Posted Monday, March 13, 2017 at 11:32pm
At first glance, the Outback appears a little utilitarian alongside more upmarket models such as the Audi A4 Allroad. But spend a little time with it and the car’s engineering integrity and quality shine through. Although we’ve only done a handful of miles, the rugged and capable Subaru is already impressing. Read More →
Posted Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 11:24pm
Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries is on a roll. By focusing on the U.S. market, it has increased unit sales 50% over the past five years. And its operating margin is a fat 15%. Its American customers seem happy. “I’ve just replaced my BMW with a Subaru,” a 48-year-old man told The Nikkei two months ago in Chicago. The man was at the Grand Subaru dealership to pick up a Forester SUV. One month earlier, he… Read More →
Posted Friday, March 10, 2017 at 12:29am
When you’re shopping for a car lease, the car with the cheapest price tag isn’t always going to be the car that’s cheapest to lease. Consider the cost of the lease, plus the cost to insure your car and to fill it with gas. Here’s a breakdown of the cars that cost the least to lease. Read More →
Posted Friday, March 10, 2017 at 12:14am
Peaking demand, sky-high sales-incentive costs, threats of a border tax—none of these are distracting Subaru from its marketing and growth ambitions in its biggest market. “America is the pillar,” Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, CEO of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., which owns the Subaru brand, said. “It’s true we want to increase sales in other countries, but in terms of the place with the best chance to increase sales, it has to be America’s sun belt” states in… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 11:39am
Did you just buy the all-new Impreza? It’s really nice and impressive, but do you even rugged, bro? I mean how are you going to scale some sick trails, and wear your North Face in a hatchback? Should have waited for the all new 2017 Crosstrek, bro. In case you missed it, Subaru dropped a bomb on us in Geneva in between all the supercars and ultra luxury vehicles with the all-new 2018 Crosstrek. I… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 11:23pm
Once upon a time, there was a modest little Subaru called the Outback Sport. A derivative of the first-generation “just like punk, ’cept it’s cars” Impreza, the Sport existed until 2011, when Fuji’s heavies sent the not-the-same-as-a-real-Outback name off to Paul Hogan’s big backyard in Australia. Its replacement, the XV Crosstrek, hit our shores for the 2013 model year, offering rad wheels and interesting colors. Name games aside, it was the same thing, a pseudo-crossover… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 11:20pm
There’s a brand-new Subaru Crosstrek on the way for 2018, and the European version, known as the XV, is making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. There’s every reason to expect the new Crosstrek to be a stunning sales success. In 2016, Subaru sold 95,677 Crosstreks in the United States, easily besting models like the WRX, Legacy, and the Impreza upon which it’s based. Those sales represented a 7.6 percent gain over the previous… Read More →
Posted Monday, March 6, 2017 at 10:40pm
As the global odometer rolls over into 2017, the mood across the automotive world (to say nothing of the rest of it) is edging toward apocalyptic. The future that awaits us seems more and more to be one in which those of us whose jobs haven’t been made redundant by the robots will step to our curbs in the morning and be whisked away to work by autonomo-lectric pods — and what’s worse, we won’t… Read More →
Posted Monday, March 6, 2017 at 10:39pm
In Quebec, winter tires are legally required on passenger vehicles from December through April each year. That would explain why I found myself at the snowy Circuit ICAR racetrack near Montreal to test out General Tire’s latest winter tire, the Altimax Arctic 12. Read More →
Posted Monday, March 6, 2017 at 10:35pm
As generations change, tastes change. Music, food, even cars all change in consumers’ favorability consciousness. Currently, one of the most popular brands in this part of America is Subaru. As you drive down the road, park when shopping, or talk to neighbors, more of them are piloting cars with the Subaru logo. For a few years, the compact-class Forester crossover carried the honors, but of late, the Outback wagon has regained the top position in… Read More →
