RS RX the most advanced rallycross car ever created, which competed in the FIA World Rallycross Championship in 2018 and 2019. Using knowledge gained from developing the Mini, Prodrive developed a near WRC specification VW Golf to compete for the FAW-VW rally team in the Chinese Rally Championship. The car won on its debut and took both the manufacturers’ and drivers’ titles in 2015 as well as further titles in the following years In April 2015 Prodrive relocated its headquarters by the M40 motorway in Banbury to a new facility one mile south but still adjacent to the M40. This houses the Motorsport and Advanced Technology businesses. In 2016 Prodrive developed a one-off car for Subaru to set a new record lap of the Isle of Man TT circuit. The car driven by Manxman, Mark Higgins, competing the 37.7 mile circuit at an average speed of 128.671 mph smashing his previous record. The car was then used in 2017 to set a new lap record of the Nürburgring for a four-door saloon.Driven by Richie Stanaway, it recorded a time of 6:57.5. In 2018 it took on the 50 mile Transfăgărășan Highway. During the last decade Prodrive's non-motorsport activities have grown to represent the majority of the company's turnover. Its client base is very diverse and as well as many major car manufacturers includes aerospace, marine and defence businesses. It worked with the Land Rover BAR America's Cup team to develop control systems and new technology for the team's ‘flying’ catamaran. In 2016 the company also announced its plans to engineer the world's lightest folding bike to market, The Hummingbird. Motorsport Activities World Rally Championship In 1990, Prodrive began a long-standing and highly successful relationship with Subaru, forming the Subaru World Rally Team. Prodrive was tasked with running Subaru's rallying campaigns, helping them to three Drivers' and three Manufacturers' World Rally Championships (WRC). Starting out with the Subaru Legacy, they achieved minor success in the WRC with regular drivers Colin McRae and Ari Vatanen. The first Subaru victory in the WRC was by McRae in a Legacy during the 1993 Rally New Zealand. The smaller and more agile Impreza became the platform which Prodrive would be most successful within rally. Scotland's Colin McRae won the 1995 World Rally Championship for drivers, followed later by England's Richard Burns in 2001 and Norwegian Petter Solberg in 2003. All three championship Subarus were prepared