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Posted Friday, June 21, 2013 at 7:51pm
When one thinks of a safari, they naturally draw pictures in their mind’s eye of wild animals, like lions, elephants and giraffes. I’m no different, and it was with visions of long telephoto lenses over vast runes and dunes that I embarked on a 19-hour plane ride from Phoenix, Arizona to Plettenberg Bay in South Africa, camera gear in tow. My particular safari through the wilds of South Africa included none of those things, however.… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 7:49pm
When the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ twins arrived, Carlos Lago and other Motor Trend editors hoped tuners wouldn’t screw up the lightweight rear-drive coupes’ balance. On this episode of Ignition, Lago runs the turbocharged Crawford Performance Subaru BRZ through Motor Trend‘s standard tests before heading to the race track to find out if the heavily modified BRZ stays true to its roots. Read More →
Posted Friday, June 14, 2013 at 6:48pm
We recently spent three days with a new 2014 Subaru Forester XT–the more powerful turbocharged model–driving South Africa’s Garden Route along the country’s south coast, from Plettenburg Bay to Cape Town. The drive included quite a few single-lane dirt and gravel roads, along with a few memorable mountain passes. Together, they gave us a feeling for how the new Forester XT coped with the kind of rough roads that Subarus are often used on. And… Read More →
Posted Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 6:39pm
Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) is investing upwards of $400 million to expand its operations in Lafayette, Ind., to accommodate production of the Subaru Impreza. The Subaru Impreza is currently produced only in Japan. Adding production of the Impreza at the company’s Indiana plant will create 900 new jobs. The expansion will create up to 900 new jobs by the end of 2016. The SIA plant currently employs more than 3,600 at the Lafayette campus,… Read More →
Posted Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 6:37pm
Redesigned yet still familiar, the 2014 Subaru Forester gets, among other things a more dynamic appearance, much lower fuel consumption and a refurbished interior. It may not be new from the ground up, but Subaru seems to have improved the Forester in all the right places. Read More →
Posted Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 6:32pm
Subaru, long the bastion of all-wheel drive and rugged practicality, is an automaker on a hot streak. And the all-new 2014 Forester crossover shows every sign of becoming another sales hit. Read More →
Posted Friday, June 7, 2013 at 5:36pm
In April, we got our first glimpse at the 2015 2015 Subaru WRX – the car was caught in STI form in photos and in motion running around Germany’s infamous Nürburgring. That’s all well and good, but obviously Subaru will sell a good number of the hotter Impreza models here in the United States, and thus, it’s nice to now see a video of the next WRX testing out in California, albeit in what looks… Read More →
Posted Friday, June 7, 2013 at 5:35pm
Record sales months are becoming routine for Subaru here in the U.S. and around the globe. Every month, Subaru of America reports record sales of its all-wheel-drive vehicles and they have just reported that May has been an historic-high month with vehicle sales of 39,892. The all-new Forester leads the way with an increase of 38 percent over May 2012 sales. Read More →
Posted Friday, June 7, 2013 at 5:32pm
The next generation of Subaru’s hero WRX performer is around the corner, with recent spy photos offering a revealing preview of what we can expect in 2014. Even through the test car’s camouflage, it is clear that the new WRX will build on the look of the current Impreza, while taking styling cues from the January’sWRX concept. Read More →
Posted Friday, June 7, 2013 at 5:27pm
Subaru may have been one of the forerunners in the SUV market segment, but it has also been one of the slowest to react to buyer demand. However, the Japanese car maker has rectified the situation with the addition of an automatic transmission (a CVT to be precise) for its Boxer diesel engine. Read More →
