Posted Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 9:26pm
Subaru left the World Rally Championship all the way back in 2008, citing financial downturn as the reason the company would wind down its signature racing program. The brand has participated in American rally since, but it has not been involved in European professional racing over the past decade and a half. According to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, that may finally change.
In an interview conducted at a service park ahead of the Acropolis Rally Greece, Ben Sulayem told rallying news outlet Dirtfish that Subaru’s name came up when the FIA president and former Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda were discussing brands that could enter the World Rally Championship in the future. Ben Sulayem noted that Toyota owns a stake in Subaru and could help provide an engine to get them into the series, eliminating an apparent major roadblock.
