The Japanese told that going directly to the assembly line to produce racing vehicles Subaru BRZ RA Racing. However, so far only - for the domestic market. From the normal version of the machine novelty is the safety cage, racing seats with four-point seat belts, special floor mats in the cabin, additional oil cooler,
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A Subaru deverá trazer em 2013 3 novidades interessantes para o mercado nacional! A principal espera é para o Novo Impreza nas versões Hatch e Sedan, já que o XV já está a venda no Brasil por R$115.000! Os novos Subaru Impreza chegam ainda no primeiro semestre, com preços na casa dos R$80.000! Ainda terá uma versão mais apimentada, mas só chega em 2014! Eles utilizarão os mesmos motores 2.0 16V Boxer de 160CV e o 2.5 16V de 270CV! Esse ultimo poderá receber uma melhoria na mecânica e na potência!

Já o Forester ganha uma nova geração, acompanhando a nova geração do Impreza! O modelo fica mais atual e também deverá usar os mesmo motores do Impreza! Chega no segundo semestre com preços na casa dos R$95.000, com a missão de competir com Hyundai ix35 e Kia Sportage! Deverá ter as mesmas opções de câmbio manual ou automático a de tração, 4x2 ou 4x4!

During the time we were offline, a number of carmakers released a whole new string of ads that will run prior to kickoff and during this Sunday's Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans.

There's a little something for everyone, from Mercedes-Benz's new CLA spot with Kate Upton and Kia's Space Babies, to the re-appearance of Big Bang star Kaley Cuoco in Toyota's 2014 RAV4 spot and Subaru's dog friendly commercial for the 2014 Forester crossover.

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Auto Show in New York, which will take place from March 29 to April 7, 2013 will probably provide a platform for the presentation ready for series production hybrid brand Subaru. The electrical part of the power plant should not only help reduce fuel consumption, but also to improve the dynamics of the model.
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O segmento de Sedãs Grandes recebeu duas novidades inéditas para o ano de 2012! Uma delas é o Kia Optima, que chegou para fazer sucesso, o coreano abocanhou a 4º posição do segmento! Já o Peugeot 508 é apenas um modelo de imagem, que não é para vender muito chegou para ser uma opção francesa, já que a Citroën tirou o C5 de linha! Já o Ford Fusion ganhou uma nova geração, totalmente nova e ligada ao atual design dos Ford's atuais! O ano de 2012 foi quase uma queda generalizada! Apenas o MG550 foi o modelo que aumentou suas vendas em relação à 2011! Além dos novatos, todos, todos os modelos caíram! Entre as maiores quedas estão: Chevrolet Malibu com 94%, o Honda Accord com 93%, Citroën C5 com 64% e o Volvo S60 com 61%! O líder continua o mesmo, o Fusion, seguido pelo Hyundai Sonata, Volkswagen Passat, Kia Optima e Volvo S60! As vendas do Sonata voltam em Fevereiro, já que as suas vendas soram suspensas temporariamente!

O segmento de Hatch's TOP receberam duas novidades no ano de 2012! A primeira foi a Morris Garages que lançou o MG6, e antes mesmo de ser lançado oficialmente o Toyota Prius já tinha vendido 25 unidades nos últimos meses de 2012! Ano passado também foi lançado a nova geração do Série 1, que já se prepara para uma legítima "guerra" que acontecerá em 2013, com cerca de 4 modelos inéditos e as novas gerações de Audi A3 e Subaru Impreza! O único modelo a ficar no verde foi o BMW Série 1 que aumentou 19% em relação à 2011! Entre as maiores quedas estão à do Impreza com uma incrível queda de 69% e do A3 com 42%!

Depois de muito tempo temos um empate novamente! Classe A e Giulietta empataram com 40% cada! O Classe A chega aqui ainda no segundo semestre e o Alfa Romeo chega antes, no primeiro semestre! Ambos são os preferidos da nova safra de Hatch's TOP, que ainda tinha o Volvo V40 e Citroën DS4, além das novas gerações de Subaru Impreza, Audi A3 e do Série 1 já a venda no mercado desde 2012! Ambos querem uma larga fatia desse segmento, que vem ganhando bastante modelos interessantes, como os dois modelos que se sairão preferidos entre os internautas! Não deixe de votar na próxima enquete, já no ar!

Following up on the 2014 Forester's world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show at the end of November and before it goes on sale in the States during the second quarter of the year, Subaru announced pricing for the new generation of its popular compact crossover.

The longer and slightly wider 2014 Forester will be available with a choice of two flat-four engines.

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For the past five months or so, Ford has been steadily releasing web episodes of its ST Session series featuring the new 250-horsepower Focus ST hatch and a number of direct rivals like the VW Golf GTi and Honda Civic Si, while even placing it against the much more expensive and powerful BMW M3 Coupe.

The time has come for the fifth and last episode of the series, named "Control Battle", which sees the Focus ST in the hands of professional rally driver Chrissie Beavis challenging her colleague Matthew Johnson in a Subaru WRX.

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A Subaru deverá lançar em breve o XV, a versão aventureira do Impreza, que também deverá chegar nos próximos meses! O XV está a venda em algumas concessionárias por R$115.000 e vem bem equipado! O XV é mais para quem anda em terrenos mais acidentados, graças à sua altura de 23cm em relação ao solo! O motor do XV é o 2.0 Boxer de 155CV à Gasolina! O motor é combinado com nova transmissão automática CVT Lineartronic que simula seis marchas e conta com paddle shifts para trocas manuais. A tração é integral tem diferencial com acoplamento viscoso. Entre os itens de série o Impreza XV conta com  tela de 4,3 polegadas no topo do console central, vidros elétricos e sistema de som com MP3 com entrada USB e auxiliar. O porta-malas com capacidade de 310 litros entregam que mal ou bem o XV ainda é um hatch médio. Com relação aos itens de segurança, há airbags frontais, laterais e de cortina, freio ABS com EBD, sistema ISOFIX de fixação de cadeirinhas, apoios de cabeça dianteiros ativos e teto solar elétrico. As rodas são de alumínio aro 17”. O interessante é que no site da Subaru também já podemos encontrar o Novo Impreza Sedan, porém, sem preço definido!

Fonte: Mecânica Online

Black patches of ice on the road are a driver's worst enemy as there's really nothing you can do once it creeps under your tires. Not even ABS or an advanced four-wheel drive system can save you, though; these features will indeed help you lessen the risks of getting into deeper trouble than what you are already in.

A Japanese driver of what looks like a Subaru WRX/STi was confronted with a situation like this right after coming out of a curve on a mountain road, and to make matters worse, a small truck had just crashed into the side rails and was blocking the road in front.

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2013 Subaru Recalls

2013 Subaru Recalls

Welcome to inex-cars.blogspot.com, will give you the latest information about the 2013 Subaru Recalls. The 2012 Subaru Forester drives more like a car than like an SUV and it features a superb all-wheel-drive system giving it excellent foul-weather capability. A compact SUV that seats five, the Forester offers good cargo capacity. 

It competes with the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4, but the Forester offers much better handling than those two, on dry pavement but especially on wet pavement, snow, ice or dirt. 

The current-generation Forester was launched as a 2009 model. For 2011, Subaru gave the Forester a new standard engine with chain-driven dual overhead camshafts rated at 170 horsepower and 21/27 mpg City/Highway. The turbocharged Forester 2.5XT models retain their belt-driven twin-cam engine, which produces 224 horsepower on Premium fuel, with EPA estimates of 19/24 mpg. 

For 2012, there are only minor changes. Among them: 2012 Forester Limited and 2012 Forester Touring models offer an integrated navigation system with a 6.1-inch touch-screen display. Included in the navigation package is a rearview camera and an AM/FM/HD/CD stereo with six speakers (seven on Touring), voice-activated controls, Bluetooth hands-free phone connectivity and audio streaming, iPod control capability, iTunes tagging, USB port, 3.5mm auxiliary input jack, SMS text messaging capability, and satellite radio capability. The old removable Tom-Tom nav system is still offered on 2.5X Premiums with automatic transmission. Also new, the front-passenger seat adjusts for height on all 2012 Subaru Forester models. 

The Subaru Forester is a very practical vehicle. The rear seats are split 60/40 and easily fold flat to make a gigantic cargo area capable of carrying lots of gear. Rear-seat legroom is excellent, at 38.0 inches. That alone is a big plus, and it's one of the reasons the Forester is such a good family vehicle. The front doors are wide, and the rear doors swing open 75 degrees and feel light, making it easy to get in and out. 

2013 Subaru Recalls

2013 Subaru Recalls

2013 Subaru Recalls

The 2012 Subaru Forester comes in four trim levels, each with all-wheel drive. The 2.5X models come with the 170-hp engine that was all-new last year; 2.5XT models get the familiar 224-hp turbocharged engine.

Forester 2.5X ($20,595) comes with rugged cloth upholstery, air conditioning with rear vents and an air filtration system, a 60/40 split rear seat, four-speaker AM/FM sound system with single-disc CD, height adjustment for both front seats, cruise control, rear window wiper, a trailer wiring connector, and 16-inch steel wheels with wheelcovers. A 5-speed manual transmission is standard. The only options are a 4-speed automatic transmission with manual mode ($1200), and 16-inch alloy wheels, which come with roof rails ($400). 

Forester 2.5X Premium ($23,295) adds 17-inch alloy wheels with wider-profile all-season tires, privacy glass, 10-way power driver's seat, tilt-and-telescope steering, a reclining rear seat with retractable tray, roof rails, power moonroof, and an upgraded six-speaker audio system that adds steering wheel-mounted controls, an auxiliary input jack, Bluetooth hands-free calling and audio streaming, iPod control capability, USB port and Sirius satellite radio capability. An all-weather package ($500) includes heated front seats and side mirrors, plus a windshield wiper de-icer. The 2.5X Premium with automatic transmission ($24,295) makes available a package ($1,095) combining the all-weather equipment with a removable TomTom navigation system. 

Forester 2.5X Limited ($26,595) features perforated leather seats in black or platinum, seatback storage pockets, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shifter, an even more deluxe sound system with 4.3-inch display screen, automatic climate control, and foglights. It comes with the automatic transmission and cold-weather package as standard. All-new integrated navigation ($1200) includes a rear camera and additional sound system upgrades. 

2013 Subaru Recalls

2013 Subaru Recalls

Interior of 2013 Subaru Recalls.

The Forester cabin is comfortable and the seats are good. We like the leather better than the cloth. The cloth seats come in gray or black, are more conservative than sporty, and the material doesn't feel as rugged as the material that Mazda uses. The available perforated leather is a whole new ball game, eclipsing the mundane cloth. Forester XT gets sporty aluminum pedals. 

Visibility is excellent through the windshield, with a modest hood, tight front fenders, and A-pillars designed to minimize blind spots. Visibility in the rearview mirror is not so good. The rear glass fills the mirror, but the rear seat headrests, middle seatbelt hanging from the ceiling, and rear center-mounted-stoplamp all intrude. Over your shoulder around the C-pillars, visibility is okay again, the blindspot a small one. 

We drove the Forester in summer and winter, and found that the air conditioning cools fast, but the heater heats and defrosts less fast, not a feature when it's cold. The fan is louder than in other models, also. 

The dash has a beautiful sweep like sculpture, from the center stack off to the passenger side, in dark titanium plastic that looks nice, with more of that trim on the center stack, instrument panel, and doors. The glovebox is big. There's a thin digital display inserted at the top center of the dash for time, temperature, and fuel mileage. 

The tachometer is on the left and larger speedo in the center, both with blue rims at the numbers. There's a smaller fuel gauge to the right, in a space where there could and should be an engine temperature gauge, but it's been erased by an idiot light, which we only knew because it comes on blue when the engine is cold.

Just forward of the shift lever is a big deep slot for storage, although you have to reach around the lever to use it. Climate and audio controls on the center stack are simple to operate, no touch screen that doesn't always respond or menus to figure out and navigate, just old-fashioned knobs to turn. We like this, because old-fashioned knobs always work, at a time when always working seems not to be in fashion. The front doors have a nice elbow rest and large pockets each with a recess for 24-ounce bottles. The center console is deep, and slides forward four inches to make an armrest, on all models but the base 2.5X. 

2013 Subaru Recalls

2013 Subaru Recalls

For the third time in the past four years, Toyota has been crowned the recall champion of the U.S. auto market, according to a Detroit News examination of all the data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) throughout 2012.

Overall, some 16.2 million passenger cars, trucks, motorcycles and recreational vehicles (RVs) were recalled in the United States (13.5 million of which from the seven bestselling auto brands), representing an increase of 4.5 percent over the 15.5 million vehicles recalled the previous year.

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More important than that: form or function? When it comes to professional tools, the answer is obvious. Have you ever seen two-handed saw with handles of leather Nappa? A caliper with electric and heating? In this high-quality tool is never cheap.

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The first automotive recall of the New Year goes to Subaru, which has discovered a potential problem with puddle lights that could lead to smoke or fire on 633,842 models sold in the United States.

Subaru told U.S. safety regulators that the recall concerns certain 2010 and 2011MY Legacy and Outback vehicles, 2006-2012MY Tribeca crossovers sold before January 2012, and some 2009-2012MY Forester crossovers, also sold before January 2012.

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Once upon a time, not too long ago, buyers rarely cross shopped between Subarus and BMWs, but now, with the way that the Bavarian brand has expanded its range into most segments of the market, many of its cars directly challenge the Japanese brand's models in terms of specs and surprisingly, pricing as well.

A prime example is the newly launched in Europe BMW M135i hatchback, which with 316bhp (320PS) and 450Nm (332 lb-ft) from its turbocharged 3.0-liter straight, the option of either RWD or AWD configurations, and a UK starting price of £30,555 for the six-speed manual 3d and £31,970 for the 8-speed auto 3d model, matches the Subaru WRX STi.

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Audi A3

 O ano de 2012 foi bem fraco para o segmento de Hatch's TOP, onde apenas o BMW Série 1 chegou. Mas ele apenas inaugurou a onda dos novos Hatch's TOP no Brasil, que em 2013 deve contar com nada mais nada menos que 6 novidades inéditas!

Mercedes-Benz Classe A

Citroën DS4

 Ao começar pelo Citroën DS4 que chega em Janeiro com preços na casa dos R$90.000 e com motor 1.6 THP de 165CV será uns dos mais baratos no Brasil neste segmento! Também em Janeiro chega a nova geração do Audi A3, nas configurações Sport (2 portas) e Sportback (4 Portas) com preços na casa dos R$110.000.

Alfa Romeo Guillieta

 No primeiro semestre ainda teremos o Volvo V40, o modelo que substitui o C30, que saiu de linha neste mês! O seu preços deve ficar na casa dos R$100.000 e será a porta de entrada da Volvo no mercado nacional! No mesmo ano ainda teremos a volta a Alfa Romeo com o Giulietta, modelo que deve ser uns dos mais baratos também, com preços na casa dos R$85.000. Mais tarde teremos o Mercedes-Benz Classe A, que deixa de ser uma minivan para se tornar um belo hatch, que também será o mais barato da alemã, com preços na casa dos R$102.000. Por fim, a chegada do Novo Impreza, promete balançar o segmento de Hatch's TOP, que hoje se encontra meio de lado, mas que em 2013 promete uma chegada em massa!

Subaru Impreza

Volvo V40

Since 2013, the company stop selling Subaru cars are in the UK Impreza. The reason is simple - low demand, which does not justify promoting this model. Instead, the company is focusing on strengthening its position crossover XV, Forester and Outback.

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As part of the motor show in Los Angeles held Announcement of Design Challenge. Recall that in this year the participants were challenged to create a car of the future for the police in California. Project of Subaru called SHARC (Subaru highway automated response concept) won the main prize.

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