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The 2016 Subaru Crosstrek is an affordable, versatile compact crossover that’s well suited to the rigours of our Canadian winters, and is a popular model in the brand’s lineup. However, the Crosstrek Hybrid version isn’t as interesting, with its rather high $30,495 MSRP and marginal fuel economy improvement. The 148-hp, …

When you talk about the Subaru BRZ—or its sister the Toyota 86—the first thing naysayers will come up with is its "lack of power." For a sports car, 200 horsepower isn’t much. I’m willing to bet those skepticals never drove the BRZ, otherwise they would realize that it has more …

Here's yet another chapter in the Takata airbag scandal: no less than 12 million vehicles have been added to the recalled vehicles list. In case you weren’t aware, many manufacturers were contracting Takata to manufacture their airbags. During the process, Takata used a chemical that degrade over time. In an …

The 2016-2017 Subaru Legacy and Outback are now the target of a recall: Transport Canada recently published a warning about those vehicles. On some of these, parts of the steering column might be defective. This could cause the car to lose its steering capabilities, which is a safety risk if …

While pretty much every manufacturer builds some sort of four-cylinder engine, Subaru's have an interesting particularity: instead of being arranged one next to the other, each cylinder is laid horizontally in the chassis; two of them are pointing toward the left front wheel, the other two are in the opposite …

After the recent earthquake that hit the Kumamoto region in Japan, Nissan offered 100 LEAFs and e-NV200 for the recovery effort. The manufacturer will give 10 million yens, 6,000 water bottles and 2,750 servings of rice to the region. Their main assembly plant has also reopened at full capacity. «My …

Subaru announced that the Forester will receive updates for the 2017 model year. Among them, we note a new exterior, updated driving aid technologies, more comfort, better performance and greater fuel economy. Exterior-wise, the non-turbo models will sport a modified bumper and will be fitted with a new hexagonal grille.

Somewhere, Tom Doll is saying 'I told you so.' Because it was last year at the Los Angeles Auto Show that Doll, president of Subaru of America, introduced the Impreza Sedan Concept , a car he called "a precursor for what you can expect from the next generation Subaru Impreza …

Subaru and known race-car builder Prodrive will once again team up to beat a speed record on the Isle of Man with a WRX STI. British rally champion Mark Higgins accepted to take the wheel again, hoping to beat his own record set in 2014. That year, he ran the …

Toyota has surprised no one in announcing plans to re-brand the Scion FR-S as the Toyota 86 starting with the 2017 model year. The move to rename the coupe comes after Toyota announced in February that it would begin dissolving the Scion name, eliminating it completely by August. "We are …