Archive for August, 2008

20-mile-long convoy of Subarus to celebrate life of Colin McRae

August 27th, 2008

This picture was taken a just a day after the rally legend was killed in a tragic helicopter crash near his home in Lanarkshire. Without prompting, rally fans from across the UK drove to Scotland to hold a memorial in the McRaes’ hometown, which quickly filled up with Subarus, most of them WR blue.
One year [...]

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VIDEO: Time lapse build of Subaru rally car over 800 hours

August 17th, 2008

It’s no secret that running a motorsports team is a lot of work, but probably most of us don’t know how much time and effort it really takes. Just building the race cars can take hundreds of man hours, as evidenced by this stop-motion video created by the U.S. Subaru rally team. Starting with a [...]

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Mackay WRX Meet N Greet - 31/08/08 9:00am

August 16th, 2008

Monthly 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 9:00am on the last Sunday of the month.
The next meet is on the 31st of August, if your keen to meet us or [...]

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2009 Subaru Impreza WRX: 265 hp, retuned suspension, STI tweaks

August 16th, 2008

It’s official folks. Those of you that picked up a 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX have been had. The road-going rally rocket gets an update for 2009 and with it comes a retuned 2.5-liter boxer four-pot producing 265 hp and 244 lb.-ft. of torque - a 41 hp and 18 lb.-ft. increase over the outgoing model. [...]

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