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Posted Monday, May 18, 2020 at 10:36pm
Subaru Corp on Monday posted a 15.7% rise in annual operating profit in the year that ended in March as it recovered from a raft of product recalls last year, but warned that sales of its cars would take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak. Profit rose to 210.3 billion yen ($1.96 billion) for the year just ended, from 181.7 billion yen a year earlier under international financial reporting standards. It exceeded a consensus estimate… Read More →
Posted Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 11:10pm
The 2020 Subaru Crosstrek is the third best selling model in the U.S. and it’s even hotter in Canada. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit the auto industry, Crosstrek was Subaru’s best selling model in the all-wheel-drive lineup. It’s better than the popular Forester compact or Outback wagon. A report from Driving.ca says it was only one of ten vehicles to avoid the sales collapse. When most other vehicles went into the negative for the first… Read More →
Posted Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 11:08pm
Subarus aren’t exactly the first cars we think of when it comes to drift missiles, but we’ve seen it done before. The logical thing to do, as we’ve seen in the past, is convert them to rear-wheel drive before taking them on the track to slide. This Impreza wagon is a bit different. The owner of this GF8-generation Impreza WRX decided to retain the car’s stock AWD setup for drifting. He’s installed a handbrake to… Read More →
Posted Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 11:07pm
Subaru New Zealand is set to launch its first electrified models in New Zealand, with “e-Boxer” demonstrator versions of the XV and Forester SUVs at dealerships from June – although those keen to buy will have to wait a little longer for their cars. The petrol-electric powertrain in both models is identical: a 2.0-litre horizontally opposed combustion engine linked via a “motor assist” system to a high-voltage lithium-ion battery. Read More →
Posted Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 10:45pm
How many times have you heard the saying “racecar for the road?” It’s usually just that—a saying—because racing cars are so much faster and more focused than cars certified for street use. Even hypercars such as the McLaren Senna won’t quite stack up against something like the ostensibly “lesser” 650S GT3. But some streetable metal is at least race bred—or, more accurately, bred to race, and you can thank the homologation clause in certain racing… Read More →
Posted Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 10:44pm
The Lancer Evo and Impreza WRX are natural enemies, both in rallying and on the streets. Check out these modified versions we found on Instagram Read More →
Posted Monday, May 11, 2020 at 10:51pm
The 2.5-liter makes the Crosstrek zippier around town Subaru quietly confirmed the Crosstrek will receive a bigger, more powerful 2.5-liter flat-four engine for the 2021 model year. It hasn’t released technical details yet, and it kept its silence when Autoblog reached out for more information, but fuel economy figures reveal buyers who order the new four won’t spend more time at the pump. Read More… Read More →
Posted Monday, March 30, 2020 at 12:04am
The Impreza is, in large part, responsible for the boom in younger people in the early 2000s getting into JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) cars. It was the first highly desired JDM car to be sold here and it caused other manufacturers like Mitsubishi to follow suit and start offering similarly equipped vehicles. Since those early days, the Impreza has spawned almost nothing but excellent editions that allow you to enjoy speed and handling at a… Read More →
Posted Monday, March 30, 2020 at 12:03am
Fancy yourself as a World Rally Championship driver but just never had the right equipment? Now’s your chance to get found out – or be discovered as the next hidden talent. Championship-winning motorsport outfit Prodrive has announced it will launch ‘Prodrive Legends’, an authentication, restoration and support program for race and rally cars that were originally constructed by the UK firm. Over a 36-year period, Prodrive built more than 700 Subaru rally cars, including 100… Read More →
Posted Monday, March 30, 2020 at 12:00am
Things are a bit crazy outside right now, so why not sit back, relax, and listen to the sound of some sweet rally cars? YouTuber MattyB727 was on the scene at the Autodromo Varano in Italy this past winter to film the Varano Rally Krono, a regional championship held every February. It’s not as popular as something like WRC, but it still attracts some impeccably cool cars. Among the competitors are a Subaru Impreza, a… Read More →