With this debut, Jaguar Land Rover continues its plunder of abandoned three-letter marques with the Land Rover Discovery SVX. A machine fettled by JLR’s Special Vehicle Operations (or SVO, letters once applied to a Ford Mustang) to have greater off-road capability, the SVX is essentially a lifted Disco stuffed with JLR’s supercharged, 518-hp 5.0-liter V-8 […]
The Subaru WRX STI is kind of like that extremely smart kid who brings home report cards with Cs and Ds littering the page. Unchallenged, he or she gets bored, strays from the path of caring, and produces uninspired results. Offered more strenuous and demanding tasks, however, the student applies him- or herself and excels. READ […]
The WRX might be one of the quickest and most powerful sport compacts available for less than $30,000, but it’s also one of the least civil. A loud cabin, a stiff-legged ride, and a laggy turbocharged engine are some of the WRX’s surlier traits—a legacy of its rally-car roots. Its infotainment system is antiquated, and […]
Panning through the vast array of compact crossovers in search of a golden high-riding hatch can return mixed results. Just like pioneers rushing to the Black Hills at the first rumors of gold, consumers flock to dealerships, purchasing the mini-utes turned out by factory mines at record rates. Subaru’s Crosstrek has been a favorite of […]
Refreshed for 2018, Subaru’s stalwart Legacy sedan and Outback wago-ute now have prices to go with their revisions. The reworked Legacy begins at $23,055 for a 175-hp four-cylinder–powered 2.5i model, while the freshened Outback with the same trim and powertrain starts at $26,810. Both are due in dealerships this summer. The Legacy: Testament’s Minor Hit Single […]
Not everyone needs a Ford F-150 Raptor for their off-pavement adventures. A Subaru Crosstrek can handle way more than you’d expect—as we learned with the last-gen hatch in Iceland. The all-new 2018 Crosstrek bolsters that off-road capability at a very minor cost increase over the 2017 model. The 2018 Crosstrek rides on Subaru’s new Global […]
With Subaru’s new Impreza and its variants eating up corporate bandwidth while the next WRX is under development, one might forgive the dog-friendliest Japanese automaker (sorry, Nissan Rogue Dogue) for shining the spotlight away from its aging performance vehicles. Thankfully, sport-type heads with a penchant for World Rally Blue paint haven’t been forgotten in this, […]
