Nowhere is Subaru’s might stronger than here in New England. Having the most AWD vehicles in the lineup helps, I’m sure. All I know is that Subarus are the dominant force in my office parking lot, well ahead of Toyotas, Fords, even Volkswagens (another regional thing I’ve noticed. People love their VWs up here).

2 questions:

0-60 times:

If by “slap on a few goodies” you mean replace the heads, induction system, exhaust and internals...and change the block...then, sure.

My guess is that it’s simply a placeholder to protect their FR-S trademark from copycats/IP dilution.

Seems like a no-brainer/easy homerun, but these are auto manufacturers so of course they'll do it the hard way.

Ford and Toyota:

Please don’t think you can tech better than the tech people. Admit that you can benefit from outsourcing this. Sure not everyone wants all this in their cars but thats not the the point. Those that do want these systems don’t want your half baked, broken, dated systems. They want what they already use,…

It’s dope but they could’ve done better. They HAVE done better:

Here comes the pitch...it’s a swing and a miss!

The Dodge Intrepid, or an anonymous blob of American neglect.

IDx! Build the frekin’ IDx!

Thank you for getting DW Burnett to take your pictures. Porfessional level photography was a long overdue addition to the Jalopnik portfolio.

I actually really like the hawkeye facelift.

It’s almost not fair to cite post-2000 BMW, since they are like the steroid-abusing East German women’s swimming team for this category: hilariously and obviously dominant for all the wrong reasons. Still, it has to be said ... the E38 to E65 transition was the one that told us we were all in a new, sad era when…

The Ford Focus also got ruined in the mid aughts

I hear you, it’s ultra4 inspired since I went Genright, but outside of that it is just ol some shitty YJ.

Doesnt look like the one they should be importing.

Here’s some other pics I have handy on my phone, was a long couple years and still finishing up minor details as we speak.

It’s a little hard to tell what got the driver into this situation, so try to withhold judgement