If you are of a certain age, as I am, then the Group B rally cars of the early 80s are the n’est plus ultra of anything driven by an internal combustion engine on four wheels. Packing unlimited horsepower into econobox based hot hatches with all wheel drive and minimum weight these cars were then [...]

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – the Ford Mustang is one of the most varied and versatile sports cars on the planet. Find me another car that’s just as sharp on a road course as it is sitting in your sister’s parking space in high school. Or tearing up a handful of [...]

There’s been a lot of talk about whether Ken Block could stand up against world rally champ 40 times over, Sebastien Loeb. Most of verdicts say Block is nothing more than a showman – good for gymkhana displays of car control and little else. Thing is, when the guy isn’t pimping DC Shoes like they’ll [...]

Every now and then a video comes along that’s just too damn good. While Citroen’s tribute to itself was addictive as could be and watching the ZR1 dart around Green Hell was a great way to blow seven minutes, both pale in comparison to watching Mini rally gods Paddy Hopkirk and Rauno Aaltonen hoon a [...]

While Marcus Gronholm’s Olsbergs MSE team mate, Andreas Eriksson cut his Pikes Peak attempt short just a couple of miles in, the World Rally Master Champion did complete the course even though a blown turbo just 500 feet shy of the finish scuppered any chance of a win. The good folks at Ford Racing filmed [...]

You know, 800 horsepower is a lot of gusto for a car this size. It’s really easy to rattle off that number without an eye toward just what that means. These days, 800 ponies isn’t all that big of a deal, especially in light of the tuning scene’s ever-present quest for loftier dyno specs. The [...]

I still remember the last time the WRC was broadcast here in the states. The championship was banished to the wee hours of the morning on Speed TV, ousted by more NASCAR coverage than should be humanly possible. I would blow off assignments and take up camp on the couch, viciously defending the remote from [...]

The Fiesta Movement takes a new turn at the end of the month when rally prepped versions of the coming-soon-to-America Ford Fiesta enter the fourth running of the X Games Rally Super Special at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Three Fords go into battle with the ubiquitous Subaru Imprezas and Mitsubishi EVOs. The [...]

The rumor is that Brian Deegan, the most winning medallist in X Games Freestyle Motocross, will be competing in the Rally Super Special at this summer’s event. While still active in Freestyle MX, Deegan has been racing off road trucks, with some success–he scored a win at last week’s round of the Lucas Off Road [...]

Speaking of rally, if you’ve got some time on your hands and nothing better to do, hop on over to In The Life of Matthew Poppoff. The guy is a wicked motorsports photographer and has a great set of pics from this year’s Oregon Trail Rally. Hop on over to his site to see the [...]