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 →
Posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:44pm
West of Tacoma, east of Aberdeen, in the lower reaches of the Olympic National Forest, there’s a flash of yellow and blue between the trees. It’s not unusual at this time of the year. The engine note is familiar, just not quite as urgent. It’s the same. But different. Say hello to WRX ARA25L, Subaru Motorsports USA’s latest and all-new rally car. Built by Vermont SportsCar, this is the firm’s second tier rally car –… Read More →
Posted Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10:39pm
Subaru is hoping to make a big splash at this year’s New York auto show, as the company is planning to debut two new vehicles: the redesigned 2026 Outback and a new electric SUV model called the Trailseeker. We’ve known for some time now that a new Outback was coming, but this is our first time hearing of a second EV model, as the 2026 Trailseeker will join the Solterra in Subaru’s electric lineup. Read More →
Posted Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10:38pm
British motorsport firm Prodrive has seen success in pretty much every form of racing it’s entered. It’s racked up countless wins in the World Rally Championship, European Rally Championship, British Touring Car Championship, V8 Supercars, plenty of GT racing series and the World Rally Raid Championship. It even ran the BAR-Honda F1 team during its performance peak in 2004. Amid all that success, though, the company’s somehow found time to help manufacturers turn out some… Read More →
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 9:54pm
Travis Pastrana is a man of extremes when it comes to just about anything with an engine. He’s raced everything from motocross bikes to rally cars and race boats, but you’ll mostly see him behind the wheel of a Subaru nowadays. His most famous machine is his highly-modified 1983 Subaru GL known as the Family Huckster, which he’s used in various stunt and Gymkhana projects. His latest stunt, however — posted to the Channel 199… Read More →
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 9:53pm
Glance down the nearest street and odds are good you’ll see a crossover. Lightweight not-quite SUVs make up roughly half of the 25 bestselling passenger vehicles in the United States, scooping up more and more of the market with each turn of the calendar. Ever wonder why Detroit’s Big Three currently sell only one sedan between them? It’s because buyers don’t want cars, they want car-like SUVs—and nearly every every automaker has its own interpretation.… Read More →
Posted Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 9:43pm
If you’re an automotive enthusiast, you know that Jerry Seinfeld is really into Porsches. If you’re a Seinfeld fan, then you know that Jerry drives Saabs. And also, he really hates it when he reserves a mid-size and you give him the keys to a blue Ford Escort. But in real life, it turns out Jerry Seinfeld is a fan of pancake motors of a different sort. Speaking on ‘The Smoking Tire’ podcast this week,… Read More →
Posted Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:42pm
Six-time American champion Travis Pastrana will give Subaru’s all-new WRX its debut when he returns to the ARA National Championship presented by Kubota at next month’s Olympus Rally. The Vermont SportsCar-developed Subaru – a step down from the WRX ARA25 factory car defending champion Brandon Semenuk is using this season – will run in the Limited 4WD category. Pastrana says his shift to the second-tier class is an effort to bring more drivers to rallying… Read More →
Posted Friday, April 4, 2025 at 10:39pm
Rally racing has always carried a certain mystique — dirt-spraying drifts, high-revving engines, and fearless drivers threading cars through forests and over gravel at speeds that feel almost impossible. But for many fans, it’s also felt just out of reach, like something reserved for pros with deep pockets and factory-built machines. Travis Pastrana — yes, the guy who jumps motorcycles over helicopters and flies Subarus through the air — wants to change that. Read More →
Posted Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 10:32pm
We’ve bemoaned the refreshed 2025 Subaru Forester for its lack of vitality, but that was before we had a chance to drive something that’s never before existed: the Subaru Forester Hybrid. This changes more than you’d think. Yes, there’s a bump in fuel economy: from 28 mpg combined (with 19-inch wheels) or 29 mpg (with 17- or 18-inchers) for the regular Forester to 35 mpg combined for the hybrid. And for some people that’d be… Read More →
