Posted Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 10:21pm
Less choice doesn’t always have to be a bad thing, especially if something better comes out of the consolidation. That might be what Subaru was thinking when it launched the sixth-generation Impreza for 2024. The company has streamlined its compact-car lineup from four trims to three, and all Imprezas are now cargo-friendly hatchbacks; the sedan has been retired. Read More →
Posted Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 10:19pm
The Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester are among the more popular compact SUVs. Outfitted with rugged-looking sheetmetal for extra curb appeal, these crossovers are practical, safe, and well-equipped. For these reasons, the RAV4 and Forester have found places in driveways throughout the nation. But which one of these ubiquitous SUVs is better? Read More →
Posted Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 10:17pm
You could be excused for thinking that Subaru unveiled a real-life UFO at last month’s Japan Mobility Show. Suspended in mid-air above Subaru’s electric Sport Mobility Concept car was a strange-looking half-drone, half-hovercraft resembling contraption called the ‘Air Mobility Concept.’ And it certainly raised eyebrows as Subaru took license with the newly renamed ‘Mobility Show’ (which used to be the Tokyo Motor Show) to offer a different form of mobility to that normally displayed —… Read More →
Posted Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 10:11pm
“Err on the side of aggressive…” This is the Travis Pastrana life motto. He is not what you’d call a typical driving instructor. And his 1983 Subaru GL wagon isn’t your typical driving instructor’s car. The ‘Family Huckster’ is powered by an 862bhp flat-four boxer engine. It gets active aero, a six-speed sequential box and runs four bar of boost. It doesn’t come with dual control pedals. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 10:08pm
Thirty years have now passed but the 1993 World Rally Championship season will always be remembered as a year of firsts. It witnessed the rise of the WRC’s most popular figure amid the crowning of a bona fide record-breaking rally legend. It was Toyota’s Juha Kankkunen who ultimately emerged with the spoils, becoming the first four-time world champion and record rally winner to boot after seeing off the factory Ford challenge from Francois Delecour and… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 9:24pm
Subaru will raise U.S. autoworkers’ wages following similar pay hikes by Toyota, Hyundai and Honda, which all were announced after the UAW negotiated labor deals with the Big Three, CEO Atsushi Osaki told Reuters on Thursday at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Read More →
Posted Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 10:09pm
Harry Bates and Coral Taylor have been crowned champions of the 2023 Bosch Motorsport Australia Rally Championship (ARC) after a thrilling season finale in Canberra. Highlighting the closeness of this year’s season-long title fight, Bates and Taylor needed to win both the Subaru Canberra Rally of Canberra outright and Sunday afternoon’s EROAD Power Stage in order to take out the championship. And the duo did just that, as they won the final stage of the… Read More →
Posted Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 10:08pm
Subarus evolve slowly. So slowly that at a glance, it’s sometimes hard to tell one generation of Outback or Impreza from the last. That won’t be the case with the 2025 Subaru Forester, revealed just ahead of the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show, but Forester fans will find the recipe very familiar. The restyled 2025 will offer lots of little upgrades and a fresh, and less frumpy wrapper, but the best is yet to come.… Read More →
Posted Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 10:06pm
Subaru’s design team phoned it in with the 2025 Forester, but they weren’t the only ones slacking as the engineering team decided to take an early lunch and let Toyota do some of the heavy lifting. Speaking to Autonews, Subaru of America’s Jeff Walters said the upcoming hybrid variant will have a “Toyota-sourced battery [and electric components] joined with a boxer engine.” He added the hybrid will arrive roughly one year after the standard model… Read More →
Posted Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 10:05pm
Lewis Bates and Anthony McLoughlin have finished the opening day of the Subaru Canberra Rally of Canberra just seconds on top of the event standings after a dramatic six stages. In what was an extremely tough day for crews facing challenging conditions, the reigning ARC champions’ consistency saw them end the day with a narrow three second advantage over Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia teammates Harry Bates and Coral Taylor. The two title contenders were the… Read More →
