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Posted Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 10:13pm
The Prodrive P25 is a restomod, a car which looks old but is completely new. Starting with a Subaru Impreza WRX STi, Prodrive has modified the car to look like the rally winning leviathans it ran in the late-1990s and given it the performance as well as the reliability of a modern supercar, a car which is also now mostly made of carbon fibre rather than steel or aluminium. The changes aren’t just skin deep… Read More →
Posted Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 10:12pm
Rally fans have a rare opportunity to acquire a competition-prepped Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS campaigned by Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino during their X Games battles against drivers like Colin McRae and Travis Pastrana. The car, which still wears a Monster Energy No. 43 livery, is currently listed for sale over at Bring a Trailer. Read More →
Posted Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 10:11pm
The new 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness is the third vehicle wearing the Japanese brand’s off-road label following the Outback and Forester. Those two have enjoyed a fair amount of success so far, so it made perfect sense to give the same treatment to the best-selling Subaru of all. Besides, they all share the same platform. Read More →
Posted Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 10:37pm
We rested our paddles on the decks of our kayaks, pausing to listen to the loons’ call, and the sound of the water lapping up against pink granite shores. “You know,” my mom said, “I won’t be able to take trips like this forever.” Read More →
Posted Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 10:40pm
As the SUV-ification of the auto market continues unabated and mega-horsepower EVs quickly become the new hotness in the high-performance space, the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86 look more and more like outliers. Small, light, naturally aspirated, and manually shifted, this delightfully analog duo flies in the face of many current trends, and they’re all the better for it. Read More →
Posted Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 9:20pm
obert Reid and David Richards know all about success in the World Rally Championship – they stood together on top of the world in 2001. This time their remit is slightly broader than making a Richard Burns-wheeled Subaru faster than anything else in the world. In the cross hairs this time? The future direction of rallying. Read More →
Posted Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 10:36pm
Will the sound of silence be electric performance models like the Subaru WRX STI’s death knell? A recent report from Automotive News (by subscription) says if automakers wish to preserve American performance enthusiasts’ passion for their cars, they better find a way to put some character and personality into their performance EVs. Read More →
Posted Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 10:33pm
Subaru of America’s sale rose for the 16th consecutive month, after it reported a 6.4% rise in its November sales as compared to the same period last year. Read More →
Posted Friday, December 1, 2023 at 10:32pm
There’s no easy way to explain this story other than to go into the details… even though the details themselves make almost no sense. This is the story of a car that’s had an insane amount of work put into it and then was crushed, along with a fake skeleton, because, well, what else could be done with it? Read More →
Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 10:30pm
In recent years, we’ve seen a growing number of cars being outfitted with aftermarket carbon fiber body panels and quite often, these cars take the form of high six-figure restomods where money is no object for their owners. This Subaru WRX STI finished entirely in carbon fiber is not like that. Read More →
