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Our writers' favourite cars from the 1990s

The last Formula 1 race of the 20th Century occurred 9190 days ago. That means we are now closer to the start of the 2050 season, assuming the world championship is still around to commemorate its centenary anniversary, than we are from the 1990s.

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26 years later, Codemasters' Chris Southall talks Colin McRae Rally: "We wanted to do something that was an authentic rally experience for the hardware of the time"

Feature | The Evolution of Colin McRae Rally: Retro Gamer talks with former Codemasters creative Chris Southall on the racing series' legacy

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How Vermont (and Travis Pastrana) Saved The Legacy of Japan’s Greatest Rally Team: Part 2

In 2000, at the age of 16, Travis Pastrana was already one of the most accomplished motorcyclists on Earth. He won the World Freestyle Motocross Championship in 1997 at the age of just 14, and would continue winning that championship every year through 2003. He’d won freestyle motocross gold at…

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How Vermont Saved the Legacy of Japan's Greatest Rally Team: Part 1

We know Vermonters love their Subarus. 11.3% of new cars sold in the state are a Subaru—vastly more than the company’s nationwide share of sales, which hovers around 1%. But the state’s ties to Subaru run deeper than Foresters parked in quaint little driveways. In the forested hills outside Burlington,…

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WRC champion Rovanpera tests Red Bull F1 car

Reigning two-time world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera swapped a rally car for a Red Bull RB8 Formula 1 car in a test at the Red Bull Ring.

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Here's Your Chance to Own a Real Prodrive-Built Subaru Rally Car

Subaru's Group A rally cars of the 1990s and 2000s are things of legend. The likes of Colin McRae and Richard Burns used these cars to put Subaru on the map in Europe, cementing the brand as a loose-surface icon in the process. Only a handful of these Prodrive-built Imprezas exist,…

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Race of Champions: What is the famous motoring event?

Australia will make its debut hosting the historic Race of Champions in 2025 as the motorsport event will head to Sydney’s Accor Stadium.

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I Will Miss the Subaru Legacy When It's Gone. You Just Might, Too

It's so close to being the amazing, affordable fun sedan it once was, yet so far away.

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How Rally Made the First Ford Focus a Legend

With Colin McRae at the wheel and a Martini livery, the World Rally Championship made an icon out of the first Ford Focus.

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Lexus LBX - luxury, sophistication and technology in a small-car package

Generous equipment levels in the brand’s smallest car yet

Evening Standard

The father-son bond that extends to the WRC stages

“I really wanted him to be a good footballer, but it didn’t work out. There was absolutely no expectations whatsoever from my behalf, for him to ever become a professional driver. I’m very proud obviously, he’s surpassed my expectations many years ago and still going strong.”

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Watch The Most-Talented British Rally Driver of All Time Win At Home

Nope, it's not Colin McRae; In the final round of the 2000 WRC championship, Richard Burns took the win but lost the title.

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David Richards: ‘There’s not a single driver I haven’t fallen out with’

Chair of British motor sport and Silverstone sage has been there, won that, battled egos and ruffled Ferrari’s feathers

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The remarkable 22-year streak M-Sport is celebrating at WRC Rally Poland

When it comes to streaks in motorsport, M-Sport’s run of scoring manufacturer points in 300 consecutive World Rally Championship rounds, spanning 22 years, is difficult to beat.

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How a WRC legend first took centre stage 30 years ago

Thirty years have now passed but the 1993 World Rally Championship season will always be remembered as a year of firsts. It witnessed the rise of the WRC’s most popular figure amid the crowning of a bona fide record-breaking rally legend.

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WRC at 50: Ranking the 10 greatest WRC drivers

Autosport’s top 10 was determined by a panel including Toyota WRC team principal Jari-Matti Latvala, M-Sport Ford managing director Malcolm Wilson and Hyundai Motorsport’s WRC programme manager Christian Loriaux. Autosport also produced its own list.

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FIA president reveals Subaru WRC comeback talks

The three-time constructors’ champion became synonymous with the WRC in the 1990s and 2000s winning drivers’ titles with Colin McRae (1995), Richard Burns (2001) and Petter Solberg (2003).

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WRC at 50: Ranking the world championship's 20 greatest moments

Since it launched in 1973, the WRC has created a myriad of memorable moments from emotional victories and defeats, historic game changing achievements, to feats that simply defy belief.

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Subaru Impreza 22B Owned By Colin McRae Fetches $606K At Auction

The buyer got the original tires and lots of invoices and receipts showing the maintenance history.

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How a breakthrough Safari win established a future WRC champion

“Richard Burns crossed the final flying finish line, punched the air and shouted something so obscene that the BBC won’t be able to show the moment!” That was how Autosport’s rally reporter Keith Oswin described Burns’ first win of what would become a glittering but unfortunately short World Rally Championship…

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WRC Safari Rally: Everything you need to know

The rally has prided itself on being one of the WRC’s jewel in the crown events given its difficulty to win. Its unique stages feature a mix of rough gravel and soft sandy roads sprawled across Kenya’s iconic wildlife-filled savannah. amid changeable weather, poses an altogether different challenge for crews.

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Three rally cars owned by Scottish racing legend Colin McRae up for auction

An auction later this summer is set to see three cars originally owned by late Scottish racing legend Colin McRae go under the hammer — including one that is set to fetch over £400,000.

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Racing through injury: What Stroll can learn from past cases

After missing Formula 1 testing with a wrist injury sustained in a cycling accident, Lance Stroll is attempting to race through the pain barrier in Bahrain. Here are some tales of inspiration, and caution, of drivers who have attempted hurried comebacks

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McRae's 1995 WRC title wins Autosport International motorsport memories poll

Colin McRae clinching the World Rally Championship in the dramatic 1995 RAC Rally has won a fan poll on the top motorsport memories of all time.

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