Posts Tagged ‘WRC’
High flyer
The Audi Quattro is awesome. Just pure awesome.
Health and safety is overrated
Apparently the Audi Quattro was a massive fan of Free Willy.
WRC pocket rockets
Remember the old WRC legends? Cars like McRae’s 555 Subaru, Tommi Mäkinen’s Evo and Richard Burns’Pug? Well these three cars could well be future legends of the rally world. The WRC has been shouting out for some new hot metal for a while and these three pocket rockets look like they could add some spice ...
Photoshop smoke and mirrors
Photoshop is a dark art. It is to blame for 14 year olds striving for that size zero look and can even make a Mini Countryman look good, no really. Check it out.
A chip off the old Block
There is not much to be said here. Gymkhana 3 part one was rubbish. Part two is much, much better. Enjoy.
A Mini WRC adventure
It’s official, MINI is back in the WRC. Well, MINI isn’t actually back from anything because it has never rallied. But the loose strains of Mini DNA which BMW bought in 2000 are finally going to rally again. MINI will be using the CoUNTryman to try and relieve their previous rally heritage, which I think ...
A chip off the old Block
To coincide with our feature on Ken Block’s rise to the WRC check out his latest video. This is Block nailing his new Fiesta on sheet ice in Michigan in preparation for the Sno* Drift event. Block’s 2.0-liter turbocharged Fiesta is capable of producing over 490 hp at 8,000 rpm and leaving quite a mess in your ...
A new kid on the Block
If you asked someone of my generation to sum up the WRC in three points, I would imagine it would go something like this: Colin McRae, Subaru vs. Mitsubishi and ‘Motorsport for nutters’. Now if I asked the same question to ‘Generation Z’, I think the response would be: Sébastien Loeb, a Playstation game and ‘something that is left to ...
World's biggest roadkill
The unpredictability of rallying is what makes it great. The occasional spin, puncture or fire is pretty normal when beating it around some of the worlds worst roads, but every now and again something out of the ordinary happens. I never doubted that the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X WRC had a lot of horse power, but ...