Now that's What we Would Truly Call a Rally Jump

Who said that impressive rally scenes only take place in Europe? This insanely long jump was filmed during last weekend's 2012 Rally New York. Sitting in the front seats of the Subaru Impreza STI Rally car were driver Cyril Kearney and his co-driver Mark McAlister.

While the pair made the jump unscathed, unfortunately, they crashed their car on the next stage. You will find the video right past the break.

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Subaru Impreza STI Rally Car Crashes at 225km/h but Crazy Leo Continues and Finishes Second!

After watching this video, you won't wonder why Leonid Urlichich's nickname is Crazy Leo.

At the first round of the 2012 Canadian Rally Championship at Perce-Neige, Urlichich was driving his Subaru Impreza STI flat out at 225km/h (140mph) on a snow-covered road when he gently pushed the brake pedal to slow down.

However, instead of decelerating the car started to drift and turned around hitting a tree (fortunately with the rear end) at high speed. Despite the tremendous impact, Crazy Leo continued and managed to finish in second place! Watch the two clips right below the jump.

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Killing Machine: 1973 VW Beetle with a Subaru WRX STI 2.0-liter Turbo Engine

If you believe that even with its run-of-the-mill 44bhp 1.3-liter air-cooled engine, the 1970's Volkswagen Beetle is a tough car to handle on the road, then you can only imagine what it would be like to try and control a Bug fitted with the zappy 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer engine from a Subaru Impreza WRX STi…

To make matters worse, the German dealer who listed the converted Beetle STi on a Romanian car sales website called 'Webcar' doesn’t mention anything about suspension upgrades.

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