Normally, station wagons don’t do much for me. But station wagons that are tricked out by STI (Subaru’s skunk works/racing arm/rally parts bin) and trimmed out in WRC blue … OK, I might be interested, sure. Anyway, the wagon you see here just rolled out at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show. It might get [...]
Strange rumors in these strange days: Subaru is considering the return of the SVX. The SVX, although weird, was the upmarket replacement for Subaru’s XT, a car that looked like something George Jetson would have driven (had he needed a car). Although the SVX was popular with a certain segments of my friends and acquaintances, [...]
Not everyone can survive owning an smaller economy car, but can’t afford something high-end. Nor can they use an impractical sports car for the everyday slog. That doesn’t mean that this increasing group suffer by driving something drab. So here are some cars that are priced right for their markets and offer some enjoyment of [...]
Is Subaru Moved Into German Territory? Or more precisely, “Has the 2010 Subaru Legacy Moved Into German Territory?” was the brief question offered up by the fine folks at Edmund’s the other day. Whether it was a coincidence or not, I happened to be thinking the same thing.
Ever since man began making cars for more than just getting from A to B, two-door coupes have been a sign of automotive enthusiasm and overall sportiness that a four-door sedan simply could not fulfill. A recent wave of sport sedans and four-door coupes have been introduced to the market, but for us sports car [...]
That’s a right nice Merry Christmas for Petter Solbereg & Chris Atkinson, Subaru just fired them … OK, not fired them, but it just recently came out that Subaru has decided to not compete in the WRC (the World Rally Championship) any longer.
They site the usual reasons these days: World economic downturn.
But there’s more to [...]
And in today’s episode of “As The Camshaft turns” …
OK, as you know, Honda bailed from F1 racing with about 17 hours notice. ‘Too expensive’ they cried. ‘World economic downturn’ they moaned. Although actually it is looking more and more that getting their rear wings handed to them by the likes of Toro Rosso [...]
Has it been a year already? The calender says so, but it seems closer, two months ago, maybe four, that the news that Colin McRae, one of the worlds great rally drivers was killed in a helicopter crash along with his son and two others.
Private aviation seems to be about as forgiving of racing greats [...]
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