How the Lancia Stratos Dominated the WRC in the 1970s
How the Lancia Stratos Dominated the WRC in the 1970s

12 May 2023, 12:53 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall / The Lancia Stratos was the first Lancia to win a World Rally title, taking three WRC crowns in a row in the 1970s and becoming a true legend of the sport

 
How the Lancia 037 Defeated the Audi Quattro in the 1983 WRC Season
How the Lancia 037 Defeated the Audi Quattro in the 1983 WRC Season

26 Apr 2023, 12:41 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall / Lancia took on Audi during the 1983 WRC season, and the two-wheel drive 037 was able to beat the mighty four-wheel drive Quattro to that year's title