Posted Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 9:34pm
The Subaru WRX has long been the enthusiast’s default choice for an all-weather sport compact. With rally-bred heritage, standard all-wheel drive, and potent turbocharged engines, the WRX has mastered its domain—especially since Mitsubishi vacated the space when it canned the Lancer. By that measure, the new 2022 Subaru WRX is primed for success in our 2023 Car of the Year competition. Read More →
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 9:25pm
The Subaru Impreza is entering its sixth generation with a slimmed-down lineup that pivots in its focus, dropping the Premium and Limited models and adding a new more powerful RS trim that joins the base version and the Sport. The RS receives the 182-hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine found in the Crosstrek, giving it an additional 30 horsepower and 33 pound-feet of torque compared with the other Impreza models. Read more.. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 10:30pm
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 10:24pm
Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half, and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40%. The studies released Tuesday, one by a government-auto industry partnership and the other by the insurance industry, each used crash data to make the calculations. Automatic emergency braking can stop vehicles if a crash is imminent, or slow them to reduce the severity. Read More →
Posted Monday, November 14, 2022 at 10:03pm
Among the rally legends from various decades were not one, but two ex-works Subaru WRC car. The first, W23 SRT (S6 generation), a car we’ve previously covered in a full feature, contested the World Rally Championship in 2000. The second, P12 WRC (S5 generation) competed between 1997 and 1999. Parked alongside one another, the two Prodrive-built machines appeared fairly similar, but they are drastically different under the skin. W23 SRT was a complete redesign, referred… Read More →
Posted Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 9:40pm
Travis Pastrana, an off-road racer and stunt driver, teamed up with Black Rifle Coffee Co. for a humorous yet uplifting video celebrating Veteran’s Day. In the video, Pastrana plays Sheriff Pastrami, who is driving his Subaru Brat police car in an effort to subdue Hank, a World War II veteran portrayed by off-road racer Dave Carapetyan. According to FOX News, the actor portraying Hank stole a modified Jeep Wrangler to take a joyride after getting… Read More →
Posted Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 9:27pm
Subaru earned Top Safety Pick+ for its 2023 Legacy, 2023 Outback, and 2022 WRX, with all three garnering a ‘superior’ rating for front crash protection when equipped with EyeSight (Subaru’s EyeSight technology utilizes a set of dual color cameras mounted near the rearview mirror. The cameras scan the road ahead for unanticipated dangers). Read More →
Posted Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 9:41pm
When your trophy collection is as big as Subaru Motorsports USA’s, it’s quite the statement when somebody claims one of those successes to be the biggest ever. But that’s exactly how Keaton Williams has described Subaru’s 2022 American Rally Association presented by DirtFish National championship win given what it had to overcome to secure it. American rallying has basically belonged to Subaru for decades now. Since 2005, just Antoine L’Estage (2010) and Barry McKenna (2020)… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 9:54pm
After decades of spitting fire and spraying gravel on the world’s rally stages, or at least looking the part on the street, the Subaru WRX has earned a few gray hairs. Now in its fifth generation after a redesign for the 2022 model year, Subaru’s proto-rally car has reached middle age, donned a suit of body-cladded office wear, and attained a new level of sophistication. Nowhere is this clearer than in the WRX’s range-topping, automatic-only… Read More →
Posted Monday, October 31, 2022 at 10:44pm
ormer F1 and NASCAR racer turned Rallycross weapon Scott Speed is a force behind the wheel, with three Global Championships and an American title under his belt. Thanks to a little help from Red Bull Rally, we have a chance to watch as the often-sideways racer takes his race-prepped Subaru for a blast down one of America’s most intense roads: the Tail of the Dragon. Read More →
