If you ask me, Alfa can’t get back into the North American market quick enough. Why? Well check out this car here. This would be a Prodrive modified version of Alfa Romeo’s stunning Brera S 3.2 that has the added benefit of an Autodelta Supercharger.

So, with Fiat (Alfa’s parent company) still working on which models to bring in, I vote for this one.

Prodrive’s Limited Edition Alfa Romeo Brera S 3.2 is making its world debut at this weekend’s MPH09 Motor Show in London. The souped up Brera is based on the UK market Brera S and seems to be as stunning on the road as ti is to the eyes. A new project between Prodrive and Alfa Romeo UK, the Brera S 3.2 is a limited edition and highlights a bunch of upgrades the most noticable being a weight loss of 220 pounds, thanks to the ditching of the standard Brera V6’s Q4 all-wheel drive system and going with a front-wheel drive and a sportier suspension.

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That’s a right nice Merry Christmas for Petter Solbereg & Chris Atkinson, Subaru just fired them … OK, not fired them, but it just recently came out that Subaru has decided to not compete in the WRC (the World Rally Championship) any longer.

They site the usual reasons these days: World economic downturn.

But there’s more to it than meets the eye. See what that is, after the jump.

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And in today’s episode of “As The Camshaft turns” …

OK, as you know, Honda bailed from F1 racing with about 17 hours notice. ‘Too expensive’ they cried. ‘World economic downturn’ they moaned. Although actually it is looking more and more that getting their rear wings handed to them by the likes of Toro Rosso and Toyota had more to do with it than just plain money. Shoot, even the good crew over at Axis of Oversteer is saying that ‘BMW calls Honda girly men for quitting Formula 1′.

As they were leaving, Honda did say that if they could find a buyer, they’d be more than willing to sell the team and it’s assets (you know, little trinkets like rolling road wind tunnels and server farms you’d ordinarily find in places like Fort Mead) if anyone was interested.

‘F1 team for sale?!?!’ said Dave Richards.

There’s more, after the jump.

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Has it been a year already? The calender says so, but it seems closer, two months ago, maybe four, that the news that Colin McRae, one of the worlds great rally drivers was killed in a helicopter crash along with his son and two others.

Private aviation seems to be about as forgiving of racing greats as it is of musicians. McRae went the way of Stevie Ray Vaughn and Graham Hill and Lynyrd Skynyrd and Alan Kulwicki and nearly the same as his friend and fellow Scot David Coulthard.

McRea was a rare race driver, uncommonly brave, blindingly fast, and completely committed to his sport; committed to the point that when an offending finger of his left hand was not healing quick enough to allow him to race, he asked his doctor to amputate if it wasn’t healed by the next rally.

Spontaneously last year, McRae fans that were also Subaru owners from across Britain drove towards his hometown in memorial of his passing. They will do the same again this year this coming Saturday, August 30, led by Colin’s father, Jimmy, who will be driving his son’s famous, championship winning 555 WRC Subaru from the family home in Lanark to the Prodrive factory in Banbury, southern England.

All the reserved slots are taken, but more info can be found here and if there are any readers out there that are going, take some photos and let us know what it was like.

Godspeed Colin.

Source: Autoblog

Have you ever wondered what a Subaru would look like if the Devil redesigned it? Well, neither have I, but now we know. In the spirit of today (6/6/6,) I bring you the Prodrive P2. Ignore the “meh” name which sounds like a Playstation 2 peripheral; this thing is friggin’ awesome.

Based on a Subaru Impreza, Top Gear verified this car runs from 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds and keeps going up to 174 mph. The real amazing part of this car is it’s grip, which literally made Jeremy Clarkson vomit due to the cars computerized differentials.

Sadly, this car will never see the day of production. It is basically just a showcase of Prodrive’s technology, which has created quite a few track-bound cars.