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Posted Monday, October 16, 2023 at 8:53pm
You could look at the Crosstrek as Subaru’s tough little do-it-all crossover, or simple as a beefed up Impreza hatchback. Regardless, the Crosstrek has been wildly successful. Well, an all-new Subaru Impreza has just hit the streets so it looks like it’s time for us to get jacked up with an equally new Crosstrek! The Subaru Crosstrek is a relatively newcomer to the notoriously conservative brand, but it wasted no time in making an impact,… Read More →
Posted Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 8:49pm
Twelve months on from celebrating a hard-fought first American title, Brandon Semenuk cemented his place among the Stateside rallying greats with a season of total domination – culminating in another start-to-finish win at the Lake Superior Performance Memorial Rally. The Subaru Motorsports USA star’s success might have been telegraphed in Michigan, but it still had to be delivered. And that delivery was as surefooted as it was supreme, even through Saturday’s treacherously wet and slippery… Read More →
Posted Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 8:46pm
Fuji Heavy Industries, the name you’ll see on the metal badge on the driver door of most Subarus, began its life as an aircraft research company in 1915. The company made aircraft for Japan during World War II and, after the war, transitioned into automobile production. In 1968, Subaru introduced its first vehicle to the American market, the Subaru 360, which was literally marketed as “cheap and ugly.” Read More →
Posted Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 8:44pm
Brandon Semenuk is all set to achieve a 100% win record in the 2023 Green APU ARA season, leading the Lake Superior Performance Memorial Rally by almost five minutes – but Lia Block won’t return from retirement on Saturday. There was a noticeable sweeping effect on LSPR’s fast, sandy roads, as Semenuk was one of the few drivers to be faster in the afternoon than in the morning, once the surface had become rougher and… Read More →
Posted Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:42pm
Half a second slower on the last stage of the previous round and Matt Dickinson wouldn’t have been in Michigan for this week’s Lake Superior Performance Memorial Rally. “The plan was to crank it for the powerstage – we had to win the powerstage,” said Dickinson. Both he and his only rival for the American Rally Association’s National LN4 class crown, Ford Fiesta Rally3 driver Javier Olivares, have both scored two wins and two second… Read More →
Posted Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:41pm
The Lake Superior Performance Rally is racing back into the Marquette area this weekend. The rally is the final race of the American Rally Association National Championship. Racers from all over the world will attend, and over seventy cars will hit the track. Upper Michigan Today visited the rally’s parc exposé held at Fox Marquette Subaru Friday morning. TV6′s Tia Trudgeon and Elizabeth Peterson chat with the rally’s co-chairmen Steve Gingras and Eric Carlson about… Read More →
Posted Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:39pm
Adventure is always out there, and what better way to explore than having a trail ready utility to take you there! We packed our bags and flew out to St. George, Utah to experience the new 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness through Zion National Park. So, let’s brave the wilderness for a first drive and see what this rugged Crosstrek has to offer. We recently tested the all-new 2024 Crosstrek in mainstream Premium trim, and it’s… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:38pm
Subaru is hyping up fans ahead of the upcoming Japan Mobility Show 2023, releasing some details about its exhibit. While a special edition Forester and a new Levorg variant for the Japanese market are interesting enough, the brand’s latest EV sports car concept is set to be the real highlight of the October 25 press conference. Read More →
Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:37pm
Much is rightly made of the Olympus Rally’s history in the World Rally Championship, but before the Pacific Northwest came Michigan. For Press on Regardless read Lake Superior Performance Memorial Rally. New name, same woods, same challenge. It’s half a century since the world championship visited this part of the world, but Saturday’s Mount Marquette stage remains. When Brandon Semenuk launches his Subaru WRX down that day two road, he does so following in the… Read More →
Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:35pm
The moment we saw Subaru’s 2022 redesign of the WRX and its controversial plastic fender cladding, we knew we only wanted one thing: a WRX Wilderness. Subaru’s AWD sport compact has had rally roots from the start—let’s not forget the moniker means World Rally eXperimental. What better time than now to create a lifted, nubby-tired, off-road version of the WRX to enable bombing around forest roads without fear of damage and to serve as a… Read More →
