Subaru News
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Every auto journalist has biases; ours is a predisposition to Subarus, of which we've owned four. So we were eager to test the 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek, a new model this year. It's essentially the Impreza compact five-door hatchback, with larger wheels and tires, higher ground clearance (8.7 inches), more aggressive trim, larger front disc brakes, and a bigger gas tank. That's more or less the same recipe that turned the meek Legacy wagon into the enormously successful Outback crossover in 1995, but applied to a compact hatchback. And, of course, like all Subarus sold in the U.S. (except the...
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Subaru Mild-Hybrid System: With Tokyo Concept, New Details
Subaru showed a potential direction for a next-generation C-segment (Impreza-sized) wagon in its Advanced Tourer Concept from the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show this week.
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2011 Tokyo Motor Show: Every Electric & Plug-In Concept Car
As thousands of members of the press decend on Tokyo ready for the 2011 Tokyo Auto Show to open on Wednesday, Green Car Reports brings you a preview of the electric and plug-in cars we're expecting to see at the show. From tiny micro-commuter concepts to electric sports cars the line-up is...
Antony Ingram -
Subaru Advanced Tourer Hybrid Concept: 2011 Tokyo Motor Show Preview
Subaru might be better known for its world-rally-inspired gas-guzzling Impreza WRX and STI, but the Japanese automaker is just about to jump on the green bandwagon with an all-new hybrid wagon concept due to be unveiled later this month at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. At the moment, we’ve only...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield -
2012 Subaru Impreza: AWD, 36 MPG Highway, First Drive Report
Subaru is known for its no-nonsense, durable, all-wheel drive Forester and Outback crossover utility vehicles. What U.S. buyers don't seem to know is that the company also makes compact sedans and hatchbacks. For 2012, Subaru has restyled its Impreza compact, increasing interior space while keeping...
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Subaru Hybrid For 2014 To Echo Honda, GM Mild-Hybrid Approach
Beyond the obvious Toyota, if any other make were to build hybrid cars, you might expect it to be Subaru. The small Japanese company's cars are revered for durability and standard all-wheel drive, and their drivers are often assumed to be on the liberal side of center. Subaru owners tend to cluster...
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Subaru has taken heed of customer complaints that its lineup wasn’t as efficient as those of its competitors, making its latest generation 2012 Impreza return an impressive 27/36 mpg city/highway gas mileage. Not only is the car still offered with the extra safety of all-wheel drive as standard, it also comes better equipped than the model it replaces as well as more interior space. But it’s not just volume sellers like the Impreza that will be receiving such substantial upgrades. Under a new, all-encompassing mid-term plan dubbed “Motion-V”, Subaru plans to enhance...
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2012 Subaru Impreza: Same Price, More Gas Mileage, Still AWD
The 2012 Subaru Impreza, unveiled at the New York Auto Show this spring, has the highest projected gas mileage of any all-wheel drive vehicle on sale in the U.S. this year: 27 mpg city and an impressive 36 mpg highway. Now Subaru has released pricing for its compact four-door sedan and hatchback...
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2012 Subaru Impreza: Video Walkaround Of New 36-MPG AWD Car
The list of compact cars offered with all-wheel-drive as an option is short. The list of compact cars that come with all-wheel-drive standard is even shorter: Subaru Impreza. For 2012, Subaru has restyled its Impreza compact sedan and hatchback, and fitted them with a new and more fuel-efficient...
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Advice: Downsizing From A Subaru Wagon, Seeking Better MPGs
We tend to get a lot of "What car should we buy?" questions at GreenCarReports, and we'll usually respond with a list of questions to narrow down the choices. Recently, though, our high-school friend Sarah Sette in Baltimore sent the following note: We are car shopping, seriously this time. The...
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2011 New York Auto Show: Scion Debuts FR-S Concept Sports Car
This past week at the 2011 New York Auto Show Scion debuted their next sports coupe intended for the U.S. market. The Scion FR-S is being developed in conjunction with Subaru and is slated to rollout for sale in mid 2012. Think of this as a body by Toyota, Engine by Subaru deal with the celebrated...
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AWD 2012 Subaru Impreza: 36 MPG Highway--NY Auto Show Preview
All-wheel-drive is an increasingly popular option in new vehicles, especially in areas of the country that get snow. But the security of having all four wheels powered in your car can be offset by the price of the option and, in most cases, a significant gas mileage penalty. And these days, it's...
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It was the film that many electric car advocates cite as the reason they drive electric, but now electric car “who done it?” documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? has a sequel: Revenge of the Electric Car. And as the film’s director Chris Paine tells us on the ROTEC website, “Revenge is at hand.” It is indeed. Announced yesterday, the film’s premiere will take place as part of the opening weekend of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Highlighted as the festivals’ spotlight feature documentary, the film tells the story of how plug-in...
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Subaru Offers Sports Tickets As Part of Regional “Subaru Saves Lives” Campaign
When you think of Subaru the first thing that might come to your mind is the WRX or possible all-wheel drive. Neither of those are incorrect, but Subaru wants to stand for more than that; the company wants to be known for their social conscious and as such is running a campaign that will end...
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Who Killed the Electric Car? Subaru To Slay Plug-In Stella EV
Back in July 2009, two Japanese automakers launched electric cars within weeks of each other. (And neither one was Nissan.) One was Mitsubishi, which put its i-MiEV five-door hatchback microcar on sale after several years of consumer tests. That car is now the best-selling electric car in the...
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Toyota, Subaru Cars To Get Lighter Using Toray Carbon Fiber
Carbon fiber is seen by many in the auto industry as one of the most effective ways of reducing vehicle weight and thus improving fuel economy and emissions levels, but the relative expense of the material means that it’s still reserved for only a handful of high-end production cars. BMW has...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Subaru Unveils More Efficient Four-Cylinder Boxer Engine
Subaru is sticking to its almost trademark horizontally opposed or ‘boxer’ engine for its future lineup of cars, improving on the design, making it more refined and fuel efficient with each generation. The third and latest generation of the engine--the first major redesign in 21...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2011 Subaru Forester More Efficient Thanks To New Engine
Subaru hasn’t made much of a commotion over its 2011 model year updates for the Forester range but we will as the compact SUV has been made more fuel efficient. An all-new four-cylinder ‘boxer’ engine for the base 2.5X models sees fuel economy rise to 21/27 mpg city/highway for both manual...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
At Home On the Track Or In the Dirt
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Sarah Palin Shilling for Socialist Subaru Liberals? Not So Much
Usually it's a good thing when a major political figure mentions an automotive brand. Unless, perhaps, it involves tax dollars and automaker bankruptcy rescues, but hopefully we're past that now. Still, some Subaru drivers may wonder whether they should feel a little nervous now that telegenic...
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St. Patrick's Day Special: The Most Popular Cars Painted Green
We write a lot about green cars, here at GreenCarReports.com. Surprise, right? Now our partner TrueCar has provided some data about which cars are greenest. That is, which cars are most often ordered in the color green. Consider this our automotive celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Lá Fhéile...
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Could Passing Cars Power Wind-Turbine Highway Lights?
And now, for today's great green concept, we present: Overhead highway lights powered by wind turbines, which are spun by the air turbulence generated as cars and trucks whiz past at speed. Like many such concepts, this one's conceptually brilliant: Use all that wasted wind to do useful work, in...
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Subaru To Join EV Market Abroad By 2013
A Start In Europe And Expanding Across the Globe From There
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GreenCarReports: 2009 Tokyo Motor Show Coverage
It's a sad thing when an auto show loses its exhibitors, and this was a tough year for Tokyo. Foreign automakers shunned the show--unless you count England's Lotus--so the biannual event had pretty much only Japanese products on display. Despite the downsizing, green cars abounded, ranging from new...
John Voelcker