Rally & Hillclimb
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Lancia’s Stratos HF put a 190-hp Ferrari Dino V6 in a road car and won three straight rally titles
The Lancia Stratos Stradale was a road car built so a rally car could exist. Lancia needed hundreds of street versions to make its wedge-shaped…
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At 96, Sobiesław Zasada returned to Argentina in a 911 Dakar wearing his 1967-winning No. 405
At 96, Sobiesław Zasada went back to the Argentine roads where he won in 1967, this time in a Porsche 911 Dakar. Zasada rode as…
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Röhrl’s 1987 Pikes Peak run in Audi’s 598-hp Sport quattro S1 E2 was the first under 11 minutes
Walter Röhrl drove an Audi Sport quattro S1 to the top of Pikes Peak in 10 minutes and 47.85 seconds in July 1987. Audi says…
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Ford will return to the World Rally Championship as a full factory team in 2028, with a new car in 2029
Ford is going back to the World Rally Championship as a full factory team in 2028, and an all-new rally car follows in 2029. The…
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Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally1 won 12 of 13 rallies in its final season as Elfyn Evans took his first WRC title
Toyota’s GR Yaris Rally1 finished its last season the way it ran most of it: with a win. Oliver Solberg took Rally Italia Sardegna on…
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8 Lancia rally cars from the Fulvia HF to the Delta Integrale Evoluzione
Lancia rally cars won world titles across three decades, from the Stratos in the 1970s to the Delta in the early 1990s. Before them came…
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8 rally cars that looked completely wild on loose surfaces
Rally racing has always produced some of the most dramatic-looking machines in motorsport history. Massive wings, flared fenders, screaming turbochargers, and violent sideways driving styles…
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Small size didn’t limit the 1964 Mini Cooper S from dominating rally stages
The 1964 Mini Cooper S looked like the car left behind in the paddock car park, not the one destined to set the pace on…
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7 Subaru rally wins that boosted global brand image
Subaru has long been synonymous with rally racing, carving out a reputation for reliability and performance on the world stage. Over the years, Subaru has…
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Ford Raptors get humbled by bargain rival at brutal Dakar
The Dakar Rally has always been a proving ground where marketing bravado is stripped away by rocks, dunes and exhaustion. In 2026 it delivered a…
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