Our favorite hoon has rolled out yet another video, this time detailing the build-up of his wicked 2009 Subaru WRX STI. The wrenches at Crawford Performance dropped over 800 man-hours through 43 days of construction to turn the Subie from stock to street-lethal. It brings a tear to our eyes to see all those sweet [...]
And not just for testing. Subaru’s performance arm is set to take on the 24 Hours of Nurburgring next month in a specially-prepared Impreza WRX. The car rocks a mostly stock motor, though a number of chassis-stiffening components have been added to help the car cope with a full day’s worth of abuse. STI will [...]
It looks like Prodrive intends to live up to its promise to keep Subaru where it belongs – rallying. The tuning company and legendary builder has announced plans to enter its WRC2008 Impreza in the 2009 Scooby Sprint Championship. A one make race, the Scooby Sprint is a UK competition pits privateer cars against some [...]
Subaru just let loose word that a new, kinder, more gentle STI is headed our way. Called the A-Line, the car is meant to cater to folks who dig on the STI badge, but aren’t quite ready to dive into the hardcore sports machine boots and all. The result is the first STI with an [...]
Some Fiends get to have all the fun. Take rally guru Travis Pastrana, for instance. Not only does this guy get paid to play in the dirt and snow, Subuaru’s going so far as to build a limited edition ‘Rex to commemorate his third consecutive Rally America Championship win. The car is slated for an [...]
It’s only logical that since the new Mazda3 showed up in LA and the 5-door version debuted in Detroit that Geneva will play host to the unveiling of the all new MazdaSpeed3. So says Autoblog. What Autoblog don’t say is what sort of motivation will be found under the Speed3’s hood. It could be the same, [...]
Can I get a Flavor Flav-style, “Yeeeeeah Boyyeee?” That’s a Bentely Brooklands and you don’t have to dig very deep in my Anglophile heart to discover the fact that I think it’s one of the most desireable cars in the world. If not actually the most lustworthy. You can bet your crumpets that Mr. justin [...]
There are driving gods, and then there titans descended from cartopia itself. Ken Block is one such titan, and he set up camp at an abandoned air field for four days to prove it. The fine folks at 0-60 Magazine were able to get their hands on footage of Block strutting his stuff for the [...]
Subaru plans to crank out a special edition WRX STI to commemorate the car’s 20th birthday. Complete with a few suspension tweaks and a couple of exterior additions, the car is bound to hold a special place in the covetous hearts of Subie owners everywhere. This special STI comes with even more aggressive springs and [...]
Due to circumstances I don’t want to get into, I wasn’t able to accompany Levy up to British Columbia and drive the all new for 2009 WRX. In case you’ve been under a rock, Subaru released a mostly new WRX in 2008 and no one liked it. It had the same power as the 2005-2007 [...]
