About a year ago, Subaru broke millions of hearts around the world when it announced its withdrawal from the World Rally Championship. Time passed, wounds healed, and now, Subaru is preparing to get back into the rally game next season but this time it will be with WRC rival series – the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
This is not the first time that Subaru will be racing in the series, in fact the Japanese automaker has competed in the IRC since its inception and even won the very first IRC stage in 2007. However, Subaru was not previously registered as an official manufacturer in the series. Now, rather than field its own works team, word has it that Subaru will supply cars to privateers but will still be eligible to score points in the manufacturer’s standings for 2010.
So far, eight automakers have signed up to compete in the series next year, the teams are – Subaru, Fiat/Abarth, Honda, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Proton, Skoda and Volkswagen. Read on below for the official press release by Subaru.
Source: AutoBlog