Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 9:40pm
The Fuji Rabbit was the first scooter built in Japan after World War II. Some variants would remain in production from 1946 to 1968, serving as a competitor to the better-known Italian Vespa. This Superflow was considered a top-of-the-line model back in the day and came out of a private collection where it had been sitting for a long time. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 9:38pm
A target of four manufacturers has been set as an ideal proposition for the WRC moving forward by the FIA. One marque known to be investigated the possibility of return to the WRC is Subaru which is understood to be considering a potential engine collaboration with Toyota. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 9:38pm
Toyota claimed a sixth constructors’ crown in Chile before Kalle Rovanpera wrapped up a second drivers’ title at Central European Rally last month. However, the team still has one objective still to complete, which is to win Rally Japan for the first time, after losing out to rival Hyundai that scored a 1-2, with Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta third, in 2022. As it currently stands only one Japanese brand has won Rally Japan previously, namely Subaru… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 10:17pm
Subaru sent us its sixth-generation Impreza—which it now offers only as a hatchback, giving it more utility—only in its most powerful RS trim. It’s an honest little car, with a low center of gravity, standard symmetrical all-wheel drive, and a rear roof spoiler. The RS trim comes, thankfully, with the 2.5-liter boxer engine. The flat-four is connected to a CVT with a manual mode and steering wheel “shift” paddles. The engine’s 182 horsepower and 178… Read More →
Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 10:16pm
Last week marked 20 years since Petter Solberg won the 2003 World Rally Championship, defeating Sébastien Loeb by just a single championship point. Loeb of course then went on to dominate the succeeding nine seasons with Citroën, but what if he had moved teams? We know Malcolm Wilson once made him an offer to join Ford for 2006, but two years earlier another team held advanced discussions with Loeb… Subaru. Read More →
Posted Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:34pm
As much as we all love being in the driving seat, few of us take the wheel for our last journey by car. Instead, it’s up to our loved ones to pick a suitable carriage to place us in our final resting place. If you’re lucky enough to live in the UK, and you’re unequivocally rally mad, your family and friends might deem it suitable to send you off in a Subaru WRX, converted into… Read More →
Posted Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 10:32pm
Winning is everything to any competitor in any form of motorsport. But winning at home always means that little bit more. The focus here is generally on the driver, who in World Rally Championship terms is bound to benefit from a dose of local knowledge, passionate support and just general familiarity with their surroundings. But the will to succeed on home soil extends to manufacturers as well; not least because it’s the ultimate promotional material… Read More →
Posted Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 10:29pm
Motor sport was born on public roads with city-to-city endurance races, then flat-out sprints that evolved into grands prix. But in more than a century of the format, we’ve never seen a street circuit like this: constructed in one of the world’s most tightly-packed megacities, racing along the waterfront and bringing off-road competition to the heart of Hong Kong. This weekend’s World Rallycross season finale is breaking new ground — using 2000 cubic square metres… Read More →
Posted Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 10:21pm
Photos of the new 2025 Subaru Forester have surfaced online ahead of its formal unveiling at the Los Angeles motor show late next week. A gallery of 49 images posted to Imgur and social media website Reddit shows all angles of the sixth-generation Forester – the first new model since 2018, expected to be a ‘reskin’ of its predecessor rather than an all-new vehicle. Australian arrival timing is expected to be announced after Subaru unveils… Read More →
Posted Friday, November 10, 2023 at 10:19pm
Jimmy Pelizzari and his co-driver Kate Stevens are recently back from the Lake Superior Performance Rally, their first outing in a new car. They finished, but not as well as they’re used to, having risen through the ARA ranks from novices struggling in a cool but snakebit Mazda 323 GTX to regular podium finishers in a GC 2.5RS. It was a shakedown in a new car, and some little new car issues held them back.… Read More →
