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Subaru has been around in the United States for 50 years and they’re celebrating with a very limited anniversary trim
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Cue the meditation music and let's watch an RC Subaru Brat lay down some surprisingly intense donuts in the dirt!
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Good morning comrades! The glorious revolution has treated us well, no? We have fields to harvest dirt in, and…
In Ronald Reagan's day, it wasn't smart for an American politician to be seen in a Japanese vehicle, but the…
GM has a history of vehicle names based on weather phenomena- Typhoon, Syclone, etc. While we're still waiting on…
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Remember when you used to have to pull a lever to send power to all four wheels in your Subaru? The hardships our…
The Subaru BRAT is a great runabout but the backwards-facing jump seats are as dangerous for storm troopers as they…
We're convinced BusinessWeek intentionally created its "Fifty Ugliest Cars of the Past 50 Years" list to offend Jalop…
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other…
As much as we may be inclined to mock the Thunderstorm, which combines the nose and a powertrain of a Geo Storm with…
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