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Posted Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 11:31pm
Subaru Statistics: Subaru is a Japanese automobile manufacturer known for its use of boxer engines in most of its vehicles above 1,500 cc and its signature symmetrical all-wheel drive (AWD) system. Founded in 1953, Subaru is a subsidiary of Subaru Corporation (formerly known as Fuji Heavy Industries). The brand has gained a strong reputation for producing reliable, safe, and off-road capable vehicles, which are popular in markets worldwide, particularly in North America and Australia. This… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 11:30pm
Every time I’m certain we’ve seen the last parcel of free content for Gran Turismo 7, Polyphony Digital surprises with something special or, at the very least, unexpected. This past weekend, the studio marked the first round of the 2024 World Series in Montreal with a trailer for content that’s due to arrive in two weeks. The timing is the catch—typically, GT7’s monthly updates are announced midway through the last week of a given month,… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 11:27pm
Stunt cars are the new concept cars, and that’s OK. I miss far-flung exotic design studies that “run” on plutonium as much as the next guy, but let’s not overlook the fact that companies like Ford and Subaru keep making killer performance machines that actually drive, which is more than most concepts can say. The latest from Subaru is the Project Midnight WRX, a 670-horsepower asphalt rocket built for ex-F1 and rallycross driver Scott Speed.… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 11:26pm
Subaru, well known for its rally cars that fly through the air, is taking a different approach with the Project Midnight WRX. This one is built to stick to the pavement, unlike the Airslayer that Travis Pastrana made famous in Gymkhana 2020. Like its predecessor, however, Project Midnight will be running up that hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where Scott Speed will attempt to beat Pastrana’s 2021 effort that landed a second-place overall… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 11:24pm
The Subaru Airslayer was a wicked machine. Based on a 2020 WRX STI rallycross car, it featured an 862-hp turbocharged flat-four, a flame-spitting exhaust that exited through the hood, and it also set a lap record at our annual Lightning Lap event last year. Now, Subaru has revealed a sequel to the Airslayer called Project Midnight, which will make its racing debut later this week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Unlike its predecessor, Project… Read More →
Posted Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 11:22pm
From building a team in a Silverstone lock-up to a remarkable success in Formula One, world championships in rallying and sportscars, few have a tale to tell to match that of David Richards and Prodrive. What better time then than Sunday’s British Grand Prix as the company marks four decades of a journey for a man and team where racing is in the blood. Richards formed Prodrive in 1984 with a complement of 14 people.… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 11:17pm
Subaru and sport compact fans (though these cars have grown to a size that makes the term “compact” rather relative) have had to learn to accept that the Japanese automaker doesn’t plan to build a full-on STI variant of the fifth-generation WRX, which first appeared as a 2022 model. On the bright side, at least the company now offers buyers a couple choices beyond the standard WRX, with the recent announcement of the STI-tuned 2025… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 11:15pm
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today reported 55,228 vehicle sales for June 2024, a 0.1 percent increase compared with June 2023 (55,168). SOA also reported year-to-date sales of 322,443, a six percent increase compared with the same period in 2023. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 11:13pm
Following a star turn in Gymkhana 2022 and jaw dropping blasts up the hill in Goodwood’s 2022 and 2023 Shootout Hillclimbs, absolute legend Travis Pastrana and the Subaru Family Huckster return to thrill the crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 11-14. This time around, they’re bringing some friends. Subaru Motorsports USA driver Scott Speed, the four-time rallycross champion who was instrumental in the development of the team’s winning rallycross machines, will join… Read More →
Posted Monday, July 1, 2024 at 11:11pm
It snuck up on me. Headed into a 90-degree downhill turn on a lonely and poorly maintained county road, I knew I was coming in way too hot. I immediately went into Alfred E Neuman mode: What, me worry? In my youth, I dipped a toe in rally racing and later was an enthusiastic fan of Subaru’s WRC–World Rally Cup–cars. Subaru won five championships between 1993 and 2003 and still holds the manufacturers’ record with… Read More →
