Loeb dominated in the mountains of Cordoba

The Citroen driver, also the first to register seven wins in a season, dominated the race.

He took a massive 32.7 second lead over Peugeot's Marcus Gronholm into the 6.2km of timed super-special stages.

The world champion made no mistake in the final section to leave Gronholm in second and Petter Solberg in third.

Loeb was in jubilant mood after his heroics.

"A record seven wins in a year and six in a row, that has made me really happy," he enthused.

"The conditions here were really tough with ice and snow. They made it a very difficult victory."

British driver Mark Higgins, who came home in 18th place, was disqualified after the rally finished.

The Subaru driver was punished for an illegal intervention by his mechanics on the final day of the rally.

Rally of Argentina result:
1 Sebastien Loeb (Fr) Citroen 3hr 55min 36.4secs
2 Marcus Gronholm (Fin) Peugeot @ 26.1secs
3 Petter Solberg (Nor) Subaru @ 1:05.34
4 Toni Gardemeister (Fin) Ford @2:38.0
5 Harri Rovanpera (Fin) Mitsubishi @ 2:43.6
6 Markko Martin (Est) Peugeot @ 4:22.2
7 Francois Duval (Bel) Citroen @ 5:29.1
8 Manfred Stohl (Aut) Citro�n @ 5:42.9