Subaru News
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It may be wearing STI badges, but the car featured here isn’t the fabled BRZ STI we were all hoping for when teaser images of an STI-badged BRZ appeared on Subaru’s website over the weekend. This car is actually a concept that previews some mild performance upgrades developed by STI for the BRZ. The upgrades are a mixture of new and old items and are expected to be offered for sale later in the year. They are grouped under the lesser tS moniker, which is short for “tuned by STI,” and thus don’t represent the upgrades one might expect on a fully-fledged STI model...
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Subaru, Higgins To Compete At X Games Gymkhana Grid: VideoDefending back-to-back Rally America champion David Higgins and the Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team are joining forces for the festivities at X Games Los Angeles. The team will compete in the Gymkhana Grid event against the likes of Ken Block, Tanner Foust, as well as his own Subaru PUMA teammates...
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2015 Subaru Legacy Spy ShotsSubaru’s popular Legacy mid-size sedan is about to be replaced by an all-new model, seen here testing in prototype form for the first time. This particular prototype was spotted testing in Michigan and features many of the fixtures that will appear on the final production model. The new...
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2013 Subaru BRZ & Isle Of Man Redux: Still Got ItWe drove the 2013 Subaru BRZ on the Isle of Man TT course again, and remembered why it pushes out buttons so well.
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Forbidden Fruit: 2013 Subaru WRX STI tS Type RASubaru has revealed what’s likely to be the last version of its third-generation WRX before the arrival of the all-new, fourth-generation model later this year. The new special edition is the 2013 Subaru WRX STI tS Type RA and it has been developed exclusively for Subaru’s home market...
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Saying Goodbye To The Subaru WRX STI At The Isle Of ManThe current Subaru WRX STI is a beast: powerful, capable, but something less than pretty. Despite its ungainly looks, it has made fans out of us and out of a large chunk of the populace. But it's due for replacement soon. So we took the opportunity to spend the better part of a week with the car in...
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At nearly 200 mph, the jumps, curves, and hard stone walls of the Snaefell Mountain Course are among the most challenging in all of competitive motorsports. They're also among the most dangerous, claiming the lives of 240 competitors since the race's founding in 1907, including one more this year. Having lapped the course several times during race days in the Subaru BRZ, I can confirm the tricky nature of the high-speed circuit, even with twice the usual number of tires on the ground. While danger defines much of the Tourist Trophy from the perspective of rider and fan alike (a crash this...
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Subaru Joins Global RallyCross Championship At BarcelonaSubaru is going racing, and the automaker has a brand new team to show off. Partnering up with PUMA, Subaru is sending a handful of rally-prepped WRX STI race machines to the X Games in Barcelona. The event at hand is Global RallyCross Championship, and the team drivers are Bucky Lasek, Dave Mirra...
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2015 Subaru WRX Spy VideoA prototype for Subaru’s next-generation WRX is seen here undergoing high-speed testing at Germany’s Nürburgring circuit. The new car finally drops the Impreza name in order to signify its unique engineering and technology, but sadly the exterior resembles that of the latest...
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The Subaru WRX STI Blow-Off Valve Duck Call ModificationImagine you're at a stoplight, and a Subaru WRX STI rolls up next to you, with the driver revving the engine. Seems normal right? What if when they revved the engine a duck call started coming from the car's engine bay? We know, try to contain your laughter. MUST WATCH: Brake Failure At 154 MPH Is...
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Subaru Design Boss Talks WRX Concept: VideoSubaru has been telling us for a while that the next-generation WRX will not be just a hopped up Impreza, and it used the 2013 New York Auto Show to give us our first glimpse of this with the WRX Concept. While we've spied the next-generation Subaru WRX undergoing testing, the WRX Concept gives us...
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Subaru WRX Concept Video Preview: New York Auto ShowThe next-gen Subaru WRX will be leaving its past close twinning to the Impreza model in the dust for its next generation, but it will still share some of its underpinnings with the more pedestrian Subie. Best of all, while this WRX Concept isn't quite the real deal, it does reflect the core teem of...
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We’ll warn you in advance that the 2013 Subaru WRX Concept displayed at this week’s New York Auto Show may or may not be what the final product looks like. Subaru is hedging its bets, saying only that the show-stopping concept represents its “new design language” for the WRX. We’re far too jaded to get attached to a concept, as we’ve had our hopes dashed too many times in the past. Still, we’ll come out and make a single plea, anyway: please Subaru, don’t change a thing between concept and production versions. We’ll give you a pass on the...
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Next-Gen Subaru WRX Previewed By New ConceptSubaru has gone to some length to separate the WRX from its former pedestrian platform-mate, the Subaru Impreza. In 2012, Subaru dropped the Impreza name from the WRX and introduced an all-new Impreza; since then, only spy photos have hinted at what the next WRX would look like. Thanks to...
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Subaru Confirms New Performance Concept For 2013 New York Auto ShowSubaru will have two major debuts at next week’s 2013 New York Auto Show. One of these has been confirmed as the 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid (pictured below), the automaker’s first hybrid vehicle and the first to be powered by Subaru’s proprietary hybrid drive technology...
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Subaru Viziv Concept Live Photos: 2013 Geneva Motor ShowWhile Subaru's crossover and SUV styling has had some notable misses, the new Viziv concept unveiled today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show looks to put the brand on a very attractive new heading. Still a bit quirky--certainly not plain vanilla--the Viziv doesn't offer any of the awkward or confused...
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Subaru Viziv Concept Debuts At The 2013 Geneva Motor ShowSubaru’s new Viziv crossover concept, unveiled today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, provides vital clues towards the path the Japanese automaker will be taking with its future vehicles. The Viziv is a two-door, four-seat crossover that draws its name from “vision for innovation”...
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2013 Subaru WRX And STI Special Editions Priced From $28,795Last year’s Subaru WRX and WRX STI Special Editions have just been priced, with the most affordable model only costing $500 more than the price of the standard model on which it's based. Pricing on the 2013 Subaru WRX Special Edition will set you back just $28,795, which is only $500 more...
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When you pad into the kitchen first thing in the morning, only to find out you’re low on milk, do you silently glow with an inner joy as you reach for the car keys? Are you plotting every inch of your route to buy milk, thinking about things like pavement transitions and power-on oversteer? If you answered “no” to these questions, we have two pieces of advice to offer. First, sell your current car and buy a Subaru BRZ, and second, move to Spain and rent a centuries-old farmhouse, next to a working dairy and a rock quarry. Actually, switch that up: you probably want to move...
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Forbidden Fruit: Subaru BRZ RA RacingIf you believe that Europe and Japan get all the cool cars while we’re relegated to sloppy seconds, the newly-announced Subaru BRZ RA Racing probably won’t make you any happier. Like stripped tuner and racing versions already announced by Toyota and Subaru, the Subaru BRZ RA Racing...
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2014 Subaru Forester 2.0XT first drive reviewAfter a day of blasting through otherworldly Saguaro cactus forests of Southern Arizona, much of it on dusty, unimproved gravel backroads—on the way to hot-lap time at the track—we can't exactly say that we put the new turbocharged 2014 Subaru Forester 2.0XT through the kinds of...
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Subaru Outlines 2013 Motorsport ActivitiesSubaru’s motorsport activities in 2013 will center on three main competitions, with once again the sporty BRZ and Impreza WRX STI representing the automaker in its endeavors. The three competitions include the Super GT touring car series, the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, and...
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Subaru, Scion Gear Up For 2013 Rally America CompetitionToyota, for all of its snoozerific mainstream cars, has long had a firm grasp on grassroots motorsports, as well as the professional series. The Rally America National Championship bridges the two, and Toyota is hitting it hard this year with another top-level effort from Subaru Rally Team USA and...
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Subaru Announces New Starlink Connectivity And Infotainment System At 2013 CESSubaru is the latest automaker to announce a new vehicle connectivity and infotainment system, joining the likes of BMW, Ford, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz, which have been offering such systems for years. Subaru’s new system is called Starlink and it made its official debut this week at...
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