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The Frenchman admits the new world champion's decision to leave Toyota was a surprise, but he's focusing his energies on working alongside his childhood hero Makinen. Motorsport.com revealed Tanak would leave Toyota bound for Hyundai in October after the Estonian was unable to agree terms to extend his two-year stay in a Yaris WRC. Asked how he intended to survive his season with Toyota ...Keep reading View the full article

Our fleet of new trucks and SUVs conquered the snowy, muddy, rutted hillclimbs on Day 4 of Four Wheeler’s Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2020. The Pickup Trucks and SUVs We tested three SUVs (Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, eTorque V-6; Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, EcoDiesel; Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE P3600) and eight View the full article

The Tommi Makinen-led Toyota Gazoo Racing project entered the third year of the marque’s return to the World Rally Championship in 2019 but proved to be the benchmark in the world’s top rally series in the hands of Estonian star Tanak. Tanak, who has won the Rally Driver of the Year award tonight, guided the Yaris to six wins from the 13 rallies run this season, beating Hyundai-backed ...Keep reading View the full article

Tanak took his first WRC title in 2019 - before then making a shock switch to Hyundai for his title defence next year - managing the impressive feat of preventing Sebastien Ogier from taking seven crowns in a row. Winning the Rally Driver of the Year award means Tanak also ends Ogier's dominance of the award, the Frenchman having won the last six. The Toyota driver won six of the 12 rounds ...Keep reading View the full article

Tanak made a shock switch to Hyundai on a two-year deal after wrapping up this year's WRC crown for Toyota, and had his first taste of the car in which he'll attempt to defend his title on Thursday in the French Alps. The Estonian, who joins Thierry Neuville, Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo at Hyundai for 2020, says he is already convinced that he'll be in a position to fight for the top prize ...Keep reading View the full article

After more than a year of work, NASCAR unveiled its new sponsor model for its Cup Series this week, highlighted by the announcement of four ‘premier partners’ – Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO and Xfinity – that will provide the cornerstone of interaction with race fans. Each company will be expanding on an already existing relationship with NASCAR, including the addition of race ...Keep reading View the full article

Ferrari endured a run of headaches in 2019, with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc clashing over slipstream assistance at Monza, team orders in Singapore and Russia, and then crashing into each other in Brazil. Speaking ahead of the FIA Prize Gala in Paris, Alonso laughed off a suggestion that he had a reputation for being ‘self-centered’ “I think the reputation is always one thing ...Keep reading View the full article

Many off-road shops host events for their customers and suppliers. Maybe they throw a barbeque lunch at their shop, or put on a car show, or have an RTI ramp. By contrast, Roco 4×4’s annual Roco Adventure Week (RAW) started with skydiving and only got more interesting from there. Roco 4×4 staff, customers, and suppliers—such View the full article

If you’ve been tuning into youtube.com/user/MotorTrend each day during Ultimate Adventure Week on Motor Trend’s YouTube channel you watched as UA2019 made it safely out of the Stampede Trail and back to camp at midnight. But while morning brought the daylight, it didn’t bring a break in the action. The morning of Day 6 saw View the full article

Meeke joined Toyota for the 2019 WRC season alongside Jari-Matti Latvala and Hyundai-bound Ott Tanak, after being dropped by Citroen part-way through the 2018 season. In his single season with the Japanese manufacturer, Meeke scored points on all but three rounds and made the podium with a second-place finish in Germany. He and co-driver Seb Marshall finished sixth in the championship, four ...Keep reading View the full article

Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, was named winner of the 2019 National Motorsports Press Association most popular driver award presented by Hooters. The award is the second consecutive of his five-year Cup Series career. The 24-year old native of Dawsonville, Ga. was named through 39 percent of the votes cast by fans. His father, 1988 Cup Series champion Bill ...Keep reading View the full article

Russo and Steele Automobile Auctions is auctioning an ultra-rare 1962 Meyers Manx Dune Buggy in January. The vehicle is one of the first produced by Bruce Meyers that fueled the dune buggy craze in the 1960s. “This is the ‘holy grail’ in both stunning original condition, including the factory gel coat, in the most desirable View the full article

Chase Elliott won NASCAR's most popular driver award for the second consecutive year View the full article

Driving the pickup trucks and SUVs in the sand dunes during Four Wheeler’s 2020 Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year test helps us learn a ton about how each vehicle handles. Though the skies were overcast and the clouds were spitting raindrops on our windshields, we headed for the sand dunes on Day 3. View the full article

Me: I’m going to drive my truck to Alaska this year for Ultimate Adventure! Editor Hazel: Yeah, lots of people are doing that. Trent already drove the Rover up to prerun the route. Me: Oh, but I’m going to drive a truck with a big-block! Editor Hazel: Yeah, the Watsons are driving their shop truck View the full article

Many are familiar with the Christopher McCandless story of Into the Wild. Well, on Episode 4 the Ultimate Adventure partially retraces his ill-fated steps and you join us on Ultimate Adventure week on Motor Trend’s YouTube channel youtube.com/user/MotorTrend. After awaking at our campsite next to a lake flanked with bear and moose track and completely View the full article

Beginning next year, the Cup Series will no longer feature the name of one entitlement sponsor for the entire season. For the past three seasons, Monster Energy has sponsored NASCAR’s premier series. In 2020, four “premier partners” – Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO and Xfinity – will constitute the cornerstone of consumer marketing and fan development initiatives surrounding the Cup ...Keep reading View the full article

The World RX schedule was published with two TBC’s at the end of October, and with the Latvian round having been announced a fortnight ago, Russia’s addition to the schedule completes the calendar. The Russian event will take place in mid-July (18 – 19) as the sixth of 11 rounds. The rallycross layout sits alongside the Hermann Tilke-designed circuit that will also host DTM for the ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR moved its annual season-ending celebration to Nashville this year View the full article

It’s Day 3 of Ultimate Adventure week on Motor Trend’s YouTube channel youtube.com/user/MotorTrend and get ready for Episode 3. With three days of trail under our tires, Ultimate Adventure was due for a road day. But it wouldn’t be Ultimate Adventure if we only drove on pavement. The group left the sleepy town of Glennallen View the full article

RCR announced this week that Alfredo will share driving duties in its No. 21 Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series next season with Myatt Snider. Alfredo, who has competed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and in Trucks the last two seasons, will drive several races in the No. 21 in 2020. His schedule will be announced at a later date. Both Snider and Alfredo are students at UNC ...Keep reading View the full article

Climbing rocks is part of how we examine the trucks and SUVs during the Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2020 tests at Four Wheeler. After lining up the SUVs for a sunrise photoshoot against the snowy and jagged Sierra Nevadas, we joined the eight trucks and proceeded off the pavement. The Pickup Trucks View the full article

The most notable change is the promotion of crew chief Mike Shiplett to the No. 41 team from its Xfinity Series program. SHR already announced Xfinity driver Cole Custer would move to the No. 41 next season and now his crew chief will come with him. Custer and Shiplett amassed a career-high seven wins and six poles with a runner-up finish in the championship standings in 2019. Crew chiefs ...Keep reading View the full article

Citroen Racing has told Motorsport.com it won't run the cars itself - the Versailles team's only rally commitment moving forward is with its customer programme C3 R5-class car - but there's nothing to stop the World Rally Cars being used by private teams. Citroen team principal Pierre Budar said: "[To see the cars compete next year] the most likely option is for the cars to be sold or run by a ...Keep reading View the full article

Ford is feeding Bronco fever with an exclusive store on Amazon. There is plenty of pent-up demand for the 2020 Bronco, which is slated to make a world premiere in the spring. Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Ford has a new store available with plenty of Bronco-themed merchandise. The new Ford Bronco View the full article