Rallycross
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After last month's reveal of two new hybrid motors, Peugeot has revealed that it's planning to take its electrified range in a sporty direction for 2020, and that, like Audi, it will be pulling out of World Rallycross because it feels WRX is dragging its feet on electric racing.
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“Coolest family car ever,” said the random guy at the farmer’s market when the five of us parked the 2018 Subaru WRX STI and piled out of the car. With a huge Tokyo Drift spoiler, luminescent black paint, neon green brakes, and a hood scoop that means business, the STI rumbles with energy.
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Speedleague has signed an engineering partnership with race supplier STARD to create a new electric rallycross series called E/Racing. The series will begin later this year with five stops included in the North American circuit. The first race kicks off in October.
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Formula E might be making headlines at the moment, but it's not the only race series to back batteries. Red Bull Global Rallycross, a fast-growing race series held in stadiums around the world and headed by big names like Tanner Foust, has committed to offering an all-electric series in 2018.
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The Subaru WRX was literally named after World Rallycross. It's the car that wins championships. It's also street-legal, in the form of the base WRX and its race-ready STI brother. Gizmag drove both of them with white-knuckled abandon.
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Volkswagen has revealed more details of the vehicle it will use in the Red Bull Global Rallycross championship later this season. With 544 hp (405 kW) from its 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the GRC Beetle is little more than a distant relative from your grandma's Beetle.
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Volkswagen is taking its iconic Beetle to the rallycross circuit, announcing at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show that the Global Rallycross (GRC) Beetle will compete in the 2014 Global Rallycross Championship season.