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Posted Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 10:28pm

Subaru has remade the Forester for 2025: Here’s what’s different

The Subaru Forester has a formula that works. It’s carved out its own niche in the compact SUV segment over almost 30 years with a reliable set of virtues and has won a loyal fanbase stretching more than a generation. When it’s time to start from scratch on a new one, engineers don’t want to risk all that. Read More →

Posted Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 10:21pm

The 2024 Subaru Impreza RS First Test: Granola With Spice

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

2025 Subaru Forester vs. 2024 Toyota RAV4: Compact SUV On-Paper Showdown

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

It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, No, Subaru Now Has A Flying Car!

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

Video: drifting the 862bhp Subaru Family Huckster with Travis Pastrana

“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

How a WRC legend first took centre stage 30 years ago

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 →