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Posted Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 10:38pm
Two-time American champion Brandon Semenuk will make his World Rally Championship debut at next month’s Rally Latvia. The Canadian will drive a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 on the Liepāja-based event and heads to Europe in search of more experience and even more speed to further his American campaign. “This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while,” this month’s Southern Ohio winner told DirtFish. “Competing in Europe is obviously going to be different to… Read More →
Posted Friday, June 21, 2024 at 10:36pm
They banned menthol cigarettes in California. Your author has already run through the supply he smuggled inside the regime’s borders. The closest approximation the gas station sells is “Crisps,” a non-mentholated ciggie that tastes less like a cough drop and more like rotting tree bark. It’s tough out here. Homogeneous and sanitized for our protection, the car market offers less choice too. Sports-car addicts have to look to the past to get their fix of… Read More →
Posted Friday, June 21, 2024 at 10:32pm
Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US. Read More →
Posted Monday, June 17, 2024 at 9:55pm
Chattanooga driver Michael Hooper won Saturday’s Tennessee Rally USA test event for a proposed World Rally Championship round. Hooper was one of four finishers for the shortened event, with his Lexus taking victory from Corey McKenzie’s Nissan Sentra. Former Sno*Drift winner Mark Piatkowski built an early advantage in his Subaru before retiring on the sixth of eight stages. He was one of five retirements. Hooper admitted it was miracle he made the finish after a… Read More →
Posted Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 9:51pm
Every car meet has its own vibe. Some focus on horsepower, some put more of a priority on hooliganism. Some crowds embrace cars that have seen some things, obsessing over original patina and the odors of a vintage interior, while other events take place within a veritable cloud of citrus-scented quick detailer. What was the vibe at this year’s Wicked Big Meet, the world’s largest Subaru gathering, located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut? It was all… Read More →
Posted Friday, June 14, 2024 at 9:49pm
The past decade has seen the accelerating demise of affordable fun cars, so when a mainstream manufacturer says it’s going to expand its stable of performance models — even when it’s something as simple as a new trim like the 2024 Subaru WRX TR — we stand up and take notice. From where we sit, it looks like Subaru is still trying to figure out exactly where the WRX stands in this shrinking field of… Read More →
Posted Friday, June 14, 2024 at 9:48pm
Hayden Paddon finished second to one Solberg at last year’s Royal Rally of Scandinavia – this year he faces two of them as Petter joins his son Oliver on the start list for Sweden’s round of the European Rally Championship this week. Predictably, the intra-family fight has grabbed the headlines in Karlstad and Paddon’s well aware of the potential threat from the house of Solberg – but he’s looking more at the longer game of… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 9:55pm
Over-the-air updates aren’t exactly new for Subaru owners. The company has been pushing OTA software changes since before the turn of this decade. But as our long-term review Subaru Crosstrek’s chaperone—and as a former “youth” Reynolds wrote about a decade ago—I was nonetheless taken by surprise one day in April when a notification flashed across the screen. “The software update is ready,” it told me. “Would you like to install it now?” As a journalist,… Read More →
Posted Monday, June 10, 2024 at 10:04pm
After a disastrous Oregon Trail Rally where both Subarus retired on the same stage with impact damage, the blue and yellow cars were back at their best on Southern Ohio Forest Rally. Brandon Semenuk had pulled away at the front on Friday and while team-mate Travis Pastrana briefly began to eat into the reigning champion’s lead on Saturday morning, Semenuk clinched the win with a storming drive on the powerstage. His only drama on the… Read More →
Posted Monday, June 10, 2024 at 10:03pm
Subaru of America, Inc. today announced the 3 millionth sale of its iconic Outback SUV in the U.S. The Subaru Outback, known for its safety, reliability, capability, and value, continues to be one of the company’s best-selling models. Debuting in 1995 as the “World’s First Sport Utility Wagon,” the Outback quickly became Subaru’s most popular model and became a cultural icon synonymous with outdoor adventure. Read More →
