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First Subaru Impreza World Rally Car up for Sale by Prodrive
February 24th, 2009The very first Subaru Impreza World Rally Car (WRC), a 1997 model with chassis number PRO-WRC-97-001 has been put up for sale by the Japanese firm’s official partner in the WRC (before its decision to withdraw from the sport late last year, that is), Prodrive. The two-door Impreza WRC was the very first car built under the [...]
Chicago 2009: Subaru Impreza WRX STI Travis Pastrana Edition
February 20th, 2009Click above for high-res gallery of the Subaru Travis Pastrana Impreza WRX STI
Tucked away in a corner of McCormick Place was this custom WRX STI built in as part of a cooperative effort between Subaru and Travis Pastrana’s race team, Vermont SportsCar. The car commemorates Pastrana’s third consecutive Rally America National Championship, and although a [...]
Q & A with Petter Solberg
January 9th, 2009Subaru’s sudden departure from the World Rally Championship has left 2003 title-winner Petter Solberg on the sidelines.
During a visit to the Autosport International Show, he spoke about last month’s shock news, his search for a new drive, and the current state of the WRC.
Head to the forums for the interview.
VIDEO: Petter Solberg rides a subaru…forgets to steer
January 5th, 2009We all have our embarrassing moments. Most, however, aren’t quite as public as Petter Solberg’s mishap last month at the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint in Bologna, Italy. The 2003 WRC champion was taking some parade laps and waving to the crowd when he decided it was a good idea to get on the roof of his car. [...]
Officially official: Subaru leaving World Rally Championship
December 17th, 2008Click above to view Subaru’s 2008 WRC car in our high-resolution image gallery
Rally fans who were troubled by the rumors yesterday that Subaru was preparing to do the unthinkable and scrap its WRC team will be disappointed to learn that the speculation has proven to be true, as parent company Fuji Heavy Industries has announced it is [...]
Colin McRae tribute convoy reaches 30-miles long
September 12th, 2008Oh, those Brits. When they’re not faking making corn circles they’re writing a rally legend’s name using 1,086 Subaru Imprezas as pixels. This, of course, was the finale to the weekend long celebration of Colin McRae’s life, which saw over 1,100 Scoobys converge on Prodrive’s test track in Warwickshire. Precisely how many cars took part [...]
20-mile-long convoy of Subarus to celebrate life of Colin McRae
August 27th, 2008This 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 [...]
Subaru changes targets for 2008
July 9th, 2008Subaru drivers Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson will start the second half of this year’s World Rally Championship with the freedom to go flat out and win stages in an attempt to put the new Impreza WRC2008 on the podium through sheer pace before the end of the season.
Subaru World Rally Team managing director Richard [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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