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Posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 10:51pm
Subaru is overhauling its performance car lineup. We’ve already seen the next-gen BRZ. Next up is its more hirsute, all-wheel-drive older brother, the WRX and WRX STI. Subaru Australia (as spotted by Motor1) addressed the upcoming STI and WRX while celebrating the delivery of the 10,000th WRX STI in the country, saying that it is “certain to push the performance and technological boundaries still further.” Read More →
Posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:53pm
The comedian, actor, writer and producer was on Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, to promote the latest animation she’s worked on, Soul. On the occasion, she delivered a very interesting bit about herself, namely how she’d never owned a car until this year and how her first choice was what you could (and she does) call a “Karen car.” Or maybe it’s spelled a “Car-en”? Read More →
Posted Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 10:47pm
Easily the weakest point of the first-generation Subaru BRZ (Toyota 86) was its engine. Its 2.0-liter flat-four wasn’t just prone to early failure; it was also gutless, which many hoped Subaru would address with a higher-performing turbo model. They were let down when the BRZ tS was announced sans more power and partially disappointed again when the 2022 BRZ was revealed, with more displacement and a smidgen more power, but still not as much as… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 10:20pm
The Subaru Crosstrek is a sensible, high-riding Impreza that can be moderately enjoyable to live with, so long as you opt for the six-speed manual and not the CVT model. What it isn’t — at least not normally, anyway — is a rally car. However, the Crosstrek does in fact have a bit of a sporting pedigree, as it turns out. Back in 2016, Vermont SportsCar built a Crosstrek rally car for Subaru Rally Team… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 10:15pm
Subaru Europe confirms it is launching an EV and word is the world will see it before the end of 2021. The company said it is a mid-size SUV “similar in size to the Subaru Forester model.” It will be built on a platform shared with Toyota, the company said. Subaru had previously planned for its first electric car to be based on an existing model built on its own Global Platform, but decided to… Read More →
Posted Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:17pm
Are you sick of watching very fast cars hit their top speed on the Autobahn? Well, do we have the antidote for you. The wildly popular Subaru Crosstrek may offer customers a versatile SUV, but when it comes to on-road speed it struggles. So how long does it take for a diesel Subaru Crosstrek to reach 130mph on the Autobahn? Read More →
Posted Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 10:16pm
Looking to expand your skills in the world of stage rally? Well, we have just the car. The Open-class Subaru Impreza WRX STI Travis Pastrana raced as recently as 2015 is up for sale through Vermont Sportscar, the very firm that built it. You should buy it. Read More →
Posted Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 10:13pm
The current Subaru WRX and WRX STI have been with us for a good long while now—seven model years, to be exact. Over the course of this time, we’ve seen a number of special editions, including the all-conquering S209 (the formerly JDM-only special). But the base cars themselves have been given only incremental improvements—not to mention a small facelift for 2018. For 2021, the WRX and WRX STI live on for what should amount to… Read More →
Posted Friday, December 11, 2020 at 10:10pm
Audio tech platform developer DSP Concepts has picked up a $3 million investment from the Subaru-SBI Innovation Fund. The Californian startup, best known for the Audio Weaver embedded audio software platform. has now raised a total of $28.4 million, including a $14.5 million round led by Taiwania Capital from February. Audio Weaver acts as the base layer for companies to design an audio processing system. The platform enables developers to merge multiple software modules and… Read More →
Posted Friday, December 11, 2020 at 10:09pm
The Subaru Levorg has been named Japan Car of the Year 2020-2021 by a panel of 60 jurors. Surprised? Don’t be, because the Japanese know a good car when they see one. The problem is, you may not have seen one. Despite being on sale in the UK since 2015, the Subaru Levorg remains a rare sight in the UK, with buyers failing to embrace the all-wheel-drive estate car. Around 500 units have been sold… Read More →
