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Posted Friday, October 24, 2014 at 10:23pm
ONE of the conundrums of the car business is that five smaller Japanese firms continue to prosper alongside three giants, Toyota, Nissan and Honda. In theory, those in the second division—Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Subaru—should long ago have merged with rivals at home or abroad, or fallen by the wayside. Daihatsu is already controlled by Toyota, which has a 51% stake in the firm. They all sell 1m-2m vehicles a year. Sergio Marchionne, boss of… Read More →
Posted Friday, October 24, 2014 at 10:17pm
Like the vast majority of car buyers, we’re impatient. We like to buy cars for the Consumer Reports test fleet right off the dealer’s lot. But sometimes to get what we want, we have to order a car and wait for it to be built and delivered. That was the case for our long-awaited 2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited, because we wanted one option: EyeSight. Read More →
Posted Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 10:15pm
Subaru Canada, Inc. today announced the release of the 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek, offering enhanced efficiency with improved fuel economy as well as the newly available EyeSight advanced driver-assist system. Top to bottom, the 2015 XV Crosstrek debuts improved roof-rail aerodynamics and WRX-style door mirrors for improved all-around visibility on the outside, as well as an updated interior finish with standard rear-view camera, one-touch turn signals, welcome lighting, enhanced gauges and technology improvements across all… Read More →
Posted Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 10:12pm
The Subaru Levorg has been named the recipient of the Japan Institute of Design Promotion‘s (JDP) 2014 Good Design Award. This is the third straight year Subaru has received the award from the organization, “which reflects JDP’s high praise for the Subaru design that fuses together style and functionality.” In 2012, the award was given to the Impreza and the XV, while the Forester bagged the title in 2013. Read More →
Posted Monday, October 20, 2014 at 9:32pm
On the final morning of a week blasting around in the new Subaru WRX, we suddenly realised that we had left one aspect of this performance sedan wholly untested: the six-speaker audio system. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 4:47am
Motorcross master, rally champion, and stuntman extraordinaire turned NASCAR driver Travis Pastrana drops in on dose for his first interview since becoming a dad. During a friendly game of mini golf with Timbo Travis talks about the excitement of fatherhood, the new challenges of NASCAR, and the upcoming Nitro Circus Live US Tour, which he’s really excited about—and you should be, too! Read More →
Posted Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 3:12am
Subaru, the automotive division of Fuji Heavy Industries , is on a terrific growth trajectory. It’s eyeing 1 million vehicles in annual sales in the not-too-distant future, and it’s all happening in the U.S. In the last five years, the U.S. has become Subaru’s largest hunting ground, and sales have exploded. Its cars are so spacious and inherently American that people joke that the new Outbacks will not fit in a Japanese parking garage. Read More →
Posted Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 3:04am
The 2013 Global RallyCross schedule makes its second to last stop of the season this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s dirt track facility – with 15 of the best rallycross racers in the world lining up to do battle including some new(ish) faces and some old faces in new cars. Read More →
Posted Friday, September 20, 2013 at 2:50am
For the last four years in a row, Subaru has experienced incredible sales growth including record sales of 336,441 units in 2012. This trend is all but guaranteed to continue this year with 281,652 on the books so far, but Automotive News is reporting the automaker has no plans of slowing down anytime soon. Read More →
Posted Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 2:45am
As a budget sports car, the BRZ can be a little uncompromising sometimes. Around the uneven freeways and potholed roads of Los Angeles, daily commuting in the little Subaru requires a willingness to be jostled around. The price paid for little body roll and that glued-to-the-asphalt feel on Southern California’s best back roads is a pretty firm ride around town. Living with the car week to week and month to month, I’ve gotten used to… Read More →
