Subaru News

Subaru will be introducing its redesigned Tribeca at this week’s 2007 New York auto show, with sales set to start by the middle of the year. Designers have dropped the current model’s wing-shaped grille in favor of a more conservative rectangular unit matched with square shaped...

This is the first look at the next-generation Impreza performance model, and it shows that Subaru’s designers have taken the company back five years with the latest styling of the iconic WRX. Perhaps former designer Andreas Zapatinas knew his days at Subaru were coming to an end and as a...

New images of the upcoming Subaru STi have surfaced online, revealing the car’s new styling ahead of its debut at the New York Auto Show in April. Key changes for the new model are the introduction of the hatch body-style, and the new front-end styling that forgoes the unpopular airplane...

Subaru will unveil the world’s first horizontally-opposed turbo diesel engine at next month’s Geneva Motor Show ahead of the launch of the all-new Impreza at the New York Auto Show. The first models to get the new diesel engines will be Subaru’s Legacy and Outback range early next...

Changes to Japan’s antitrust laws has leaves the path open for industry giant Toyota to take over Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru. Toyota has owned an 8.7% stake of Fuji Heavy since October 2005 but according to analysts, the company always wanted a controlling stake but...

Subaru’s new vehicles for the 2008 model year included re-designed versions of the Legacy sedan and Outback crossover. New to the range is the Legacy 3.0R Sedan, Subaru’s first six-cylinder model in the US, which enters the company’s lineup as its new flagship. The Legacy 3.0 R...

A Japanese newspaper report has confirmed that Toyota will begin producing small cars for Fuji Heavy Industries, the owners of the Subaru brand name. Production of the Subaru version of the Passo hatchback will begin as early as this year, with Toyota subsidiary Diahatsu building the car in its...

Subaru is currently on track to produce a total of 600,000 vehicles for 2006, but is still considered small by global car manufacturer standards. The company’s mid to long-term goal is to lift this figure to 800,000 models, and to do this Subaru plans to release updated versions of its...

Subaru feels “the market is ready” for STI versions of other cars in their range, according to Tomohiro Ishitobi, Subaru vice president of product planning, in an interview with AutoWeek. The STI brand, which stands for Subaru Tecnica International – Subaru’s motorsport...

Images of a production ready Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X have turned up, revealing that the final version will stay true to its concept’s form. The scan was taken from the latest copy of Autocar magazine, which went on to reveal crucial details about the new car including the fact that...

Subaru’s risky gamble with the bold propeller face for its popular Impreza has failed to attract buyers. The heavily criticized model facelift has been slammed by both media and consumers alike and won’t make its way to the upcoming Liberty and Outback models, to be released in...

Back in 1966 Fuji Heavy Industries gave birth to the Subaru 1000, a small four-door sedan with a 1.0-litre horizontally-opposed four-cylinder engine. The engine design was considered strange at the time but Fuji Heavy, who had experience building flat engines for the Japanese WWII fighters, knew...

The new Subaru Impreza due in 12 months time will come in 2 different body styles. There will be the regular four-door saloon plus a newly designed hatch version with styling that’s heavily influenced by the B5 concept car, first displayed at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. This hatch version may...