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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 →
Posted Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 11:13pm
There was a lot of excitement in the cluster of rusty, discarded FEMA trailers that forms Jalopnik’s world HQ about Hoonigan’s new Gymkhana car, styled to look like an ‘80s Subaru GL wagon. My first thought when I saw the car was, of course, to wonder if it had Subaru’s cyclopean Passing Lamp Some of our newer writers weren’t familiar with what this was, and when I showed them a picture, the telltale sound of… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 11:11pm
Subaru has confirmed that the BRZ STI, which was recently shown at the Tokyo Auto Show alongside the STI E-RA and Solterra STI concepts, could enter production later this year as a 2023 model. That’s good news for fans of the brand, but this model might have to deal with the same power as the regular model, since Subaru doesn’t plan to install a turbocharger. In fact, the brand says that the BRZ benefits from… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 11:09pm
About a month ago, Travis Pastrana was involved in a jump on a frozen lake behind the wheel of a Subaru Brat. For this video, the American stunt performer used what appeared like a stock 1984 Brat with a 1.8-liter boxer four-cylinder engine with just 73 horsepower (54 kilowatts). For his new project, though, it seems that he will be in control of much more power. In fact, we are not completely sure Pastrana will… Read More →
Posted Monday, January 17, 2022 at 11:07pm
Some automakers tout engine performance, cutting-edge technology or exclusivity to attract buyers. Japanese automaker Subaru has a different approach. In 2019 the company transformed 10,000 square feet of the Javits Convention Center in New York into a state-of-the-art immersive exhibit where Yellowstone’s Old Faithful geyser and Denali’s snowcapped peak were the focus — not the company’s sport utility vehicles. Read More →
Posted Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 11:05pm
Wvery year the carpet seemed to get thicker. More sumptuous. And more red. There was only one thing a deeper shade of red than the floor of Monaco’s Sporting d’Hiver: Tommi Mäkinen’s face. Twenty years ago this week, the four-time World Rally Champion marched up the stairs to sit in the place he least wanted to be: the post-event press conference following his second place on the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Beside him sat a… Read More →
Posted Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 11:00pm
Subaru’s motorsports division is best known for its success in rally racing, but a new concept could change that. Subaru Tecnica International (STI) just unveiled an electric race concept called the STI E-RA at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. The division’s engineers have big goals for the nearly 1,100 hp speed machine, too—they think it’s capable of conquering Nürburgring. The STI E-RA—the last three letters stand for “Electric Record Attempt”—is designed to presage a new… Read More →
Posted Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10:57pm
THE NEXT FEW years may be hard for Willy, my friend and street-motorsport consigliere. When Willy isn’t powering through a heavy-metal set list on his slack-stringed bass guitar, he is obsessing over his 2016 Subaru WRX STI: the Blue Dragon. All are warned not to touch the Blue Dragon. Don’t even look at it. Willy has immanentized his eschaton. He has spent thousands to sort out the Blue Dragon exactly the way he wants it,… Read More →
Posted Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10:54pm
It’s safe to say that the 2022 Subaru WRX hasn’t exactly had the warm reception Subaru had hoped for. Many have derided the styling and those black plastic fender flares, and the new WRX has strayed further and further from its rally car roots. There’s also the matter of the new 2.4-liter flat-four turbocharged engine, which is only 3 horsepower more powerful than before. It’s that last criticism that YouTube channel SavageGeese set out to… Read More →
