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Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 10:37pm
I will go to my grave chanting that a Subaru WRX is not a Subaru WRX unless it has unequal length headers. Inefficient? Yes. Who cares? Sounds awesome. But I realize this is very gate-keeping of me because the all-new 2022 Subaru WRX isn’t any worse off without the noise. Today’s version of the rowdy, rally-bred, all-wheel-drive sport compact is more civil, more efficient, and claddier than ever. Longtime WRX fans may cry foul, but… Read More →
Posted Monday, February 21, 2022 at 11:03pm
SOMEWHERE, USA – On a desolate and winding road with unobstructed views in an undisclosed location in any one of four states, it did not seem necessary to verify the all-new 2022 Subaru WRX’s estimated top speed of 145 mph. Ssshhh. Don’t tell Beautiful Blonde Bride, but I got close. Hey, it wasn’t my fault. Just rolling into showrooms now, the fifth generation, Rallye-inspired sports sedan is built on Subaru’s lighter and tighter global platform,… Read More →
Posted Monday, February 21, 2022 at 8:32pm
The question every year at Snodrift is, “What will the road surface be like?” The surface may range from melting snow with mixed gravel and mud to a solid sheet of ice. This year was of the “solid sheet of ice” variety. I have been competing in this event off and on since 2002. There have been numerous years where the roads have been icy, but the year that sticks out in my mind is… Read More →
Posted Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 11:00pm
You know that squint thing that people — myself included — do when they aren’t wearing their glasses? Or the little spectacle raise and head tilt, and a potential squint, to get a better view of somethingblurry? You don’t need to do that if you’re the driver of the 2022 Subaru Ascent. Everything in the front cabin is very easy to see and labelled with big, bold letters, but I’ll get back to that in a… Read More →
Posted Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 10:55pm
Mark Piatkowski has won his first ever American Rally Association presented by DirtFish National championship event as Subaru Motorsports USA’s Brandon Semenuk retired from an eight-and-a-half minute lead with a gearbox problem on the penultimate stage of Sno*Drift Rally. Semenuk – paired with Takamoto Katsuta’s former World Rally Championship co-driver Keaton Williams for the first time – was the clear favorite for success on the 2022 ARA season opener given team-mate Travis Pastrana is still… Read More →
Posted Friday, February 18, 2022 at 10:03pm
Domestic brands failed to break the top 10 in Consumer Reports’ 2022 Brand Report Card. Subaru took the top spot, followed by Mazda, BMW, Honda, Lexus, Audi, Porsche, Mini, Toyota and Infiniti. Buick, Chrysler and Dodge ranked 11th, 13th and 16th, respectively, and represented the only domestic brands in the top half among the 32 brands in the report card released Thursday by the nonprofit consumer advocacy group. Jeep, which had reliability issues with the… Read More →
Posted Friday, February 18, 2022 at 10:02pm
The 2022 American Rally Association presented by DirtFish National Championship begins this weekend in the small town of Atlanta, Michigan for the Sno*Drift Rally. After last year’s rally was shortened to one day due to COVID restrictions, fans and competitors alike are ready to get back to normal at one of the most difficult rallies in all of North America. The one and only event to be held on snow and ice of the ARA… Read More →
Posted Friday, February 18, 2022 at 10:01pm
Love it or hate it with its extensive plastic body cladding, the new 2022 Subaru WRX is coming, and though we’ve known about its particulars for a while now, we’ve been wondering how much the thing would cost. Now, thanks to Subaru’s announcement Thursday, we know it’ll start at a perfectly reasonable $30,100. That $30,100 price tag does include Subaru’s $995 destination fee. If, for some reason, you wanted to eschew the six-speed manual transmission… Read More →
Posted Friday, February 18, 2022 at 10:01pm
Brandon Semenuk and new co-driver Keaton Williams hold a commanding lead of the 2022 Sno*Drift Rally as main rival Kyle Tilley slid backwards from an early podium place. As always Sno*Drift kicks off the American Rally Association presented by DirtFish National championship, but this year a thicker ice base than normal made the going even more demanding than usual. Semenuk, driving for Subaru Motorsports USA, was the clear favorite heading into the weekend as team-mate… Read More →
Posted Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 11:11pm
Snodrift Rally roads on recce. Oh my…this looks sketchy as hell. With no snow banks to bounce off of this will get expensive in a hurry. Tomorrow: The ice sheet of 2015 Saturday: Finishing with Bonfire Alley. Read More →
