Tests and Features

The holiday season is always an interesting time of year to test vehicles. From the climate to the frequent family outings and the hoards of gifts to cart around, December provides excellent opportunities to test a car’s aptitudes. The ideal vehicle for the season would be spacious and comfortable, feature …

Just as software companies offer updates for the programs installed on your computer, Subaru has recently made some mechanical upgrades and interior improvements to its Forester SUV. Why put the new generation of the horizontal engine in this model? No doubt it’s because the Forester, despite its popularity, needed a …

After a complete overhaul in 2008, the Impreza line is still running strong. They’ve all adopted a similar, homogenous style, and it’s working for them. In fact, Impreza sales have shot way up since the new generation was released. The most popular is the wagon, which is winning buyers over …

In 1982, forgoing his usual penchant for American cars, my father bought himself a brand new Subaru GL sedan...in pale yellow. It had a 1.8-litre, 71 horsepower engine, front-wheel drive and a five-speed manual transmission with a clutch hard enough to sculpt your thight after only a couple of starts …

Should you ever have the good fortune of visiting one of the major manufacturers’ development facilities, you’re eye will no doubt wander over the various hulking forms hiding beneath shapeless sheets. Cast about like discarded toys, they can be found nearly everywhere; parked in neat lines outside nondescript hanger bays, …

Subaru, the Japanese automaker, has revamped its two intermediate models, the Legacy and the Outback, for 2010. Both versions have good sales figures, but neither quite lives up the competition’s updated models given that this category has seen innovation after innovation as manufacturers continue to improve their products. Two vocations …

This year I am driving Subaru Canada’s official entry at Targa Newfoundland, a fully race-prepared Impreza WRX STI. Subaru Rally Team Canada is thus competing on the Rock for the seventh consecutive year and our goal is to become the first team ever to win overall in the Targa class …

The Car Guide will be at the heart of the action again this year in the Targa Newfoundland event. After driving a hybrid-powered Lexus sedans in the two previous editions of this unique motorsport event, contributor Marc Lachapelle will indeed be driving a race-prepared Impreza WRX STI for Subaru Rally …

There was a steady rain over Marystown as teams filed out of the arena for the long transit to the first stage of the ultimate day of competition in this 8th edition of Targa Newfounbdland. The Subaru Canada Targa Rally Team had a surprise for their driver that morning. As …

Team Subaru Targa had a very good Fourth Leg on Thursday. Our goal is to be safe first and foremost, and then turn in the best possible stage times. Happy to report that we have given our guys no work beyond the normal checks all through Thursday, with the single …