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 [...]

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 [...]

There are as many forms of motorsport out there as there are walks of life on this planet, but for me few come close to matching the marvel of rally. And among those that take it to dirt, gravel, snow and tarmac, nothing says rally like the WRC. Recent years have seen the championship lose [...]

In my eyes, there’s no racing game that can come close to comparing to Gran Turismo. I probably could have probably cured cancer or worked toward world peace in the amount of time I’ve burnt playing 3 and 4, and I don’t regret my decision. The games are just that good. Those that follow the [...]

I. The 2010 Camaro SS laid down and 8m 19s lap of the Nurburgring recently. For a big honkin’ piece of American iron, you can’t really say fairer than that. Until you look at the timesheets of other swift GMs and realize that the Cobalt SS, a smaller, less powerful hunk of American iron did [...]

I. If you’re more into fighter jets than supercars but can’t afford a used MiG, Spain’s Tramontana Group has you covered. The Batmobile look-alike Tramontana R-Edition is a 2,800-pound twin-turbo Mercedes V12-packing beast. Like the Caparo T1 or any other low-production supercar, it clears 60 in under four seconds and has more torque than most [...]

I. German tuner Brabus is getting set to release its latest beastly creation. The Brabus G V12 S Biturbo debuts at Geneva with 700 hp, complimented by 973 torques from 2,100 rpm. That much oomph will get the Gelandewagen to 60 in a mind-bending 4.3 seconds. Brabus has limited it to 150 mph, but if [...]

That’s right. For the low, low price of just $123,000, you can have the very first Subaru Impreza Prodrive ever created for rally duty. Serial number PRO-WRC-97-01 is up for sale by Prodrive itself after undergoing an extensive restoration by McKinstry Motorsports in Ireland. The car is currently wrapped in the same livery as it [...]

If you’re unfortunate enough to be in the office on the Friday after New Year’s Day, take solace in the three clips after the jump. Turbo Magazine (not to be confused with the deceased Turbo and High-Tech Performance Magazine) put together a brief history of the evolution of Audi’s Quattro drivetrain, complete with copious amounts [...]

Petter Solberg is one of my original rally heroes. When I first got sucked into the WRC, my friends and I would pull pirated videos of the championship offline just to see that badass rally blue Subie tearing it up down gravel and snow stages. Well, it looks like even rally gods are subject to [...]