Robert Kubica rolled his Citroën DS3 WRC out on Friday in the ES4 of Rally Wales Great-Britain, the pole and his codriver being reported inunjured.
The Pole, who was making his debuts aboard a WRC car, was standing in seventh position following the three special stages helded on Thursday evening. The former F1 driver and his new co-driver Michele Ferrara went off the road in ES4, in the very first special stage of the day.
Although both men escaped unhurt from the accident, the car was too badly damaged to continue the day. Citroën still did not announced wether Kubica will be at the start of Saturday's stages.
 |
| Photo: Twitter |
On November 15th, 1977, Ford built its 100 millionth vehicle in the U.S. at the Mahwah assembly plant in New Jersey. The milestone car was a 1978 Ford Fairmont Sedan, which replaced the outgoing Maverick.
The Fairmont was initially available in several body styles, with a choice of 4- to 8-cylinder engines. The most popular model turned out to be the Fairmont Sporty Coupe with its quadruple headlights. It was renamed Fairmont Futura Sport in 1979.
The Fairmont range ended four years later, just as the 1984 Ford Tempo made its debut.
Sources: Safran Arts and Wikipedia
 |
| Ford Fairmont 1978. (Photo: Ford) |
From press release
Sebastien Ogier won two of Thursday's three stages to lead Wales Rally GB by 3.2sec from Thierry Neuville as cars returned to the rally base in Deeside after a short and sharp opening leg.
Following the start in Conwy, Ogier stamped his authority on the rally by winning the Gwydyr and Penmachno tests in his Volkswagen Polo R. However, Neuville hit back in Clocaenog to post fastest time in his Ford Fiesta RS.
Heavy rain and strong winds on Thursday morning brought testing conditions in qualifying but Ogier was fastest. The Frenchman, wary of just how slippery the gravel tracks in the north Wales forests would be from first in the start order, opted to start second and it paid dividends.
 |
| Sebastien Ogier, Volkswagen Polo-R WRC. (Photo: WRC) |
Neuville flirted with disaster in the opening stage when he slid into a ditch and then hit a huge rock in the second stage which flung his car into the air.
Jari-Matti Latvala was brave enough to opt for first in the running order in his Polo R. The Finn was second fastest in both opening stages but dropped 3.4sec with third fastest in Clocaenog and ended the night 5.2sec behind his team-mate in third.
Mikko Hirvonen is fourth in a Citroen DS3, 16.2sec off the lead. The Finn twice slid wide in the opening test and admitted the lack of a pre-event test hadn't helped his cause. “The car feels OK, but it could be better, but I'm not sure which way to go with any changes,” he said.
Despite struggling with gearchange issues, Mads Ostberg is fifth in a Fiesta RS and the Norwegian lies 3.1sec ahead of fellow countryman Andreas Mikkelsen. Strong times from Mikkelsen in the first and last stages were offset by a poor second test when he couldn't absorb all the detail from his pace notes.
Robert Kubica is seventh on his World Rally Car debut, the Pole opting for caution as he comes to terms with a new car, a new co-driver, pace notes in Italian and his first time on slippery gravel stages in the dark.
Subaru and Toyota are in talks to halt production of the Toyota Camry sedan at Subaru's Indiana assembly plant, likely timed to the introduction of the nameplate's next generation.
Jaguar ranks first among luxury brands and Mini topped all nonluxury brands in an annual survey of customer satisfaction with the dealership sales experience, an annual survey released today found.
Jaguar ranks first among luxury brands and Mini topped all nonluxury brands in an annual survey of customer satisfaction with the dealership sales experience, an annual survey released today found.
U.S. regulators may relax some auto-safety requirements on manufacturers that voluntarily install technology preventing cars from starting unless occupants are wearing seat belts.
Ford said it will protect its Ford script and oval logo from use by supporters of embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
Flat fees aren't the only way auto lenders can pay dealers for arranging car loans without a risk of racial bias, top officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said today.
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson believes his successor should be a "change agent" who can guard against any complacency that could allow the automaker to slip back into bad habits, he said during an interview this week.
Our first instinct upon seeing this Volvo Trucks ad starring Jean-Claude Van Damme was to marvel, mouth slightly agape.
Sollers - a Ford JV partner in Russia posted a RUB637.3m net profit in January-September against a RUB1.07bn net loss in the same period a year ago, the company told Prime News.
The number of highway deaths in the United States during 2012 rose 3 percent to 33,561 -- an increase of 1,082 deaths compared with a year ago -- while the number of people killed in distracted-affected crashes slightly decreased.
Toyota doesn't expect to sell as many cars in Germany as it originally hoped this year as it has failed to keep up with demand for its hybrid-powered cars in the country, an executive told a German paper.
While American teenagers were cruising around in finned interstate crushers, Europeans of all ages were discovering the wonder of automobile ownership thanks to the tiny, affordable Fiat Nuova 500, introduced to a car-hungry public in 1957.
A few days ago, we asked you if you would be
News
14 Nov, 2013
The petrol-electric BMW i8 will cost from £99,895 when sales begin in July next year
The latest auto news, reviews, prices, product and vehicle releases. 
