As Kurt mentioned yesterday, the first ever European-style RallyCross race to be held in the U.S. took place this past weekend. Well, I decided to check it out for myself, and on Sunday, I trekked out to the New Jersey Motorsports Park in...
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Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, are the hosts behind the popular radio show “Car Talk,” and they have a bone to pick with a few cars that are trying to drive their repair shop out of business. It’s not so much what these cars are doing...
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found about 40 hours ago by Steven J. Ewing on
Autoblog
We've read many reports lately having to do with Toyota's FT-86 rear-wheel drive sports coupe, but we mustn't forget that Subaru will be getting its own version of this new two-door - it is a joint venture, after all. Our spies have captured this...
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Looking like a two-door WRX STI Sedan, Subaru's version of Toyota's rear-wheel-drive FT-86 has been caught in Death Valley. The Subaru version of the RWD Toyota FT-86 is rumored to be AWD and pack at least 250 horsepower from a...
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found about 43 hours ago by Zach Bowman on
Autoblog
According to Automotive News, Subaru is set to release a new, more fuel-efficient version of its boxer four-cylinder engine. The powerplant should be available in both 2.0-liter and 2.5-liter configurations and will be able to offer up a 10-percent...
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Subaru and Hyundai/Kia have been two of the strongest-growing brands in America over the past year or so, but even their momentum wasn’t enough to prevent “uh-oh” moments this month. Subaru sales fell 23 percent, despite another strong showing...
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2009 Subaru Forester In what will be the first major overhaul of Subaru’s trademark boxer engine in 20 years, the automaker plans to introduce a next-generation, horizontally opposed engine by the end of the year. The model will first debut in the...
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found 2 days ago by John Neff on
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In our last long term update, I mentioned that my wife and I took the 2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT on a two-week road trip up to New England. Our ultimate destination was Bar Harbor, Maine, though a stop in New Hampshire on the way home became our most...
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Subaru Outback Consumer Reviews Subaru Outback More Expert Reviews 2010 Subaru Outback Photo Gallery 2010 Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited Specs By Alex Kramer Pros: Potent 3.6 L 6-cylinder engine Off-road capability of an SUV Luxurious interior Plenty...
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found 7 days ago by Justin Hyde on
Jalopnik
An Indiana man who runs the largest Prius recycling center in the country wanted a plug-in Prius that could match the utility of his first car, an El Camino. The results may disturb you....
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Do two wrongs make a right? Check out the build pics at...
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This is what happens when you have a Toyota Prius with rear end damage, a Subaru Baja (pickup truck version of the Outback) with front end damage, a lot of free time, and a very weird sense of aesthetics - or a sick sense of humor. This...
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For those of you that read the site regularly then you’ll know that we’ve posted about the Robin Hood Rally before. The rally is broken up into stages where amateur contestants compete for the win while driving flat out on sections of closed...
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For those who don’t know, the only Japanese brand not manufacturing in China is Subaru, but it appears that things are about to change as the firm is in talks with several partners in that country about a possible joint venture. According to Ikuo...
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Prodrive has a new Mini WRC project that it hopes will achieve the same successes it had once gotten with Subaru. In the 1990s and in the early part of the 2000s, the Banbury-based squad had contributed to making the Subaru Impreza an icon. It also...
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If you are a carmaker, you need to have a hybrid and maybe even a plugin in the program, or at least on the schedule – whether your heart is in it or not. Even avowed petrol (and diesel) heads such as BMW and Volkswagen are dabbling with...
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Back on August 7th Ken Block put together a test event for the new Gymkhana Grid Series. This series is the first of its kind that brings the super sideways, smoke throwing action of Gymkhana stateside. As Gymkhana Master Ken Block puts it, the...
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Anyone who’s ever raced cars will understand this video completely. When the dust settles, and you’ve established that both yourself and your co-driver are alive and relatively intact, the only thing to do is get back in the race. In rally,...
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found 24 days ago by Ben Wojdyla on
Jalopnik
Rally driver Patrick Richard rolled his Subaru racer at Canada's 2010 Rallye Baie Chaleurs then heroically hopped out and, with his co-driver still strapped in, flipped the Subie back over and raced to...
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found 24 days ago by Matt Hardigree on
Jalopnik
The Subaru FT-86 variant will be Legacy-based with 260-hp flat four, Impreza rear suspension. [MotorTrend]...
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We’ve seen our fair share of rally accidents, but it’s rate (almost impossible) for the cars to continue racing after almost being totaled. Not this Subaru racer at the Canadian Rally Championships. Related PostsKimi Raikkonen back to Rally...
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The 2011 Subaru WRX STI, with its iconic rear wing, receives a new body style this year. Under the hood is a 305 horsepower Subaru Boxer powerplant. Suspension tuning techniques, such as lowering the ride height to 5.9 inches, using stiffer front...
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Featured User Review: 2006 Subaru Impreza3 years, 50k miles, and stealthier than a ninja warrior by Martin Swig Price Paid: $17000.00 from Ann-Arbor dealer Review Date: July 1, 2010 Overall Rating: 5 of 5 Value Rating 5 of 5 Used product for: 3+...
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Do you love Subaru? Do you bleed blue and yellow? Are you fascinated with the Nurburgring? Do you just like the process by which fast cars become fast cars? Are you just bored on a Friday morning and want to watch 9 videos of the making...
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Every once in a while I get an inclination to go to the beach like the guys in this video. The only difference is that I can’t drive my car out onto the sands of Santa Monica and drift around like the Subarus and Evos in this video! They must be...
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found 15 days ago by Zach Bowman on
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Dog owners looking for a new set of wheels can take heart; the American Automobile Association has taken the time to pick a handful of vehicles best suited to moving your furry friend from one place to another. With around 45 million households...
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Photo source: Anna Bruce Photography For those of you who don’t know Ridelust.com has an actual woman that not only digs cars but contributes to our wonderful little automotive site. Some of you may think that Kurt and I made her up, but not only...
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There are simply not enough hours in the day to watch all the wonderful redneck videos floating around on the internet. Rednecks are their own specific breed of human being that are lacking in two specific areas, common sense and self preservation....
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The United States was first introduced to the sport of gymkhana when entrepreneur and car fiend Ken Block decided to make a Practice Video of himself railing around a gymkhana course in a hopped up Subaru STI. Block then went on to produced and...
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Subaru feels people get something special from their cars. This is probably most true with their high-performance model, the Impreza WRX STI. Owners of these incredible machines make sacrifices in the name of performance. For example my 2006...
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