Anyone whose ever driven the new Subaru BRZ will tell you two things. First, it’s an amazing car with great road feel, handling and a fun factor that’s off the charts. Two, it’s underpowered and slow. Crawford Performance seeks to cure this by offering a package that not only doubles the BRZ’s horsepower, but TRIPLES it’s torque! Matt Farah of TUNED recently got his hands on Crawford’s new BRZ to see just how good it really is.
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As 16 and 17 year old kids the only thing we wanted to do with our cars was to go out and cause trouble. Burnouts, donuts, j-turns were our signature moves, but every now and then we’d be able to find some trails and do a little auto-crossing. We’d find a nice open field, wait until the sun went down, and then let the hoonage begin. Now granted, we were driving crappy cars from the late 1970′s and early 80′s, so we never achieved the visceral WOW factor of what you’re about to see. Regardless though, as long as there are teenagers with cars, you can bet your ass that disturbing the neighbors and causing trouble will never go away.
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Over the last 13 years the Subaru Impreza WRX has amassed a dedicated and loyal following. It’s been featured in endless magazine comparisons and for a long time was the benchmark in the category of cheap performance. Motor Trend’s Carlos Lago recently got a hold of the new 2013 Subaru WRX Special Edition to see if there was in fact, any magic left in Subaru’s little AWD rally-inspired hot-rod, or if the flame has fizzled and died. Check it out after the jump.
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The Subaru BRZ has been getting so many accolades over the last year that it’s hard not to hate the little bugger. Yes it handles, looks good and makes all your naughty bits tingle, but at days end it still only comes with 200 hp. To quell the fears of perspective horsepower junkies, Subaru has created a little video that will fill your head with “what if’s” so as to get you re-excited about their little gift to the motoring world. Click through and check it out.
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Every year Car and Driver Magazine does something wonderful. They gather together some of the best performance cars on the market and then take them to Virginia International Raceway to see who posts the quickest lap time. The first installment tests cars from the LL1 class, or cars up to $29,999. The new 2013 Ford Focus ST, Hyundai Genesis 3.8 R-Spec, Subaru BRZ and Fiat 500 Abarth all go up against each other for the budget crown, so make sure to click through to see who wins.
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It should come as no surprise that the only real way to experience a true performance car is to take it to the track. Here in the United States organizations like NASA (National Auto Sport Association) and Hooked on Driving will not only provide you with a safe environment, but they’ll offer you instruction and guidance as well. There are those however who feel that they know best, don’t require instruction and prefer to simply go it alone when it comes to wheeling their vehicle at speed. Obviously when this happens mayhem ensues and you wind up with instances like the one you’re about to see.
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When someone tells you, “You Get What You Pay For” they’re saying that for a reason. You see people don’t part with things that are worth money, they simply don’t. That’s why it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to this new Subaru owner that the car she purchased from Craigslist.com for $600 has a blown rear suspension. The suspension is so torn up in fact that this thing literally does bunny-hops when forced into a panic stop situation and that my friends is not OK.
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9 cars, one race track and almost 5,000 horsepower make up this years contenders for Motor Trends 2012 Best Driver’s Car. Cars like the Lamborghini Aventador, Shelby Mustang GT500 and even the little Subaru BRZ were all present and accounted for. As for who was the best though… You’ll have to click through and watch the 36-minutes of video to find out!
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Thumbs Up: Capable of light off-roading, yet still comfortable on-road.
Thumbs Down: Improved CVT is still a CVT, no automatic transmission options.
Buy This Car If: You live where winter and dirt roads are a fact of life, but don’t need an SUV.
It’s hard to believe, but the Subaru Outback has been with us now for nearly 20 years. Launched in 1994 as an all-wheel-drive wagon with SUV looks, the Outback has evolved over the past two decades to become a mainstay family vehicle in parts of the country saddled with winter weather, dirt roads or both. The Outback has grown larger and more luxurious over the years, with some versions clearly pushing into what would have been luxury territory just a few years back. Read More…
He’s got a very strange accent, a led foot and access to the new Scion FR-S/Toyota GT86 for a 2,000 mile road trip across Europe. This is Nino Karotta and you’re about to see exactly what he thinks of the Toyota’s/Scion’s new little rear drive super coupe, the GT86/FR-S. Click through and watch as Nino flogs it through some back country mountain roads and then hits the track for a little drift session against Toyota’s original rear drive super coupe, the EA86.
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