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Posted Monday, December 20, 2021 at 11:15pm
Few environments are better suited to shake down a new Subaru WRX than California’s redwood country. These are the slick, pucker-worthy conditions, where this rally-bred sports sedan, rooted in the promise of confidence in any and every road condition, is meant to thrive. And thrive it does. Subaru uncovered its fifth-generation WRX back in September, revealing a familiar, carefully iterated package. There’s a turbocharged boxer-four upfront, six-speed manual or optional CVT (called the Subaru Performance… Read More →
Posted Monday, December 20, 2021 at 11:09pm
The 2022 Subaru WRX is a new car with a new platform, a new engine and new sheetmetal, though it may not seem so at first glance. The broad strokes and even many of the specs stick so closely to the WRX’s established formula that you’d be forgiven for thinking this is just an evolution of the previous car, rather than a total overhaul. Read More →
Posted Friday, December 17, 2021 at 5:36pm
About 136,000 years ago, the island of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean flooded, wiping out the Aldabra rail, the species of flightless bird that lived there. Eventually, dry land reemerged, and the Aldabra’s winged progenitor, the white-throated rail, flew back. And then, over another 20,000 years or so, those birds gradually lost their wings—there are no predators on the island—and the Aldabra rail evolved, independently, all over again. If you’re patient, we’ll explain what this… Read More →
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:18pm
The Subaru Impreza S5-S6 WRC, the original Subaru World Rally Car, was known for performing handsomely on the World Rally Championship’s stages and has done so too in our poll to find your favorite World Rally Car – taking second spot. It couldn’t live with the astronomically popular winner, but the S5-S6 scored more than double the votes of the third placed Volkswagen Polo R WRC, and was even more impressive in a Subaru context,… Read More →
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:17pm
As sports cars become faster and faster, it gets harder to enjoy their abilities on public roads. Most of today’s sports cars don’t even get to be any fun until you’re nearly scaring yourself to death. Spare a thought for your terrified, unwitting passenger. The redesigned 2022 Subaru BRZ is different. Not only is it amazingly capable, but the fun is accessible at legal speeds. The new BRZ has something for drivers of all skill… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 11:06pm
If Nitro Rallycross seems familiar that’s because it was an event as part of the Nitro World Series starting in 2018, but now is its own thing! This sort of Rallycross stands apart from anything we’ve seen so far and stays true to its roots in America, as it is fast, loud, casual, and made for just about anybody! Low cost of entry, races all over the States, and ties to other sports including halftime… Read More →
Posted Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 9:43pm
Tommi Mäkinen hadn’t seen this one coming. He should have. But he didn’t. There he was, trying not to get his nice gold boots dirty in a very wet, very Welsh field, when a near delirious Norwegian landed in his arms. And stayed there. That was one very special Sunday for Subaru. Even more so for Petter Solberg. The 28-year-old from Spydeberg was world rally champion. His life had already evolved quite considerably from racing… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:15pm
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but there are Subarus everywhere you look. They’re lifted, heavily cladded, equipped with standard all-wheel drive; in other words, they’re the perfect car for people who live where it can get a bit snowy and muddy, or those who like the idea of going to such a place. The smallest of the automaker’s lifted, hatchback-like SUVs is the 2021 Subaru Crosstrek. The things are ubiquitous. And there… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:14pm
You don’t need to know the new 2022 Subaru BRZ’s 0-60-mph time, and there’s no reason to worry about the car’s skidpad grip. We tested both the manual and automatic transmission versions, but you shouldn’t care about those results, either. Contextualizing it by numbers misses the point. Rather, you should judge the BRZ by how it feels—how it connects you to every detail in the asphalt, in every corner, on any road. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 10:48pm
Well that was quite the finale, wasn’t it? Travis Pastrana is the 2021 Nitro Rallycross series champion after finishing fourth in the final round at the Florida International Rally and Motorsports Park level on points with Subaru Motorsports USA team-mate Scott Speed – ahead courtesy of his greater number of victories. But how does the field stack up from our perspective? For the final time this year, here’s the DirtFish Nitro Rallycross Power Rankings. Read More →
