Peugeot Belgium driver Freddy Loix has claimed his second IRC win of the season on the Barum Rally Zlin, round six of this year’s series. The result has boosted him up to third overall in the standings, and also increased Peugeot’s lead of the manufacturers championship.

The Škoda Fabia Super 2000 prototype is going to make its first appearance as a forerunner at this year's Barum Rally Zlín. As part of the testing process, the participation in the said event is another step on the vehicle's way to homologation scheduled for late this year.

The Barum Rally Zlin, which takes place as round six of the IRC in the Czech Republic next week, has witnessed a record number of 22 Super 2000 cars taking the start. This smashes the previous record for the number of Super 2000 machines to start an IRC event.

Irish crew Brian O’Mahony and John Higgins will contest round 10 of the World Rally Championship (WRC) this weekend when they compete on Rallye Deutschland (14 – 17 August).

Nicolas Vouilloz has taken his first victory of the year in the 2008 IRC series, to claim the exclusive lead of the drivers’ standings. He also reinforces Peugeot’s lead of the manufacturers’ rankings.

Flying Finn Juho Hanninen has won the Rally Russia commandingly by more than two minutes on his debut in a Super 2000 car. Despite having only tested his Peugeot 207 S2000 for 60 kilometres prior to the start of the event, he took the lead from the very first stage and held it right up to the end.

Round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge takes the crews into the heartland of the Russian Federation, for Rally Russia. The ceremonial start takes place in the historic city of St Petersburg, which was the home of the Imperial Tsars for more than 200 years.

Skoda Auto used the 35th running of the Bohemia Rally to show the protype Skoda Fabia S2000 to the public. The car was on static display at the start ramp of the event run anually from Skoda's Auto Museum in Mlada Bolesav.

Peugeot Belgium driver Freddy Loix has made history on his home event by becoming the only person to win the Belgium Ypres Rally five times. Loix’s resounding success saw him lead from the opening day in order to clinch a dominant victory.

The third round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge takes place on the Ypres Rally in Belgium, one of Europe’s most classic and best-known events. The rally also marks the first round of the IRC to be held on asphalt this year – but the Belgian event is far from a...

Successful tarmac test of the new Škoda Fabia Super 2000. Besides experienced test drivers Jan Kopecký and Raimund Baumschlager, the team recently testing the competition version of the Fabia Super 2000 in Austria included two times world champion Carlos Sainz.

Peugeot Italy driver Luca Rossetti has maintained his 100% success rate on the IRC by winning the Vodafone Rally de Portugal. This marks Rossetti’s fourth victory on the IRC (following on from Ypres and Sanremo in 2007, as well as Istanbul this year) from four participations and makes the...

This weekend’s Ordnance Survey Rally of the Lakes saw Brendan Cumiskey and co-driver Conor Foley win round three of the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge Ireland in spectacular style, when they stormed through the final stage of the Killarney-based classic snatching victory from the...

Round two of this year’s IRC takes place on the Rally Portugal, which is based in the Algarve city of Faro. The rally also contains the most impressive entry list yet to be seen on an IRC event, with former World Champion Didier Auriol amongst the leading entries and two-time World Champion...

Peugeot Italia driver Luca Rossetti has maintained his 100% success rate in the IRC by taking three victories from three participations in the series. Rossetti, who won in Ypres and Sanremo last year, now adds the Istanbul Rally to his list of victories. Although it was only his fifth gravel rally,...

Former Word Rally Champion Didier Auriol and Former Junior World Rally Champion Dani Sola have both confirmed outings in the 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge in Fiat Grande Punto S2000's

Next weekend’s Quality Hotels West Cork Rally hosts the second round of the Irish Mitsubishi Raliart Evolution Challenge, which sees eight of the ten registered Evo Challenge contenders entered for this highly popular event, which is also a round of the national Irish Tarmac Championship....

The 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge is starting to take shape with the Kronos Peugeot and Fiat Abarth driver line-ups being announced. With 6 weeks to go for the season opener in Turkey the competition is looking even more fierce than last year.

The IRC will host a two-wheel drive cup this season, in order to reward participants who choose to compete on the series in two-wheel drive cars. This initiative has come about to provide greater recognition for manufacturers of two-wheel drive cars within the IRC series, some of whom already...

Škoda Auto has started testing the first prototype of the Škoda Fabia Super 2000 today. Designed to be used in the Super 2000 category, the vehicle is based on the second-generation Fabia.