The Tempest name has been around for more than three decades and this year car manufacturer Suzuki adds its name to this successful event due to be held on Saturday November 8.

The Suzuki Tempest Rally will once again welcome two wheel drive and four wheel drive cars in separate rallies - a format pioneered by the organising team this year and back by popular demand.

The Tempest started life as a classic event taking competitors all over the UK. Now, it is organised by the Sutton & Cheam, Middlesex and Farnborough DMS and is based at the Rushmoor Arena in Aldershot.

Many rallying greats cut their teeth on the Tempest with the likes of RAC Winner Pentti Airikkala holding many fond memories of the southern stages. Other notables include Tony Fall and the late Tony Pond and recent World Rally Champion Richard Burns who all served worthy apprenticeships in the heart of the South.

The modern day incarnation of the Tempest will use the classic southern Forest Enterprise stages at Warren Heath and Yateley Wood. In addition, the rally ventures on to military land at Ash and Longmoor.

Years of planning have gone into work behind the scenes to ensure a cracking event and the organising team has scoured the region to secure some of the best rallying stages in the south.