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Posted Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 9:44pm
The magical world of rallying has turned so many humdrum family cars into generation-defining performance heroes. On their own, the names Delta, Escort and Lancer offer little to get enthusiasts excited, but tag Integrale, Cosworth and Evolution onto them, and you get the sort of late 20th century legend that gets a certain type of person bidding their life savings away on online auctions. Then there was the Subaru Impreza, another small, run of the… Read More →
Posted Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 9:42pm
To the relief of practically anybody who drives a car regularly, Japanese carmaker Subaru has brought back physical buttons and knobs for its 2026 Outback midsize SUV. It’s yet another sign that carmakers are finally starting to listen, ditching massive touchscreens that have taken over a vast number of vehicle controls in favor of tactile buttons, switches, and knobs. Read More →
Posted Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 9:41pm
The STI S210 could well be the last pure turbocharged, boxer-engined, gasoline powered sports sedan made by Subaru before the model is hybridized. The S210 is based on the WRX S4 sedan but employs upgrades and bespoke parts that elevate this car from ballsy to ballistic. But like all super high achievers, there are conditions—it will be limited to just 500 units, it has no 6-speed manual option, and all are destined for Japanese buyers… Read More →
Posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 9:36pm
Gone are the days of Subaru releasing new WRX STI models that go Brap! But after years of leaning further and further into its granola munching side, Subaru is preparing to swing the pendulum back toward its sporty roots, at least, according to the brand’s European boss, David Dello Stritto. The catch? The days of internal-combustion Subaru STIs are behind us, according to Stritto. Speaking to Autocar at the New York auto show earlier this… Read More →
Posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 9:34pm
Subaru released technical specifications for the new, Japanese-market Forester, and there’s a cool feature available in the SUV’s home market that hasn’t been announced for America yet. It’s a big, U-shaped airbag that deploys from the upper edge of the hood to protect cyclists. Read More →
Posted Friday, April 18, 2025 at 9:42pm
Travis Pastrana smiled. He knew what he wanted to say, but how best to put it across? Route one. Same way he’s always gone. “Brandon Semenuk pretty much retired me,” he said, answering the question of why he’d stepped back from American rallying’s dream ticket of an Open class Subaru WRX ARA25 to the all-new Limited category equivalent. “I realized I’m no longer willing, capable maybe, I don’t know, whatever the word is, to run… Read More →
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 9:38pm
When it first launched an “Outback” as little more than a trim level for the Legacy wagon, Subaru possibly didn’t expect it to become arguably as much of a brand icon for the company as the rally-bred WRX. It should have, however, because all-wheel-drive wagons are part of the genesis story of the brand, specifically the eight special-order FF-1 wagons built as service vehicles for the Tohoku power company of northern Japan. Go-anywhere wagon practicality… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:30pm
Since its inception, the whole point of the Subaru Outback was to be a segment-buster. What started off as a Legacy station wagon with SUV styling cues in the late-1990s went on to become a huge seller for Subaru, growing larger and larger over its successive generations. The most recent versions of the Outback, in fact, grew so bulky and tall that we began to question its status as a station wagon. In terms of… Read More →
Posted Monday, April 14, 2025 at 9:22pm
Subaru is gearing up to launch its second electric vehicle at the 2025 New York Auto Show this week, and while it’s largely a mystery, we do know what the new EV SUV will be named: it’s going to be called the 2026 Subaru Trailseeker. The name itself is enormously suggestive — it’s certainly more adventurous than “Solterra,” the name of Subaru’s first electric vehicle — so we fully expect to see a design backed… Read More →
Posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:47pm
The all-new WRX ARA25L from Subaru Motorsports USA makes its racing debut at Washington State’s Olympus Rally this weekend. Piloted by extreme sports legend and Subaru Motorsports USA driver Travis Pastrana, the WRX ARA25L will compete within the fast-paced and accessible American Rally Association (ARA) Limited 4-Wheel-Drive (L4WD) class. Read More →
