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Posted Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 9:42pm
Travis Pastrana says he is “optimistic” about making the first round of the American Rally Association presented by DirtFish National Championship, despite suffering multiple fractures in a BASE jumping accident in Florida. The reigning champion, who also won the Nitro Rallycross series in 2021, was in Florida to shoot the latest Gymkhana film with Hoonigan when the opportunity to jump from Hyatt Centric Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale arose. Pastrana deployed his parachute too late,… Read More →
Posted Friday, January 28, 2022 at 10:29pm
38-year-old action sports star and 2000 AMA 125 National Champion Travis Pastrana suffered a broken pelvis while working as a stuntman on a film being shot in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to a video on Travis Pastrana’s Instagram, it was a base jump that went bad. Something went wrong as the chute deployed later than planned. The parachute did open, but not soon enough to slow Travis’ descent. He was taken in an ambulance to… Read More →
Posted Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 10:27pm
Temporary Suspension of Production at Subaru’s Manufacturing Facilities in Japan Subaru Corporation will temporarily suspend production at its automobile manufacturing facilities in Japan due to interruptions in the supply of certain parts. Read More →
Posted Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 10:25pm
Rally driver and stunt performer Travis Pastrana was hospitalized this weekend following a base jumping stunt gone wrong in Florida. The stunt saw Pastrana jump from a Hyatt Hotel and although his parachute did unfurl, an Instagram video shows him hitting the ground with force. Fort Lauderdale Fire Chief Stephen Gollan said, per TMZ, that the injury happened on Saturday morning during a video shoot. “A stunt during that event did not go as planned… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 10:26pm
Subaru hasn’t officially sold a wagon version of its popular WRX since 2014. Sure, the Levorg, a wagon version of the Impreza with WRX power, has been available in overseas markets since 2016, but it’s just not the same. Now, a real, actual WRX wagon has finally returned… but not for America. Subaru held its launch for the new WRX in Australia today, and revealed it will be offering a “Sportswagon” version of the WRX… Read More →
Posted Monday, January 24, 2022 at 10:23pm
You’d think with the debut of the “carbon neutral era” at Subaru, the automaker would be chomping at the bit to bring you news about products to follow up its new Solterra EV SUV, or at least new variants—say, maybe a sporty STI model. Instead, if you blinked, you would have missed the fact that one such Solterra debuted during the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon. As Subaru begins its EV future with the Solterra, it’s… Read More →
Posted Friday, January 21, 2022 at 10:19pm
You missed your chance if you wanted to put in a specific order for a 2022 Subaru BRZ. On Friday, Subaru confirmed with Roadshow that its entire sold order allotment is filled. The news first made its way to the FT86 Club forum last week. “The sold order allotment was met but customers can go to a Subaru retailer to purchase a 2022 BRZ,” a spokesperson said. Subaru did not comment further when asked if… Read More →
Posted Friday, January 21, 2022 at 10:05pm
Scott’s comments: “And then there’s those of us that think driving in the winter in the midst of a snowstorm is fun..” Subaru is turning worst-case winter driving scenarios on their head with a new campaign designed to position its vehicles as some of the safest in winter conditions. “Winter is Less Scary in a Subaru” builds off of the “Welcome to the Uncommon” brand platform established by the automaker last fall. It is also… Read More →
Posted Friday, January 21, 2022 at 9:55pm
Late last year, drift maestro Ken Block—known for his viral Gymkhana Youtube series—revealed his latest toy, the all-electric Audi S1 e-tron Quattro Hoonitron, which will star in a new video called Elektrikhana coming this year. But while Block has transitioned to electric power, rally driver Travis Pastrana, who took over the Gymkhana series two years ago, is sticking with internal combustion and has unveiled his latest drift machine, a heavily modified 1983 Subaru GL wagon. Read More →
Posted Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 11:14pm
Travis Pastrana isn’t much more sane than the original Head Hoonigan In Charge, Ken Block, when it comes to vehicle ideas and builds. To fully demonstrate just how wild Pastrana is willing to go with the Hoonigans and Subaru, the team came up with this amazing looking 1983 Subaru GL wagon, the predecessor of the 2022 Subaru WRX. You better believe it’s not just a decal job on a boxy 1980s classic. Read More →
