Photo: Mercedes-Benz I love sports sedans. You love sports sedans. We all love sports sedans. That’s why it comes as no surprise that you folks were so passionate about the best sports sedans of all time when I asked you to tell me your favorite in last week’s question of the day. We’ve got some … Read more
Tim lives in Vegas and has a short commute, but his 1998 BMW 318 is starting to get to the end of its usable life. He needs something with room for a car seat and is torn between a light sporty car or something more off-road oriented. With a budget of around $30,000, what car … Read more
Image: Subaru There aren’t too many cars left that have CD players from the factory, either as standard or as an option. At this point with digital streaming technology, it’s a throwback not many people use or appreciate, at least in a new car. That’s why Subaru offering a single-disc CD player as an accessory … Read more
Photo: Facebook Marketplace Remember when Subaru brought the STI Type RA over to the U.S., and buyers collectively wondered “Hey, are you really charging $50,000 for a car with five more horsepower than the standard model?” This happened because American enthusiast buyers are by and large spec-sheet shoppers, who will endlessly compare and nitpick spreadsheet … Read more
Photo: Subaru The current Subaru WRX makes 271 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque from a turbocharged flat-four and sends its power to all four wheels via your choice of a manual or continuously variable transmission. As you may have guessed based on the photo, though, this particular WRX isn’t exactly stock and makes a … Read more
Here in America we never really got utes, the car-based pickup trucks that are so popular in Australia in other markets. There were outliers like the Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino and Subaru Baja for a time, but they never really caught on here in the U.S, and we came so close to getting a … Read more
Image: Subaru The current generation of the Subaru WRX debuted to some controversy, mostly over its plastic fantastic lower body cladding. That hasn’t stopped buyers though as the brand sold just under 25,000 last year. Subaru dealers seem set to draw in even more customers with a new performance variant for the WRX, the WRX tS. … Read more
Photo: Hyundai Most families can’t afford to buy a new car in the first place, much less a new car for a teen, but for those that can, it’s easy to understand why parents may be tempted to go that route instead of setting them loose in the cheapest still-running car they can find. You … Read more
Screenshot: Savagegeese After years of selling the WRX and STI as hatchbacks, Subaru decided to only offer the WRX as a sedan. It also has yet to bring back the STI, and power on the WRX has stayed about the same since the third-generation Impreza WRX got an update some 15 years ago. So when … Read more
Screenshot: Team O’Neil When we first drove the new Subaru WRX, it proved more competent than inspiring. It felt like you could push it hard, but it wasn’t really a car begging to be pushed. Then again, we’re also amateurs who drove it in the rain on tight northern California backroads. How does it do … Read more
