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Posted Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 10:23pm
At this point, it’s a given that the Subaru WRX kicks ass. When it was brought to our market from Japan in the early 2000s, it brought with it Subaru’s rally-racing heritage, sports compact car fun, and near endless levels of tunability. It felt like the automotive gods had just finally answered all the prayers of automotive enthusiasts alike. While some contenders did try to take a stab at Subaru’s turbocharged, all-wheel drive sedan, almost… Read More →
Posted Monday, May 13, 2024 at 10:14pm
As the era of widespread EV adoption looms, smaller automakers are looking to big conglomerates for help as they contend with the large upfront costs required to develop all-new platforms and powertrains. Subaru is one such company, as it seeks to strengthen ties with Toyota—which holds a 20 percent stake in Subaru—and has outlined plans for three new electric SUVs over the next few years. The plans were divulged during a recent earnings call, as… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 10:09pm
Qatar’s rally ace Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah will be chasing a staggering 16th victory at the Jordan Rally, the second round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) which will be held on May 17 and 18. The Jordan Motorsport announced that the rally has attracted an impressive 29 entries and competitors from eight nations. They will battle it out over two days and 15 demanding special stages in the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 10:08pm
There was a time—and this wasn’t that long ago—that buying a Subaru meant making some sacrifices. In exchange for your symmetrical all-wheel-drive system, practicality, safety, and a friendly dog-loving image, you gave up things like sound deadening, an interior you actually wanted to spend time in, and reliability (Can somebody say “head gaskets?”). With the 2025 Subaru Forester, it’s clear that Subaru is keen to put those days behind us. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 10:06pm
If—hypothetically speaking, of course—we found ourselves without cell service or GPS, we would be just as helpless as everyone else whose memory of a pre-Google Maps world is fading. How do we know? We trekked out to the Paws Up Ranch in Montana to drive the new 2025 Subaru Forester and found out firsthand when we got lost in the kind of way that’s only possible in the forest-covered mountains of Big Sky Country. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 10:03pm
Even with decades of rally pedigree behind the Subaru WRX name, it’s easy to forget where the AWD sedan is truly at home. Sliding on loose surfaces and jumping through a row of trees is where the Subaru WRX still performs best, as the folks at Team O’Neil Rally School tested recently. Without the WRX STI in the lineup, Wyatt from Team O’Neil set out to test the remnants of Subaru’s sport sedan lineup on… Read More →
Posted Monday, May 6, 2024 at 10:00pm
I just drove the all-new sixth-generation Subaru Forester, more specifically the Forester Sport, through some of the wilderness of western Montana. When I was first handed the keys to this Sapphire Pearl Blue crossover, it was spotless. That quickly changed as I went up and down mountains, through flooded roads and across snow and ice. I think the Forester is a fairly good-looking car right from the jump. However, I cannot deny that it looks… Read More →
Posted Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 9:54pm
Japan’s Subaru Corp slashed its annual output target by nearly 10% on Wednesday amid ongoing fallout from a semiconductor shortage that continues to hamper automakers around the world. The carmaker said the shortages were most acute among parts for immediate delivery in the spot market and it expected the lack of supply to last at most until around June before recovering. Subaru said it now expects to produce 880,000 vehicles this fiscal year through March,… Read More →
Posted Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 9:53pm
Nobody likes a poser, we can all safely agree on that. Self-expression, trying new things, learning to be comfortable in one’s own skin are all commendable. Trying to be somebody or something you’re not, in an attempt to get attention? Not so much. In the world of new SUVs, this translates to “off-road” packages with nothing more than slapping on burlier tires, some black styling bits, maybe a roof rack, and if you’re lucky, higher… Read More →
Posted Friday, May 3, 2024 at 9:51pm
The 2025 Subaru WRX Sportwagon is coming to Mexico and adding yet another slice of forbidden fruit to the auto market just south of us, which car enthusiasts in the U.S., unfortunately, have no access to. The Mexican market is so tantalizingly close, and, yet, so far away—especially for car lovers who live along the southern border and thus get to see Mexican cars on a regular basis, like yours truly. For the first time… Read More →
