Ott Tanak said the pace of M-Sport's design for the 2017 World Rally Championship has taken him by surprise.The Estonian drove the latest specification of the prototype 2017 Ford Fiesta RS WRC – based on the all-new road-going chassis – complete with its more comprehensive aerodynamic package in Spain earlier...

Hyundai is set to keep an unchanged driver line-up for the 2017 World Rally Championship, with a new deal for Thierry Neuville expected to be announced soon.Hayden Paddon has an existing contract for next year and Dani Sordo confirmed he would remain in an i20 WRC in 2017 shortly after...

Citroen has finally named its 2017 World Rally Championship challenger as the C3 WRC, and released more imagery and a video (below) of the car taking shape.The C3 WRC concept car will be shown to the public at next month's Paris Motor Show and is a clear indication of the...

Kris Meeke says his Rally Finland win ranks second only to becoming World Rally champion among his career goals.Meeke became the first Briton to take victory in the WRC's most famous gravel event with a dominant performance for the PH Sport-run Citroen team last weekend."For a WRC driver, winning Rally...

Volkswagen has become the first manufacturer to release an official image of its 2017 World Rally Car. The illustration of the next generation Polo R WRC was issued by the German manufacturer on Tuesday.Testing with this car is understood to be imminent, with an initial roll-out being carried out in...

Volkswagen's future in the World Rally Championship has been reconfirmed until the end of 2019 despite recent upheaval at the company.The Volkswagen Group board signed off on the German firm's long-term agreement to stay in the WRC last year, but the company's recent emissions scandal – and subsequent departure of...

Marcus Gronholm drove Volkswagen's 2017 Polo R WRC mule for three days on asphalt in France last week. The Finn was testing in classic Monte Carlo stages around Roquesteron and Col de Bleine in the German firm's first asphalt development running of its next-generation machine.Volkswagen's technical project leader Francois-Xavier Demaison...