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Posted Monday, November 3, 2014 at 10:31pm
The third and latest version of Subaru’s EyeSight safety system will make its UK debut on the new 2015 Outback. It’s been confirmed as a no-cost standard fit on all Lineartronic Outback models and we tested the system that’ll go on sale at an exclusive launch in Frankfurt. EyeSight V3 is fitted with two colour cameras mounted above the rear view mirror and has been shrunk compared to its bulkier predecessor. Its range is 110… Read More →
Posted Monday, November 3, 2014 at 10:27pm
Subaru Canada, Inc. announced that the Subaru Rally Team Canada has achieved a second-place podium finish at Rocky Mountain Rally, which took place on October 31st to November 1st in Invermere, B.C. This was SRTC’s third consecutive second-place finish, and only the third rally event where the team has competed with the all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI. Rocky Mountain Rally proved to be the 2015 Subaru WRX STI’s strongest outing to date, with SRTC achieving… Read More →
Posted Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 10:22pm
Consumer Reports says the 2015 Subaru BRZ/FR-S and 2015 Subaru WRX/STI are both the most fun to drive in the Sports/sporty cars category. In fact the three sports cars beat out the Acura ILX, BMW Z4, Chevrolet Camaro and Nissan 370Z who CR says are the least fun cars to drive. CR readily admits that “fun-to-drive” is hard to define and also is a very subjective measure. It can mean different things to different drivers.… Read More →
Posted Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 10:17pm
Japanese conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries‘ Subaru automobile division generated $20.8 billion in sales in the fiscal year ended March 2014 at current exchange rates. Roughly 53% of the deliveries were in the U.S. So, on a conservative basis, we can deduce that the U.S. has evolved into a $10 billion market for the company. The hot-selling brand has made sales records in each of the past five years in the country. Recently, Consumer Reports‘ Car-Brand Perception… Read More →
Posted Friday, October 31, 2014 at 12:09am
Subaru’s “Memory Lane” ad from Carmichael Lynch, with the hippie grandma teaching her granddaughter to love nature, has been out for more than a month. But it’s still airing, and is one of the more remarkable ads of the year—a spot that manages to both embrace and make fun of the brand’s persistent stereotypes, in a way that’s utterly charming. Read More →
Posted Monday, October 27, 2014 at 11:08pm
Performance SUVs are almost ten-a-penny these days, but did you know Subaru produced one of the originals? Ten years ago Subaru saw fit to pop the 2.5-litre turbocharged boxer four engine from the Impreza STI into its Forester soft-roader, thus creating the Forester STI. Despite being made for the Japanese market, it quickly gained a cult following and many found their way out of the county as personal exports. Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 10:28pm
2015 Subaru Forester, 2015 XV Crosstrek and 2015 Levorg have earned the top Japan safety rating. What is Subaru doing better than other automakers? Subaru is in the news again for having the safest vehicles on the planet. This time it’s the 2015 Subaru Forester, 2015 XV Crosstrek and 2015 Levorg. Subaru’s vehicles are tops in safety and have just received more top safety ratings, this time it’s from the Japan New Car Assessment Program… Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 9:36pm
Japanese conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries automobile arm Subaru is enjoying great demand for its cars in the U.S. Models like the Forester, Outback, Legacy, and XV Crosstrek are some of Americans’ favorites. But demand for another popular model — the Impreza — is being tested. Read More →
Posted Friday, October 24, 2014 at 10:46pm
The Subaru WRX has long danced on the line between the consumer-friendly Impreza and the gravel-spitting STI. It still dances on that line in its all-new form for 2015, but the WRX has also changed a great deal, which makes this the perfect time to revisit the WRX for a Four Seasons test. Read More →
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 →
