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Continuing a tradition as old as the 911 itself, the ass-engined slot cars of fascist origins continue to enter rally races, now in GT3 form. With no ride height, huge wings and and engines in entirely the wrong place, they look entirely out of place doing so. But that serves merely to emphasize their awesomeness. More »
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Mazda's 323 was the replacement for a small runabout the company dubbed the GLC, or Great Little Car. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 323 is not just a real GLC, its turbo'd 4WD makes it a GTX, but will its price make it a POS? More »
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It is, instead, a Ford. A European Ford. It’s lightweight, it’s mid-engined, and it's designed to race. It’s called the GT70. It was also dead before it was born. More »
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This photo explains exactly why I'm so excited about a new Lancia Stratos. Actually, it's also why I'm so excited about the old Lancia Stratos HF. Well, that and this bit of aural pleasure. [via Spirited Drive] More »
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It is 2003, and a 19-year-old named Travis is about to climb into a rally car for his first real test. What follows will change the sport forever. This is how it happened. More »
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Ben Slocum was co-driver of the $500 Craigslist rally car profiled in yesterday's WRC Rally Mexico story. We've asked him to give us his take on this amazing David-and-Goliath story. This is it. — Ed. More »
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Porsche test driver Walter Röhrl was once named the rally driver of the millennium. Audi's Quattro invented all-wheel-drive as we know it. The Col de Turini is a famous section of the Monte Carlo Rally. And this video is fantastic. More »
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Kuwaiti driver Mbarak al-Thefiri competes in the Kuwait International Rally, completely oblivious to the guy hanging out in the middle of the track. That guy's totally got a future in rallying! Photo Credit: YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images More »
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After nine seasons in F1 and winning the driver's championship in 2007, Kimi Räikkönen is returning to what he does best — hooning in the snow. Here he is behind the wheel of a Citroen C4 in his native Finland. More »
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Nice Price or Crack Pipe loves us some WRC Group B homologation cars, which brought new life to the venerable series. Today's 5-cylinder Audi Quattro still looks like a white knight, but does it hold any dark secrets? More »
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What you see here is a rally car run by Fiat’s factory racing team in 1975 with great success. It’s called the Fiat Abarth 131/031 Mirafiori 3500 Bertone. More »
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The photos today of the Ferrari 308 GTB rally car combined with the VW Thing (which rallied against the Allied Forces) got us thinking again about rally cars. Anything can be a rally racer, whether AWD/FWD/RWD or even 6WD. From the diminutive Kia Rio to the insane Suzuki Escudo, anything can be rallied. Anything... More »
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Ok, enough of all this drunken amateur Leap Day hoonage. I mean, I've got nothing against hosers Canadians killing time up in the great white north; but I think it's time to see how the professionals do it. So, we present to you a montage in tribute to the illustrious history of rally jumps. Spanning over many years and countries, these guys definitely knew what they were doing. More »
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Snow, slush, ice, mud, tornadoes and windstorms have led to less-than-stellar driving conditions in many parts of the country. It's not even safe to be driving a giant wiener. When the driving conditions get bad in this country we generally turn to trucks and sport-utlitly-vehicles for help. But there's a magical place, a place called "the rest of the world." And people who live in this mysterious land see a muddy road and think Ford Escort instead of Jeep Wrangler, Peugeot 205 instead of Chevy Tahoe and Renault Clio instead of Ford F-150. These are the people with the Spirit of the Rally. More »
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