Minis are making a full return to international rallying—more than 40 years after the automotive icons set Monte Carlo alight in their racing heyday.
German automaker BMW announced Tuesday that the car will begin a phased return to the World Rally Championship next year before contesting the entire championship from 2012 for “several years.â€
It will be an eagerly anticipated return for one of rallying’s most unexpected star performers. Conceived as a thrifty vehicle during the 1950s fuel crisis, the car came to symbolize the “Swinging 60s†Britain after wowing celebrities, including the Beatles  … Details
These stunning photos were captured on events including New Zealand, Sweden, Italy, Norway and arguably the spiritual home of “big air” moments – Finland  … Details
Porsche has been building GT2 versions of the 911 for 15 years, and RS models for longer still — 37 years, to be precise. And yet for all this time, the fabled RS badge has been kept away from the GT2 as if, somehow, the union would prove that you can have too much of a good thing after all.
And all this time, those of us who enjoy the projects that appear from Porsche’s delightfully nutty motorsports department wondered just what would a GT2 RS be like?
Well, now we know. We’re driving the 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RSÂ Â …Â Details