Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:58am
nching forward in heavy traffic toward the ski slopes of Niigata, Japan, Tomohiro Azuma cursed as the car in front stopped suddenly, forcing him to slam on the brakes of his Subaru Legacy. “There was a voice in my head saying, ‘Damn, too late!’” Azuma, 46, said of the near-collision in February. “Then my car stopped with a jerk and for a moment I didn’t know what had happened.” Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:56am
If you think Subaru plans to stay a small automaker, the recent announcement today could change that in the future. Last year when Subaru introduced the 2014 Forester at the 2012 Guangzhou International Motor Show it was at a time when its rivals Toyota and Honda had shut down plants in China due to a territorial dispute between Asia’s two largest economies. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:51am
It’s no secret that rally cars – even WRC machines – are road legal, so that they can get from finish line to start line. But what are they like as road cars? The very English-y-named Henry Catchpole has a go in the very north of England, then at one of M-Sport’s testing days. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:46am
Top-level rally cars keep getting better and better, but unfortunately they are not getting Subaru-er. So here’s Petter Solberg testing a Subaru Impreza WRX STi WRC in Finland back in 2008. Read More →
Posted Monday, September 2, 2013 at 3:40am
It was a case of leaving the best to last and those hardened motorsport enthusiasts who braved a very chilly last day of winter and stayed for the 15-lap finale of Round Seven of Bridgestone Production Cars at Zwartkops Raceway on August 31 certainly got their money’s worth. Read More →
Posted Monday, September 2, 2013 at 3:38am
Tata Elxsi has developed an electronic control unit (ECU) for the hybrid electric vehicle of Fuji Heavy Industries’ automobile division Subaru. “The ECU on a dual-core micro-controller helps control the inter-bus communication and transmits information between the networks in the hybrid vehicle,” Tata group’s design firm said in a statement here Monday. Read More →
Posted Monday, September 2, 2013 at 3:36am
If there was an organization or agency that chose an Official Vehicle of New England Recreation, the group would have an easy job. Members could anoint the Subaru Forester, dust off their lapels and head on home to supper. Read More →
Posted Monday, September 2, 2013 at 3:35am
Two weeks ago, Noah Hughes and a buddy were kayaking down the Tuolumne River from Meral’s Pool in the Tuolumne Canyon when he noticed a small plume of smoke. Hughes, an instructor of oceanography and meteorology at Modesto Junior College, had no way of knowing that he was seeing the start of the Rim fire, which would grow to 222,777 acres as of Saturday afternoon. The fire now stands fourth on the list of biggest… Read More →
Posted Friday, August 30, 2013 at 3:18am
Co-driving is like being the drummer in a rock band. Often forgotten and overlooked, sitting in the shadow of the lead singer, but without a good drummer to keep the beat the whole song falls apart. This analogy not only applies to the pace notes, but actually holds true for the rally as a whole. From the start of the concert [day] when the drummer [co-driver] raises his drumsticks [pillow] over his head and knocks… Read More →
Posted Friday, August 30, 2013 at 3:12am
The 2014 Subaru Forester has received the top safety rating from both the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and more recently the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). After scoring the top rating in the nation’s top two safety tests, the Forester is – on paper at least – one of the safest cars on the road today. Read More →
