Subaru WRC comeback: all you need to know about a possible return
What do Petter Solberg, Colin McRae and Richard Burns all have in common? As well as being giants of rallying, all three drove a Subaru Impreza WRC car at some point in their career. For an entire generation of fans, the Subaru name – and that 555 livery – is synonymous with rallying, and now one of the sports’ most iconic marques could be making a return.
‘It’s not a secret I had a good meeting with Mr Akio Toyoda, and I ask him what we can do [about enticing more manufacturers into the WRC] and I listened to someone who is passionate. And he mentioned Subaru,’ Ben Sulayem told Rally title ‘Toyota wants more competition’ the Toyota rally team’s technical director Tom Fowler told CAR at the Acropolis Rally this year. ‘Subaru has a big history of motorsport, particularly in rally. And on top of that, of course, another Japanese manufacturer to join Toyota.’
‘I see positive signs from the chairman of Toyota in convincing Subaru to come back and providing the engine, where Subaru’s issue is with the engine,’ Ben Sulayem told Dirtfish.