Posted Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 4:08am
Fuji Heavy Industries has doubled production of its first hybrid model to 2,000 units per month, officials of the Subaru vehicle maker said. The move is designed to end delays in the delivery of the Subaru XV Hybrid sport-utility vehicle, which is popular thanks to its high driving performance achieved by an electric motor used to assist engine output, they old Jiji Press. Read More →
Posted Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 4:07am
Behind the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX obtained specifically for his rally debut, Taylor Bourne (18) will co drive alongside step father and MP for Rodney, Mark Mitchell, to follow in his father’s tracks – the area made famous for rallying on a world stage by Possum during the 1990’s and throughout the peak of his career. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 4:03am
“Subaru has a problem any auto maker would love to have. It’s selling too many cars.” The Wall Street Journal reported that the company is producing at capacity and wondering what to do next. It’s not just Subaru, either. Last week I met with a construction company that had a burst of new orders and is now at capacity. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 4:02am
Subaru of America, Inc. today reported the best sales month in company history: 41,061 vehicle sales for the month of August, a 45 percent increase over August 2012. Year-to-date sales for Subaru total 281,652 – 29.3 percent higher than the same period in 2012. The company is on track to achieve its fifth-consecutive year of sales increases. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 4:01am
X Games legend and NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Travis Pastrana and his wife, pro skateboarder Lyn-z Adams Hawkins Pastrana, have announced the birth of their first child, born Monday. “Lyn-z Adams Hawkins Pastrana and I are so stoked to have welcomed our healthy baby girl into this world on Labor Day September 2nd, 2013,” the proud father posted to Facebook on Wednesday morning with the first public photo of the baby with Mom and Dad.… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 4:00am
The same engine, the same transmission, the same basic shape, but two individually tuned cars sold wearing three different badges around the world. So, which one to buy? Here’s comes help.P Most of you know that the Subaru BRZ is the better equipped and more mature car of the pair, while the Scion FR-S is mainly about oversteer and fun. But there’s much more to consider when deciding between the two.P Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:58am
nching forward in heavy traffic toward the ski slopes of Niigata, Japan, Tomohiro Azuma cursed as the car in front stopped suddenly, forcing him to slam on the brakes of his Subaru Legacy. “There was a voice in my head saying, ‘Damn, too late!’” Azuma, 46, said of the near-collision in February. “Then my car stopped with a jerk and for a moment I didn’t know what had happened.” Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:56am
If you think Subaru plans to stay a small automaker, the recent announcement today could change that in the future. Last year when Subaru introduced the 2014 Forester at the 2012 Guangzhou International Motor Show it was at a time when its rivals Toyota and Honda had shut down plants in China due to a territorial dispute between Asia’s two largest economies. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:51am
It’s no secret that rally cars – even WRC machines – are road legal, so that they can get from finish line to start line. But what are they like as road cars? The very English-y-named Henry Catchpole has a go in the very north of England, then at one of M-Sport’s testing days. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 3:46am
Top-level rally cars keep getting better and better, but unfortunately they are not getting Subaru-er. So here’s Petter Solberg testing a Subaru Impreza WRX STi WRC in Finland back in 2008. Read More →
