In 2010, famed rally driver Tommi Makinen set a record for fastest run around the Nürburgring in a Subaru Impreza, lapping the track in 7 minutes and 55 seconds in a WRX STI Spec C. A few weeks ago, a group of British tuners set out to see if they could beat that record.

With everyone hoping the sweet Subaru WRX Concept won't be ruined when it actually goes to production, now is a great time go back in 'Rex history and examine at one of its better-looking older brothers.

The Subaru WRX has been around since the early 1990s, and while 50 percent of the world's population wanted one of these daily usable rally cars throughout the years (the other half being the Mitsubishi Evo fanatics), Subaru rewarded us by making it worse until just now. The ultra hot WRX Concept is here to change all …

Alex Kierstein sat down with Subaru's Toshiro Masuda to get a handle on the vision that's driving the next WRX's development.

For as long as it's been around, the Subaru WRX hasn't really been about aesthetics. It's the kind of car where once you get behind the wheel and start driving, the way it looks on the outside becomes irrelevant. That's good because most WRX-es have ended up looking like Corollas with hood scoops and absurd wings. The …

Hoonage, as we like to note on a regular basis around these parts, comes in all shapes and sizes. I have to say I'm pretty partial to off-road hoonage, especially when Subarus are involved. It's nice to catch a car in its natural element, you see.

You probably really liked the two-part Top Gear special that concluded last weekend for two reasons: one, it was suitably Top Gear. And two, it was conducted with three wagons.

Subaru first started bringing the WRX to the U.S. back when I was in high school. God, I wanted one so badly. It had a turbo engine! It had all-wheel-drive! It had a stick shift! It could give BMW and Audi a run for their money at a fraction of the cost! That car was a true game changer.

The 2008 Subaru WRX was all new. Subaru improved the car by making it uglier and getting rid of the character that made the WRX so great.

Two questions: 1. Are you living in the United Kingdom? and 2. Have you been meaning to buy a Subaru WRX or WRX STI?