Subaru World Rally Team drivers Chris Atkinson and Stephane Prevot finished Rally New Zealand fourth today, after a thrilling battle with Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala that went right to the line. The stunning coastline around Raglan was the setting for a nail-biting final leg, which started with Atkinson 10 seconds adrift...

Two weeks after the smooth asphalt of Germany, the WRC returns to gravel once more for the 37th Rally New Zealand. The stunning gravel roads of Hamilton are like rollercoasters that carve through the lush green countryside of the North Island. Heavily cambered, they favour the brave, and speed comes with flat-out commitment...

Petter Solberg finished sixth on Rally Germany today, claiming three points in the FIA championship for drivers and four in the manufacturers’ contest. After a difficult start to the rally, Solberg ended the event in excellent form, and traded times with the quickest drivers on the day’s five stages...

Just two weeks after a flat-out blast through the forests of Finland, the Subaru World Rally Team is heading south to an equally tough, but vastly different challenge. Nineteen stages will take competitors along 356.27 competitive kilometres of asphalt roads in the Mosel region in western Germany…

Subaru’s Chris Atkinson and his co-driver Stephane Prevot completed Rally Finland in fourth place today. On only his fourth attempt at the notoriously tricky event, the 27-year-old Australian got off to an excellent start when he set the fastest time on Thursday’s first stage and kept a consistent and rapid pace...

Next month in Frankfurt, we’ll all get our first looks at Subaru’s new WRC car in the form of the Subaru WRC Concept. The automaker will have driver Petter Solberg on hand for the introduction of the racer, which for all intents and purposes shows us what the next-gen Impreza WRC car will look like…

Subaru World Rally Team’s number one co-driver Phil Mills goes over the upcoming Rally Finland stages
SS1 & SS11 Killeri – 2.06km Finland’s Superspecial is based on an oval horse trotting track close to Jyvaskyla. Of all the Superspecials we do this one isn’t the most demanding...

Today in Finland Spaniard Xavier Pons successfully completed the pre-rally shakedown of his WRC2007 car, marking the first time he has driven his new machine during a rally event, having joined the Subaru World Rally Team during the season break after the Acropolis Rally...

After a two-month break, the World Rally Championship is about to resume, and the Subaru World Rally Team will be busier than ever as it prepares to field three cars for the first time this season. Joining Petter Solberg/Phil Mills and Chris Atkinson/Stephane Prevot behind the wheel of Subaru Impreza WRC2007s will be Xavier Pons/Xavier Amigo, the Spanish pair making their debut for the Japanese manufacturer...

Right, our first question concerns Xavier, the first name you both share. How should we pronounce it correctly?
XP – “It’s pronounced ‘sh-hav-vee-air’ but actually I prefer the shortened form, Xevi, which is pronounced ‘She-vee’, that’s good for me.”
XA – “Me too, it’s a bit like the name Philip or Phil – I prefer the shorter form Xevi too...”