A Metro lookalike is being revived by a Welsh company - for just under £300,000. Motorsport Tools of Pwllheli has announced its plans for the £295,000 Audi powered recreation it is calling 6R4 because it does not hold rights to the Metro name. Just five of the 450bhp 3.0V6 models will be made this year but don't be surprised if other restromods appear in … [Read more...]
Motorsport
Welsh Champion will lead Nicky Grist Stages
Matthew Jackson, the 2022 Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship R2 champion, will drive a Bowler Defender as course opening zero car on this year’s Nicky Grist Stages 13 July. The 32-year old driver from Stratford-upon-Avon works for Jaguar Land Rover as a product engineer in its interior trim department, and his rallying experience has been called upon in … [Read more...]
Solberg pulls off double in Sweden
Oliver Solberg is a double BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia winner after he outpaced his rivals in a high-speed battle for FIA European Rally Championship glory last weekend. The 22-year-old from Sweden began the second day of ERC action with a narrow 3.3sec lead over Hayden Paddon. But while Paddon admitted to “pulling the commitment down” due to having … [Read more...]
Family fight flies to Sweden
Two members of one of rallying’s most famous dynasties will face off for FIA European Rally Championship glory in Sweden this week 13 - 15 June when they join a star-studded field for the ultimate father-versus-son battle. Petter Solberg, the winner of the FIA World Rally Championship in 2003 and two-time FIA World Rallycross champion, is taking on his … [Read more...]
Entries flow for Nicky Grist Stages in July
Chris Ingram will make his Toyota rally debut on the Nicky Grist Stages Saturday 13 July when he contests the event in a GR Yaris Rally2 – joining his Castrol MEM Rally Team stablemate Meirion Evans, who will also contest the mid-Wales event as a gravel test ahead of the next round of the Probite British Rally Championship. Chris and co-driver Alex Kihurani … [Read more...]
Newslines 10 June
The Volkswagen Group is entering a new business segment with the Elli charging and energy brand and will develop, build and operate large-scale stationary storage systems together with partners along the value chain. The largest projects in the Elli project pipeline currently have a capacity of up to 350 MW and a storage capacity of 700 MWh, which will … [Read more...]
Coventry considering city centre rallycross
Bringing the FIA World Rallycross Championship back to the heart of the UK to race around the streets of Britain’s ‘Motor City’ has the potential to generate ‘the biggest event the sport has ever seen’, suggests last year’s runner-up Kevin Hansen. Rallycross Promoter is in advanced talks with the organiser of MotoFest Coventry sponsored by E.ON to host a … [Read more...]
Shock victory at Rally Italia Sardegna
Ott Tänak claimed a shock victory at Rally Italia Sardegna on Sunday afternoon after late agony for long-time leader Sébastien Ogier. The Estonian, driving a Hyundai i20 N (above), celebrated his maiden success of the season when a damaged tyre in the final rough road speed test denied Ogier a third consecutive FIA World Rally Championship … [Read more...]
Rally Italia Sardegna gravel challenge
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team face another tough gravel challenge this week at Rally Italia Sardegna, the sixth round of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship. After victories in the last three events in Kenya, Croatia and Portugal, the team are targeting another strong result on the Italian island of Sardinia, looking to fight back in the … [Read more...]
Probite British Rally Championship ignites in Scotland
Keith Cronin ensured his bid for a fifth Probite British Rally Championship title remains firmly alive, by taking a critical victory at the Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally last weekend. After a dismal start to this year's BRC campaign, Cronin, and co-driver Mikie Galvin took their Pirelli shod Ford Fiesta Rally2 to their first victory of the … [Read more...]
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