Subaru Expands Program with International Mountain Bicycling Association



The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew (TCC) program is expanding its reach in 2015 by adding IMBA's nine regional directors to the Trail Care Crew educational program. This will allow IMBA to serve a larger number of organizations as well as increasing the number of advanced training sessions.

Also in 2015, the roster of TCC sponsoring companies will expand. Subaru of America has generously supported the program in the title sponsor position for 18…
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Subaru USA Confirms Red Bully Rallycross Drivers



Subaru Rally Team USA announced that drivers Sverre Isachsen and Bucky Lasek will lead the charge for the team's rallycross efforts in 2015. Both drivers have renewed multi-year contracts with Subaru and will compete in the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship and Summer X Games.

Isachsen, a former three-time European Rallycross Champion and Lasek, one of the most recognizable names in action sports, have been with Subaru since 2011. Last year, the duo led…
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Subaru Ends 2014 with Another Milestone



Subaru killed it again in 2014, with record U.S. sales of 513,693, a gaudy increase of 21 percent from 2013, and the first time Subaru sold more than 500,000 units in the United States.

That sounds like an outlier, or maybe a math error, since sales for the entire U.S. auto industry increased 5.9 percent, to 16.5 million in 2014, according to AutoData Corp., Woodcliff Lake, N.J.

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Subaru Outback One of 15 Best Family Cars



The 2015 Subaru Outback is the best variation to date. Now in its fifth generation, Subaru's popular wagon continues on with stout off-road capabilities that go along nicely with an active family's lifestyle and especially ones that enjoy the outdoors.

To prove this point we loaded up a 2015 Outback and headed to the mountains for a little downhill mountain biking action. Being that the Outback is indeed a wagon, there was no…
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Marion Subaru is Hiring


Marion Subaru Mitsubishi is the fastest growing automotive dealership in southern Illinois and Subaru is the fastest growing manufacturer in the last decade.  Is it any wonder that we are looking to expand our great team of Sales and Product Specialists?

If you are an individual who has excellent communication and customer service skills, enjoys helping people, and has a desire to exceed, please contact James at 618-579-0756.


Excellent starting salary plus bonuses...
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More Production Expected at Indiana Subaru Plant


Beginning January 5th, the pace of production sped up at Lafayette, Indiana's Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. plant...the same day that Subaru of America announced record sales in 2014.  Subaru is trying to keep up with demand for the Legacy and Outback models made at the plant.

"We've installed some equipment and increased line speeds from 1.16 to 1.12 minutes, which allows us to produce a few more vehicles per…
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Subaru Tops KBB 5 Year Residual Value List


Coming off a year when Subaru saw sales growth that outpaced the industry average, Subaru models are also expected to retain more of their value than any competitor.  Kelly Blue Book has calculated that the average 2015 Subaru model, will retain 46.3 percent of its residual value five years from now.  "Both Subaru and Lexus have kept their values high in the past, and will likely continue to do so in the future by…
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Are Forester Buyers More Financially Astute?

 
What do new Subaru Forester owners know that makes them more financially astute than other SUV buyers? In a recent vehicle retention value report by NADA, the Used Car Guide analysts detailed the one-year performance of all-new, or heavily redesigned mainstream car and truck models. They found the new-generation 2015 Subaru Forester ranks #2 on the list for vehicles that best retain their value. Are Forester buyers more knowledgeable than other SUV buyers?
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Anyone Remember "The Chicken Tax"?

 
One of the funkiest, coolest little trucks ever made was the result of us having cheap chicken.
Way back in 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson initiated a series of tariff increases on brandy, dextrin, potato starch and, weirdly, light trucks valued at more than $1,000. He did this in response to a trade war with the Europeans, who were in a snit because inexpensive American chicken that was flooding the market over there, hurting continental chicken farmers.

Most of the tariffs, which came to be known as the “Chicken Tax,” eventually were repealed. Yet the one on light trucks…
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Subaru Sales Surpass 500,000

 
Subaru of America, Inc. has reached a significant milestone in its history, by retailing 500,000 vehicles in a single calendar year. The milestone caps a remarkable seven year growth period for the brand in the U.S. in which the company has grown from 187,699 vehicle sales in 2008 to what will total over 500,000 sales in 2014, once the sales year closes on January 2.


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