25
Mar
As pure-play electric cars go, Subaru’s R1e may have found the perfect formula. And it might get the chance to prove it towering before its rivals do.
The New York ability Authority will start checking two of the vehicles that summer. Results will be a litmus analysis for sales of the vehicle in …
21
Mar
Another plug-in electric car from Japan based on a popular production model, Subaru’s groovy little R1e is a battery-powered version of the home-market R1 two-seat microcar.
The company claims a 50-mile charge will cost less than two dollars, and that the car’s lithium-ion batteries can attain 80…
14
Jan
I’ve read a good deal lately about the supposed gentrification of the Subaru WRX STI. I’ve heard that it is somehow softer, less involving, less wicked than the car it replaces. Well, after a week on public roads with one, I’m just not buying it. The old car was quick and visually extraverted, no qu…
28
Oct
The wait is finally over. Subaru has released official photos and initial info on the new JDM-spec Impreza WRX STI. Details remain scant, however, as Subaru only tells us that the new STI is powered by a 16v 2.0L boxer with a twin-scroll turbo mated to a 6-speed manual.
SI-DRIVE, multi-mode Drive…
19
Sep
The new Subaru Impreza STI was snap-shotted by amator on a public road in Japan. You can see a traditional enlarged hood scoop, butcher flared arches and two increasingly exhaust pipes than found on the WRX.
The new Subaru Impreza STI will assemble debut at October’s Tokyo Motor Show.
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14
Aug
Our weeklong hiatus of Reader Rides has ended, giving our Flickr pool a bit more time to amass cars and, more importantly, descriptions. Today’s RR comes courtesy of Autoblog reader Neil and his 1999 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport.
Although driven daily, Neil hits up his local autocross cou…
3
Jul
digg_url = \’http://digg.com/environment/Subaru_sells_100_000_PZEVs_and_sends_nothing_to_the_dump_for_three_years\’;The Subaru assembly plant in Indiana has now gone three years without taking out the trash and the corners of the building still haven’t filled up. Actually all the waste i…
9
Apr
Click on the image for Autoblog’s gallery of high-res images of the 2008 Subaru Tribeca.
Subaru has taken the wraps off its new Tribeca All-Wheel Drive SUV at the New York Auto Show. Featuring increasingly generic, but easier-on-the-eye looks and a new fully revised interior, the 2008 model…
7
Mar
AutoblogGreen readers are no strangers to the R1e (see that preceding post, which garnered some good comments), but I think most of the world is fairly unfamiliar with that tiny all-electric car. that may change, though, whether Subaru comes through and makes the R1e widely available as a smal…
7
Mar
Click on the photo to see the gallery of high-res shots of the display engine
digg_url = \\’http://digg.com/world_news/Subaru_Boxer_Turbo_Diesel_announced\\’;Over on Autoblog, Damon has a report on the unveiling of the eagerly anticipated new diesel engine from Subaru. Unfortunately, th…
20
Feb
Available later that spring, the Saturn Aura Green Line will cost $22,045 (plus $650 destination charge). that makes the hybrid powertrain a $1,700 option. that is in line with preceding expectations that GM’s first hybrid sedan would cost less than $23,000.
Without the hybrid option, the 200…
19
Feb
Automotive News (subs req’d) has tried to round up the green-friendly cars and concepts that are coming our way from Geneva in a few weeks. Their list is as chases. The few others we know about are below that.
From Autonews:
“BMW debuts a 1-series three-door variant with a stop-start sy…
10
Feb
Last fall Subaru announced plans to introduce a diesel engine with their classic boxer configuration. At next month’s Geneva Motor Show, Subaru will be displaying the new oil-burning horizontally opposed four cylinder engine. Subaru plans to install the new engine in the Legacy and Outback starting …
2
Feb
I’m in Michigan, where the cold is keeping thoughts of going into rivers far from my intellect right about now. But Subaru of America is gearing up for the summer warmth and the National River Cleanup Week (NRCW), scheduled for June 2-10. The NRCW, which brings thousands of volunteers out to hun…
