Subaru is sharing the love

                Subaru makes cars for those people that are passionate about their cars. Part of a Subaru customers passion lies within their desire to help those in need. And Subaru is now making that easier for them.

                The 2016 Subaru Share The Love Event is currently going on and is a wonderful opportunity for you to help support the charity of your choice simply by buying or leasing a new Subaru. Until January 3^rd, Subaru and Gurley Leep will donate $250 to one of four national or a hometown charity. Over the last 9 years, Subaru has raised 90 million dollars for charity and for the first time they are not putting a cap on how much that they will give. So let’s send the number through the sunroof for a good cause.

               

                The charities that can be donated to under Subaru’s Share the Love Event nationally are; the ASPCA, Make-a-Wish, Meals on Wheels America and the National Park Foundation, and locally with  Ronald McDonald House Charities Michiana.  Gurley Leep Subaru has been a proud sponsor of Ronald McDonald House Charities Michiana for years.

                So, until January 3^rd you can buy a new car and be charitable all at the same time. Check out our inventory of great Subaru products and contact us now to test drive your new Subaru today.

Subaru Crosstrek to go full electric

                Subaru has plans in the next couple years to produce a full electric car to their already stellar lineup of vehicles. And currently the next–generation 2018 Subaru Crosstrek is penciled in as that vehicle.

                 The Crosstrek crossover is the next vehicle in Subaru’s lineup to get a complete makeover with the new Global Platform, and it will get a complete drivetrain remodel too. Subaru’s next-generation Crosstrek, coming next year, will get a full-electric model. Before a full-electric, the Crosstrek will also likely be getting a new plug-in hybrid when it gets a remodel.

               

                The auto industry has reached a tipping point and there’s a new global shift to electric vehicles. And Subaru will need to comply with the stricter regulations in California by 2018, but it won’t stop there.

“We'll be sure to comply with regulations. But at the same time, the overall industry is now shifting its electrification focus toward EVs. We are in the age where we cannot just go on launching EVs only as regulation compliance cars.”

- Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, CEO of Fuji Heavy Industries

                Subaru has said they will develop the technology in-house. They will also need to use outside resources for their batteries and also the electric motor. Subaru could mate the motor for the hybrid model with their new 1.6-liter gas engine they developed for the new Japan-spec 2017 Impreza compact.

                While we all wait for the new all-electric Subaru Crosstrek in the near future, continue to check out our other great Subaru’s in inventory and contact us to schedule the test drive for your new Subaru today!

A Safer WRX STI

Subaru has long been known as one of the safest vehicles on the road.  Many times you hear stories of Subaru’s being totaled and its passengers walking away completely unharmed. And now, Subaru is taking their performance car and making it even safer. In 2018, the new Subaru WRX STI will be getting upgrades in terms of performance as well safety.

The WRX STI will first experience a change in design. With larger wheel, the WRX STI adds an additional 1.6 inches to the cars length and 1.5 inches to its width. Subaru also dropped the WRX STI almost a half inch to the ground.  Built as the little brother to the Subaru Impreza, the WRX STI, has enjoyed many of the same safety features.  And now Subaru has added features to help the WRX STI be the safest performance model it has ever had.

Subaru has made substantial changes that will be incorporated into the new model, particularly  in it’s driving dynamics. The new model's chassis has been increased up to 70 percent which makes steering more responsive, the WRX STI will also have 50 percent less body roll and better cornering dynamic. Lastly, crash energy absorption is increased by 40 percent as reported.

Given how the Subaru 2018 WRX STI features safety above everything else, it's clear how the automaker's tagline of "Love. It's what makes a Subaru a Subaru." is more than just that. For those that want performance but also value safety at the same time, this is a car that perfectly suits such lifestyle.

               

               Check out our inventory of fine Subaru’s and contact us to take yours home today!

3 Millionth Subaru!

Since 1989, Subaru has been producing it cars stateside in Lafayette, Indiana. The first car to roll off the assembly line was a Subaru Legacy, and in those 27 years, they have never slowed down. On Thursday July 28^th, Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. crossed a giant threshold, producing its 3 millionth Subaru. Rolling off the line was a Blue 2017 Subaru Outback. Those 3 million Subarus made at SIA are being driven and enjoyed across America and 50 other countries.

Every Subaru dealership around the country is selling their cars so fast they can barely keep them on the lot. And as the sales continue to rise, SIA continues to expand. The Indiana location recently went through yet another expansion, the third in six years. The $140 million addition added 1,200 new jobs to the central Indiana plant. This addition added an extra production line, allowing them to manufacture the Impreza now in America and boosted overall production value. 

“This is an exciting time for SIA, with our rate of growth and recent expansions, it’s easy to see that the next 3 million Subaru vehicles will come much faster. That’s good news for all of us at SIA, for our local community and for Indiana.”

-Tom Easterday, SIA Executive Vice President

These expansions have allowed Subaru to produce 3 million cars in less than 30 years. Over the last fiscal year, from April 2015 until March 2016, SIA produced 313, 511 vehicles. They are expecting the total to be close to 350,00 in 2017.

Help Subaru work towards their next 3 million vehicles. Check out our inventory and contact us to schedule your test drive today!

Why is the Subaru I want so hard to find?

So you decided you’re getting a Subaru. Congratulations!

You’ve picked model, year and features.

Now find one…..

            New or used, Subaru’s are hard to find. From the popular and sporty WRX to the versatile midsized SUV models, the Forester and Outback, the Subaru’s are HOT commodities. And that’s a good thing, for Subaru.

            Have you noticed that your local Subaru dealer is sometimes running out of the popular models that you are looking for? That’s because Subaru has a problem that most businesses would love to have: people are buying their cars as quickly as they can make them. Part of the shortage issue is that while Subaru exports most of the vehicles it sells from Japan, it has a manufacturing facility in Indiana. Only one, though: other Japanese automakers have multiples. And because of this demand, Subaru doesn’t offer deep price cut and entertaining promotions to get customers in the door. The brand typically sells itself.

People love their Subaru’s, and because off this, pre-owned and certified pre-owned are hard to come by. There are “Subaru Clubs” where owners get together and show off classics. Owners hold on to their Subaru’s for a long time, and when they sell them, they often go inside the Subaru communities. So, if you happen upon the perfect Subaru for you, don’t hesitate, hurry before it disappears!

Luckily for the company, most people who want one of their vehicles are willing to wait. Up to a point. Customers generally won’t wait ten weeks to get the vehicle they want, they will however wait four to six weeks because Subaru owners are that passionate about their vehicles!

Check out our great Subaru Inventory and contact us to get yours today!

Grizzly Situation

Grizzly Situation

This week in Colorado, a Subaru owner found themselves in a grizzly situation as there was a Black Bear in their Subaru Outback!

Just before 9am on July 13^th, deputies responded to the call. They believe that the bear entered through an unlocked door looking for picnic baskets, a door that then closed once the bear was inside. Based on moisture on the windows they say the bear had been inside the vehicle awhile.

It is also believed that the bear had previously “tried on” other Subaru’s first. The Forrester and Legacy didn’t go as he had hoped, but found the Outback…just right.

The owner of the Outback was hoping there would be bearly any damage; however that wasn’t the case. While no windows were broken, the inside was destroyed, the steering wheel chewed up, door panels ripped off and the seats torn from his claws. The deputies decided the best option was for one of them to stand guard while the other popped the latch. Once free, the bear happily took off into the 100 Acre Woods.

No Bears were harmed in this writing.

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Subaru is now your radio playing nanny.

Subaru is getting mixed reactions on their newest in car product. The newer models of Subaru’s Legacy and Outback’s have a feature in which the SiriusXM satellite radio will change the channel when you turn off the vehicle.

When the owner is listening to “mature” content and they turn off the car the next time they turn it on the radio will revert back to SiriusXM channel 001, the preview channel. This is done so the next whomever enters the car they will not be subjected to something considered offensive.

Some owners claim that Subaru is censoring and monitoring what they are listening to, however this is not the case. 

“We don’t censor anything. We don’t put the kibosh on any channels. Nor do we monitor what you are listening to. It was added as a convenience feature which to some might not be convenient, but two clicks and your station is back on.”

–Michael McHale – Subaru Spokesman

Subaru’s “extra layer of protection” can neither be disabled nor changed by the owner. It only comes on the Outback wagon and Legacy sedan models that Subaru manufactures here in the US.

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Subaru's 600HP STi

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For the 2016 Isle of Man TT, Subaru put driver Mark Higgins in a special STi, with the express purpose of setting a course record that would be tough to beat, with this being Subaru's last year of sponsorship for the event. 

 

Two years ago, Subaru set a then-record with a lap time of 19:26 and 116.47 mph.  This year, they upped the ante with a beastly 600 horsepower STi, that Higgins pushed to a new-record time of 17:35.1 around the 37.7-mile Snaefell Mountain Course. 

 

The legendary Prodrive race shop, winners of four Lemans 24 Hours, three FIA WEC titles and the Le Mans series took a standard Subaru WRX STi, and turned it into a 600-horsepower monster.  Torque comes in at 590 ft-lbs from a production-based (stock block and heads) 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer engine out of the STi.  From there Prodrive got very creative with the engine, transmission (a six-speed semi-automatic) that Prodrive created along with transmission gurus at Xtrac.

 

The tires are 245/18 Dunlops that come straight from the British Touring Car Championship, and are mounded on Speedline rims.

 

Aerodynamics are mostly typical rally-car.  A deep front bumper and fender flares are used with a mostly stock body.  Prodrive added an active rear wing, which is activated by a button on the driver's steer wheel to reduce drag. 

 

Below is a short video of the record-setting lap.