Subaru News

Ignore all the froufrou about the Acura NSX, pictured above, and the sleek, unpronounceable Lexus concept that were hyped up at the last auto show. Some significant Japanese cars came out this month, and their sales figures reflect the shininess: the Toyota Camry, Honda CR-V, and Subaru Impreza ...    Read more

Thirteen. That's how many new 30-second anthropomorphically-themed dog videos Subaru recently filmed. On Subaru's YouTube channel, in one neat and numbered list, you can watch dogs ski, camp, parallel park, hit the drive thru, and visit the pet store, among other people'y things. Oh, and the dogs all drive Subaru's en ...    Read more

The winter represents different things to different people. Many people pack up and head to warmer climates at the first sign of snow. Others wait for it to pile up so a weekend at a favorable ski resort can happen. If you fall into the latter category of those who ...    Read more

Conventional wisdom held that 2011 would be the year of the compact car. Instead, it was a year of disaster, frustration, and not atypically—hope. But everyone already knows 2011's great story: tsunami, earthquake, floods, and burying the past. It's that last part, plus summer's annual focus on the next production ...    Read more

Santa. Sinterklaas. Kris Kringle. Saint Nicholas. No matter what you call him, most of us imagine him as a jolly bearded man in red velour who delivers presents to all of the good boys and girls. For those who don’t fall under that criterion, sorry, you get coal. Or a ...    Read more

It's no secret that wagons are a much bigger hit in Europe than here in the U.S. That's why Alfa Romeo will be introducing the Giulietta wagon in Europe, but its stateside kin—the recently teased 2013 Dodge Dart—will ...    Read more

The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety announced 115 recipients of its Top Safety Pick award. With 18 new vehicles joining the list for 2012, it’s especially surprising that 10 of them happen to be Honda models that have all been on sale for years now, showing the brand’s willingness to ...    Read more

Subaru last week announced a recall for 32,000 Impreza, Legacy, and Outback models, and actually issued a stop-sale notice over a potentially faulty brake system. The affected vehicles are for 2012 models only, and include Imprezas built between April 21, 2011 and November 15, 2011; and Legacy and Outback vehicles ...    Read more

The 2013 Scion FR-S and its platform mates, the 2013 Subaru BRZ and overseas-only Toyota GT 86, haven’t even gone on sale yet. But already, we’re hearing murmurs of more powerful versions making it to production. Subaru, the automaker that engineered the FR-S and BRZ, has denied the 2.0-liter flat-4 engine ...    Read more

Japanese automakers are very likely counting down the days of 2011. In a year of earthquakes, a tsunami, and even more recent flooding in Thailand, the end of December can't come soon enough. Manufacturing and parts have been limited, inventory has been affected, and if you haven't noticed— the economy ...    Read more

We're not going to say that we don't take the Tokyo Motor Show seriously. We do, in fact. But, for a show that only comes around every other year, and largely features a bunch of wacky concept cars that will never see the light of day—at least, not in ...    Read more

Pure handling delight. Confidence in motion. Ultimate driver control. Abstract sound bites? Maybe, but these have been Subaru's goals for the BRZ—the front-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car co-developed with Toyota—from the very beginning. Before the 2009 concept unveiling, before Toyota's 2008 entrance, and before rumors of the Impreza- and Legacy-based ...    Read more

If you're into Subaru, you'll by now know that that for 2012, the Impreza and WRX/STI nameplates have had a falling apart. While the 2012 WRX and STI will continue indefinitely using the same underpinnings as the 2011 Impreza (brochures here), the all-new 2012 Subaru Impreza gets a new ...    Read more

What's New The 2013 Subaru BRZ needs little introduction. Rumors and photos of various prototypes and test mules have circulated the web for years. But this is the BRZ STI Concept, the supposed dialed-up-to-11 sports car for purists, fanboys, and the next generation of gear heads. And in an age of ...    Read more

While Subaru is gearing up for the Los Angeles Auto Show next week, 5450 miles across the Pacific the automaker is also prepping for the Tokyo Motor Show. Taking place just a fortnight after Los Angeles, Subaru will unveil the Advanced Tourer Concept, alongside the much more heavily hyped BRZ ...    Read more

Men, as smart women know, have a low tolerance for extended flirtation. Yeah, quips laced with possibility, innuendo punctuated with wet lips, or a teasing remark followed by a smoldering glance are fine once, twice, thrice, but get old real fast, especially if there's no alcohol involved. If Subaru hasn't already ...    Read more

Subaru's new BRZ STI Concept won't be the only sub-$30,000 performance car making an anticipated debut at the LA Auto Show. In fact, some enthusiasts might be more excited for Ford's production version of the Focus ST. That car, which has existed in Europe for years but never brought to ...    Read more

Japan's Big Three isn't fully recovered from damage and supply issues caused by the March earthquake and tsunami, but October was the first month where production and supply stabilized. Unfortunately, flooding in Thailand may adversely affect November and December. In the meantime, though, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda continued their steady ...    Read more

So you bought a BMW 5 Series a decade ago and are now in the market for a new one. You go to the dealership, test drive one, and realize that the new car is vastly larger than your old model in every dimension. You know the new car has ...    Read more

This is really, finally it. The front-engine, rear-wheel drive sports-car collaboration that everyone has been waiting for is really, finally going to be unveiled. Almost. The Subaru BRZ will actually be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in late November. Before that, though, Subaru will be lifting the cloak from this--the very ...    Read more

Four days. One hundred thousand visitors. Two thousand vendors. The Specialty Equipment Market Association converges upon the Las Vegas Convention Center once a year to show off the future aftermarket equipment bound to be bolted on to tomorrow’s cars. In more recent years, automakers have jumped on the bandwagon to ...    Read more

This is the performance question of the season, for what is, admittedly, an enthusiast's dream car pairing. Reports indicate that Toyota's FT-86 (to be sold as the Scion FR-S here in the U.S.) will make around 200 horsepower from its Subaru-derived 2.0-liter 4-cylinder. But according to the UK's Autocar, Subaru ...    Read more

Sales were up for most Japanese automakers in September, but Toyota and Honda were still down, despite growing signs of hope. Still recovering from the March earthquake and Tsunami, Toyota returned to full capacity late in the month, and Honda, too, is finally up to full production. Nissan continued its recent ...    Read more

The Make-A-Wish Foundation has won Subaru’s Share the Love Facebook contest to determine which new charity the automaker will add to its yearly event. In the last three years, Subaru of America has donated more than $15 million dollars to charity, and hopes to add another $5 million this ...    Read more

Subaru has recalled 69,590 Legacy and Outback models for a potential moonroof defect. The 2011 models manufactured between August 3, 2010 and July 1, 2011 could have insufficient adhesive between the glass and retainer, and might have been improperly installed. The moonroof glass in affected vehicles can loosen and detach while ...    Read more