Posted Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 9:45pm
In an updated test that evaluated the performance of the crash avoidance systems of 10 popular, small SUVs, few models excelled. Only the 2023-24 Subaru Forester earned a good rating.
The first results of the new vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention testing program, aimed to encourage automakers to improve crash avoidance systems, were announced on Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit financed by the insurance industry.
“The vast majority of new vehicles now come with automatic emergency braking,” David Harkey, the Insurance Institute’s president, said in a statement, “and our research shows the technology prevents as many as half of all front-to-rear crashes. This new, tougher evaluation targets some of the most dangerous front-to-rear crashes that are still happening.”
Posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 10:13pm
Get ready to bid farewell to yet another sedan. Subaru announced today that the Legacy mid-size sedan will be discontinued following the 2025 model year. The current generation, the Legacy’s seventh, arrived for 2020 and was given a refresh for the 2023 model year with sharper front end styling. While sales were up by 13 percent year over year in 2023 to 25,510 units, they were down by 13 percent through March of this year and are a long way off from the 65,000 units sold in 2016.
The Legacy first appeared in 1989, designed specifically for the American market and the first Subaru to be built in the United States when the automaker opened its plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The Legacy was sold as both a sedan and a wagon in the U.S. until the fifth generation, which debuted for 2010. The Legacy had spawned a lifted Outback trim in the mid-1990s that became its own model in 2010, replacing the Legacy wagon as the sole longroof in Subaru’s lineup.
Posted Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 10:00pm
The new head of Subaru’s performance division is planning a return to the World Rally Championship – if he can get the company’s board of directors over the line. In an interview with Subaru Motorsport Magazine, the new president of Subaru Tecnica International (STI), Hiromi Tamou said he wanted to contribute to improving the Subaru brand through rallying. “It is a great possibility,” Mr Tamou said in a translated interview when asked about a possible return… Read More →
Posted Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 9:56pm
What’s Subaru and when did it start making cars? Subaru began back in 1918 as the Nakajimi Aircraft Company, founded by engineer Chikuhei Nakajima. It was Japan’s first aircraft manufacturer, but forced to close in 1945 after defeat in World War Two as the Allies banned aircraft production in the country. Broken up, five of the companies came together in 1953 as Fuji Heavy Industries. Fuji used to make buses,… Read More →
Posted Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 9:17pm
The CR Recommended Forester is one of Subaru’s top-selling models, so it’s not surprising that the automaker has made sure the revamped 2025 model builds on the strengths that have made it so popular. Read More →
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