Archive for June, 2008
Mackay WRX Meet N Greet – 29/06/08 12:30pm
June 17th, 2008Monthly Meet N Greets are held so we can all meet up, have a chat, and even go for a cruise. The meeting place is at Supercheap North Mackay car park at 12:30pm on the last Sunday of the month.
The next meet is on the 29th of June, if your keen to meet us or catch [...]
Scientists create mutant bugs that produce crude oil
June 17th, 2008Is the price of fuel starting to get to you? Well experts from the company LS9, Inc. claim that they’ve discovered a cure for our fuel-dependency woes that only requires an army of genetically modified insects (read: industrial microbes)… that eat wheat straw and excrete crude oil (read: convert renewable feedstocks to a portfolio of “drop in compatible” [...]
Transformers 2 Speculation
June 16th, 2008A group of rabid Transformers fans decided to get together in a field last year and form the Autobot logo with 100 cars. Somehow they found someone with a helicopter and digital camera to record the moment and its been doing the rounds ever since.
Now there’s nothing quite like movie hype and movie rumors about [...]
Australia gets market-specific Subaru Liberty GT tuned by STI
June 11th, 2008Subaru’s Australian outpost is set to deliver a localized special edition Liberty GT (Liberty = Legacy) that’s been upgraded with a laundry list of components from the STI catalog. The Liberty GT tuned by STI makes 260 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque and will be made available with either a 6-speed stick or a [...]
Travis Pastrana getting a new co-driver
June 7th, 2008The first person to perform a double back flip on a bike has to have some loose screws. Fortunately, that quality has benefited Travis Pastrana’s medal collection, and his no-holds barred attitude has translated well from motorcycles into rally racing. Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom have won the Rally America National Championship for the [...]
Toyota/Subaru RWD sports car confirmed for 2011 with boxer engine
June 6th, 2008At a press conference in Japan on May 17th, Toyota CEO Katsuaki Watanabe finally confirmed that his company is jointly developing a pair of rear-wheel-drive sports cars with Subaru. Each brand will get its own version of the car, which will be powered by one of Subaru’s boxer engines, though the engine’s displacement, power output [...]
Spy Pic – Subaru Impreza Coupe sets sights on BMW
June 5th, 2008This Impreza coupé will go into production in 2010. Pics were shot outside a test center in the UK (amidst white-out conditions), the camo-clad mule is sporting some body panels pilfered from the current Legacy, but with a Toyota emblem in front, a pair of Recaro buckets inside and a shrunken trunk, there’s little doubt [...]
Subaru ad reminds us why the STI rocks
June 5th, 2008The Subaru WRX STI has the speed and agility to be a track star, but on dirt, few machines on earth can keep up with the sprightly little screamer. The impressive little Scooby can scoot just like the last-gen model, but now it does it with a refinement the old model lacked. For fans and [...]
Subaru WRC2008 takes second in debut at Acropolis rally
June 4th, 2008Sebastian Loeb and Citroen had a comfortable win at the Acropolis Rally in Greece this past weekend, but much of the attention was paid to the race debut of the Subaru WRC2008. With Petter Solberg behind the wheel, the new Subie took ten top-five stage times the first two days and captured second place overall. [...]
‘Risky’ new car strategy pays off for Subaru
June 4th, 2008Subaru World Rally Team principal David Richards says the development of the Subaru Impreza WRC2008 has moved to another stage after its impressive debut on the Acropolis Rally.
Richards said the team’s second place was proof that the decision to introduce the new car before it was completely ready was the right one.
“Many thought our decision [...]
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