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Subaru Motors comes back in the world of the rally races, due to its official involve in IRC
Subaru Motors comes back in rally. Not in WRC, but in International Rally Challenge (IRC). IRC is the competition promoted by Eurosport Events and its popularity in the past years have enormously increased.
Subaru officially announced that they will enroll for IRC to keep the their racing division, via the N Group Subaru Impreza.
IRC was founded in 2007 and its calendar includes well known races like Monte Carlo Rally or Safari Rally.

In IRC we are able to see N Group and S2000 Class cars.
IRC 2010 Calendar:
19 – 23 January: Rallye Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
5 – 7 March: Rally Internacional de Curitiba (Brazil)
19 – 21 March: Rally Argentina (Argentina)
4 – 6 June: Rally d’Italia Sardegna (Italy)
24 – 26 June: Belgium Ypres Rally (Belgium)
15 – 17 July: Sata Rakky Acores (Portugal)
5 – 7 August: Rally Vinho Madeira (Portugal)
27 – 29 August: Barum Czech
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Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen brands hold the firs positions in a US classification of the new safe cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Association awarded the “maximum safety” prize for the next year to 19 regular cars and eight SUVs. The association reduced the number of the “winners” compared to 2009 because of the rough requirements regarding the roof safety introduced this year. Ford Motors and its subsidiary Volvo gathered the most awards – six – compared to the five award the Japanese from Subaru received, to the Germans from Volkswagen and to the General Motors Americans.
Toyota, BMW, Mazda and Mitsubishi were not included in the top.

Ford, awarded especially for Volv0 S80, C30 and Taurus, highlighted in a press release that he commits himself to offer the Ford customers “safe cars that can cope with most kinds of car accidents,” Associated Press informs.

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