You might have noticed I haven’t been heading down to many night meets at Daikoku PA lately. With the Police constantly closing off the rest stop way before gatherings have a chance to get too big, it has began to take a lot of the fun away from it all. The reason they have started [...]
It was yet another perfect day for time attacking at Tsukuba circuit yesterday and as ever the paddock at the Battle Evome series had a tantalizing mix of impressive amateur-owned cars. No matter how many of these events I attend, it’s always like it’s my first one. The excitement of seeing the same cars get [...]
To mix things up a little for our Tokyo Auto Salon coverage we thought we’d combine up a few of our spotlights together and bring you a spotlight-o-rama post from myself, Mike and Sean. We all chose two cars that stood out to us as we walked the halls of the Makuhari Messe for two [...]
91 cars. That’s how many 86s/BRZs/F-RSs were on display at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. Never in the history of this show has one car been quite so popular. However what really makes the hachiroku, and its other guises, stand out is that it seems to have been adopted by pretty much every single car [...]
You may have noticed that I sort of skipped over one very important car on the Super GT set up posts. The STI BRZ of Team R&D Sport represents all that is right about the Super GT series. From an enthusiasts’ perspective, to see a much anticipated model get converted into a mean looking racer [...]
I’m getting tired of rain. Over the last few weeks I’ve had to endure far too many rainy days, and while shooting in the wet can have its advantages, it didn’t do anything for today’s proceedings. You see when you are trying to put on a track event, with time-attack sessions thrown in for extra [...]
For those that have been holding out for a faster version of the Subaru BRZ, it looks like you may be in luck. According to Auto Express, Subaru’s marketing manager Atoshi Atake has confirmed that plans are being made for a production version of the BRZ STI. While it won’t be the turbocharged monster that [...]
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It would have been sacrilegious not to have posted a shot of Colin McRae's old WRC Impreza that was next to Solberg's car at the STI Gallery. So here it is, a true legend to say the least. STI STI Gallery
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When I finished shooting the BRZ STI Concept a couple of weeks ago at the STI HQ in Mitaka, I headed upstairs to the STI Gallery to see if there were any cool cars on display. It seemed I had picked the perfect day to have a wander… …as there was a cool triplet of [...]
Come April it's going to be a mighty hard choice for potential owners of the 86 and BRZ. Which car to go for? They are virtually the same vehicle, no major differences except the badges and of course similar prices. However, once the car you see here hits the showroom it's going to be might [...]
It seems that by far the most talked about car at the LA Auto Show this year was the BRZ STI Concept in the Subaru booth. While we are just a couple weeks from the debut of the production version at the Tokyo Motor Show, this is our best look yet at the BRZ and [...]
For the better part of the last decade, Subaru has been puzzling me. While there is no arguing that the boxer engine and AWD combination is a great partnership that defines what the brand stands for, styling, well hasn’t. I can’t help but feel that there has been a great deal of confusion starting off [...]
I really have only positive things to say about my 2004 Subaru Legacy Wagon. It has served as the perfect chariot to haul all my gear around and has taken me as far south as Hiroshima and as far north as Sendai and pretty much everywhere else in between. Back in 2006 when I picked [...]
Subaru Tecnica International seems to have really found a market for its new "Tuned by STI" tS limited edition models. Even if this Forester tS isn't quite as extreme as the Impreza we saw yesterday it certainly shows that enthusiasts are willing to spend a bit more to gain a more sporty feel from their [...]
