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Posted Friday, October 21, 2022 at 10:17pm
In comparing the 2023 Subaru Solterra and the 2022 Tesla Model Y, one could perceive the Tesla as having the upper hand. The reason? Tesla has built and marketed electric vehicles (EVs) for nearly two decades, while the Solterra is Subaru’s first attempt at a mass-market EV. But in this effort, Subaru enlisted the help of another major automaker—Toyota—one of the biggest carmakers in the world. Subaru and Toyota have previously collaborated on vehicle projects,… Read More →
Posted Friday, October 21, 2022 at 10:15pm
Former World Rally Championship star Alister McRae has praised last week’s Velocity Invitational event in America. Based at California’s Laguna Seca circuit, DirtFish provided rally action to sit alongside a fleet of Formula 1 cars driven by star names like Mario Andretti and Mika Häkkinen.ormer World Rally Championship star Alister McRae has praised last week’s Velocity Invitational event in America. Based at California’s Laguna Seca circuit, DirtFish provided rally action to sit alongside a fleet… Read More →
Posted Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 10:03pm
Subaru brought in top awards for three of its cars from a major vehicle safety agency. The Japanese automaker added three more cars with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) top designation of Top Safety Pick+: the 2022 WRX sports sedan, 2023 Outback wagon and 2023 Legacy sedan. Read More →
Posted Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 10:02pm
Legacy earned an IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK award for 17 consecutive years For 14 years running, Outback is an IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK The WRX sports car (equipped with EyeSight) secured an IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ award for the first time All three vehicles achieved a ‘Superior’ rating in front crash prevention (when equipped with EyeSight) Nine Subaru models have received a 2022 IIHS TSP+ award Subaru has earned more IIHS TSP+ awards than any… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:01pm
As it turns out, Subaru can still win a rally race. Despite the death of the WRX STI, Subaru has proved it’s not done with the platform yet. With road-going Subaru performance cars now limited to just the Subaru WRX and the BRZ, the STI name is gone for now. Despite that, it still carries some weight in the motorsports community, with Subaru winning the 2022 American Rally Association (ARA) championship. On top of that,… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 9:59pm
Brandon Semenuk made history last weekend when he won his first ARA Presented by DirtFish National Championship, but there was one person quite possibly more excited about Semenuk’s win than himself. And that’s his team-mate, Travis Pastrana. Pastrana has been extremely vocal about his support of Semenuk over the past few years, often touting Semenuk’s performances over his own in DirtFish interviews. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 9:55pm
Over 26 seconds to the good, fresh from doubling his lead on the previous stage, things were looking fantastic for Ken Block last Friday. Right up until the moment they weren’t. Caught out by patches of mud over a crest in exceptionally filthy conditions, Block slid off the road and into the trees – damaging his Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC beyond repair. A fourth Lake Superior Performance Rally win? Gone. But more than that, he’d… Read More →
Posted Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:54pm
Brandon Semenuk has won the 2022 ARA presented by DirtFish National championship, claiming his first national title. Semenuk entered the rally behind Ken Block in the championship, but life was made a lot easier for him after Ken Block crashed on Friday’s penultimate stage. It was initially expected that Block would restart on Saturday, but that didn’t happen after it was discovered that the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC had suffered significant damage to the suspension,… Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 9:44pm
Yahoo Finance’s Rick Newman and Pras Subramanian test the all-new Subaru BRZ, and old-school sports car that still delivers in a time when everyone is going electric. Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 9:43pm
Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino are OK after crashing out of a crucial lead during the first day of the 2022 Lake Superior Performance Rally. Block, who led the first six stages of the rally, had managed to put nearly 25 seconds between himself and second place Brandon Semenuk before an off on the seventh stage took him out of the rally. The head Hoonigan in charge is leading the 2022 American Rally Association presented… Read More →
