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Posted Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 10:25pm
There was one place to find an all-encompassing motorsport heaven last weekend: the third annual Velocity Invitational at Laguna Seca. This year, alongside countless loud and legendary road vehicles, roared our very own historic rally cars. Steve Rimmer, owner of DirtFish, brought six beasts out to play: the Peugeot 206 WRC, Ford Fiesta Pikes Peak car, MG Metro 6R4, Travis Pastrana’s Subaru Impreza WRX STi, Tommi Mäkinen’s Subaru Impreza WRC2002, and a Lancia Rally 037… Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 10:24pm
The Alcan 5000 combines long-distance road-tripping with time-speed-distance rally competition. It also means you need to bring the right car for the job. The cars of the Alcan 5000 are as diverse as the people who enter. From sports cars to pickup trucks, modern crossovers to classic Minis, each team chooses a different tool for the job. This year a total of 43 vehicles started the rally in Kirkland, WA. That included 26 four-wheeled vehicles… Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 10:22pm
The Alcan 5000 Rally might not be what you think of when you think of rallying a car. It’s not an event chocked full of sideways-sliding Subarus or overpowered hatchbacks catching air over hills as hundreds of fans gaze as rabid drivers hurtle through the woods in search of the fastest stage of a gravel rally. No. That’s stage rally. The Alcan 5000 is a time-speed-distance (TSD) rally, and it’s a really long one. Try… Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 10:19pm
Subaru aims to develop self-driving technology by 2025 that can pilot a car even when its data connection is lost, Nikkei has learned. The Japanese automaker envisions servers constantly collecting data on a car’s position to predict the vehicle’s course up to roughly 10 seconds down the road. These predictions are fed back to the car and used to control speed and direction if the data connection is interrupted, people familiar with company’s plans said.… Read More →
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 →
