Put the words "Subaru" and "rally" together, and you'll inevitably be flooded with visions of the Impreza WRX STI campaigning in the WRC. This isn't one of those times.

Details are a bit on the scarce side, but what we do know is that Barattero Motorsport and YPF Elaion have teamed up (with a little help from Subaru, we're sure) to compete in the January running of the 2010 Dakar Rally. Their chosen chariot for the epic journey? None other than the recently redesigned Subaru Forester. But it's a Forester in name alone.

Packing a tuned 2.0-liter (JDM-spec) STI boxer four putting [...]

The oddly shaped coupe covered in layers of metal and camouflage tape that you see in this spy video undergoing tests at the Nurburgring race track is none other than a test mule for the upcoming Toyota / Subaru co-developed rear-wheel drive sport coupes. Understandably, there's no way of knowing if it's a prototype for the Toyota-badged model that will be previewed at this week's Tokyo Motor Show with the FT-86 Concept or for Subaru's derivative that has yet to be revealed or even named.

Not that it matters as both compact sport coupes will share the same mechanical underpinnings including [...]

In this video, the 800 hours required to transform a Subaru Impreza STi into a WRC are summed up in three minutes. In this case we see Travis Pastrana’s car that races in the US, sent to us by the guys at Motorsportblog.it.

Source [...]

Fuji Heavy Industries have announced the Subaru Plug-in STELLA Concept model, the next step in the evolutionary process of the Japanese automaker producing its first full production Electical vehicle. Whereas we normally only see one-off examples of concept models, the STELLA concept has been produced five times with four of those to be used at the Hokkaido Toyako Summit to transport government officials with the remaining prototype to be displayed at the Environmental Showcase.

The concept takes the EV system from the R1e and employs it in the body of the Subaru STELLA mini [...]

Commercialisation of the Subaru Exiga starts today in Japan, a kind of crossover between a station wagon and a people mover with the company’s celebrated all-wheel drive.

For the moment the range includes two engines, a 2.0 aspirated one at 150 hp, and a 2.0 turbo with 225 hp destined for the Exiga GT. As promised, to spoil the occupants and underline its grand tourer personality, a series of panoramic roofs will be available, which should enrich the already refined and spacious interior.

Regarding the look of the car, judgement remains subjective, though we can say that harmonious proportios are not really [...]

Subaru has laid the finishing touches on their Subaru Impreza World Rally Car 2008 and the car will make its World Rally Championship (WRC) debut at the upcoming Acropolis Rally in Greece (starts May 29), round 7 on the WRC calender.
The Subaru Impreza WRC2008 is based on the hugely successful Subaru Impreza STI and will be piloted by Australian Chris Atkinson and Norwegian Petter Solberg. This is the first time that Subaru will use a hatchback model as their WRC representative and has been called ‘the most radically different Subaru World Rally Car in 15 [...]

 The Toyota board announced in July 2007 that they had created a special committee dedicated to creating interesting cars. Of course a committee with that target in mind is bound to spark rumors of all kinds, and today word comes from Toyota that an interesting car is on its way.

Toyota (or Subaru) mentions no specifics in the press release except that it will be based on an entirely new platform, powered by Subaru's horizontally-opposed boxer engine with rear-wheel-drive and should arrive in dealerships by the end of 2011.

The new compact sports car will [...]

This week at the New York International Auto Show Subaru will announce that their small electric vehicle, the R1e, will be evaluated by the New York Power Authority all summer. Of course, the Subaru R1e will be on show at the NYIAS.

The Subaru R1e is not a new car, it has been thoroughly tested in Japan where it has won the ‘2006 Commendation For Global Warming Prevention Activity’ award. The 2+2 small car has been developed by Subaru, Tokyo Electric Power and NEC Lamilion Energy. Tokyo Electric Power hopes to have 3,000 R1e's [...]

Available in five-door form only, the Justy comes with air conditioning, side and curtain airbags, alloy wheels, a rev counter, CD player, rear parking sensors, four electric windows, remote central locking and an alarm as standard. Prices start from £8,495, including a five-year warranty.

Its low CO2 output will mean that it is exempt from the London congestion charge when the recently proposed changes come into effect next year. [...]