Couple of weeks old now, but still worth a post. Quantum Drift by Rockstar backed Tanner Foust in the driving seat of a couple of his competition VW’s. I am not sure about the 80’s feel to the video, or the poor cheesie bits here and there. But the driving talent that is Tanner Foust…
2017 Happy New Year from us at PLR, Wishing everyone the best.
The last of the new generation of WRC cars has been unveiled with Citroen pulling the covers the new C3 WRC. The car has been testing for a long time now, at the hands of Kris Meeke, who will be leading the Citroen charge next month on the Monte. No specs for the car have…
I didn’t think such a small car could have such a big wing, but Toyota has gone and put a huge wing on its new 2017 WRC contender. This is the Toyota Yaris WRC…. Yes I said Yaris. Toyota are returning to the WRC after over 15 years out of the sport, but they are…
This one almost slipped under the radar, but Mercedes-AMG are developing a new GT4 car. It is being based on the newly presented Mercedes-AMG GT R, and is expected to use the same V8 Twin-Turbo engine of the road going GT R. There is has been no time scale given, but I would expect it…
The second 2017 Spec WRC contender has official been unveiled, this one being the Ford Fiesta WRC by M-Sport. Its one evil looking little thing, especial with how wide it looks and that huge rear wing. As with the Hyundai, it has been developed to the 2017 WRC regulations which focus on more power and…
[gap height=”10″] Hyundai have come out as the first team to officially unveil there WRC 2017 challenger. Once again based on the I20, there new WRC car is designed to the new aero based regulations the WRC is going with from 2017 on. That’s not all the new regulations change as the new car now…
VW have confirmed that after 4 dominant seasons in the WRC, 2016 will be there last. This follows Audi pulling our of the FIA WEC, both projects have been shut down due to the recent dieselgate that hit the VAG group last year. A real shame as they had been developing a new 2017 WRC…
It was due to happen one day, but I didn’t expect it to come now. Audi have announced this year will be there last in the FIA WEC and they will not be returning to Le mans next year. There have been rumors this was going to happen but they all pointed to next year…