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It’s hard to believe, but the Subaru brand celebrated 50 years in the U.S. market in 2018. What started out as a funky little automaker with a weird-looking AWD wagon, has evolved into a success story like no other. Subaru first became popular in the Northeast, Rocky Mountain states, and Pacific Northwest. Now the brand is selling well all over the country because the word is out about Subaru’s safety, reliability, and all-season, an all-wheel-drive capability that sets the brand apart.

The Subaru Lineup includes their top-three sellers, the Forester SUV, Outback wagon, and Crosstrek crossover all-wheel-drive vehicles. The new Ascent family hauler is the largest vehicle the brand has ever built. The Impreza is an affordable compact, the Legacy sedan is still the only sedan in America with standard AWD, and the performance-oriented Subaru BRZ sports coupe, and the rally-bred WRX and WRX STI performance sedans are a must-see for driving enthusiasts.

Here, at Torque News, we cover the Subaru brand extensively and have the latest specs and reviews on each model. Here’s a list of the complete Subaru lineup. Check our current reviews of each model for specific trim levels and check back daily for the latest Subaru news.

Subaru of America's lineup: (All come standard with all-wheel-drive except for the BRZ).

Subaru SUVs

Crosstrek: Subcompact SUV
Forester: Compact SUV
Outback: Midsize SUV
Ascent: 3-row midsize SUV
Solterra: All-electric compact SUV

Subaru Cars

Impreza: Compact sedan and hatchback
Legacy: Midsize sedan

Subaru Performance cars

WRX: Compact performance sports sedan
BRZ: Rear-drive 2-door sports coupe

The rear end of the production Subaru BRZ

By Patrick Rall on January 16, 2012 - 1:41PM

The front end of the production Subaru BRZ

By Patrick Rall on January 16, 2012 - 1:40PM

Subaru has an Aha Moment at Consumer Electronics Show

By Keith Griffin on January 9, 2012 - 10:10PM

Tonight at a Pepcom event at the MGM Grand in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Subaru had an Aha moment that points to a whole new way of listening to music and surfing the Internet while behind the wheel.

The 2013 Subaru BRZ will debut at NAIAS next week.

Street version of Subaru BRZ to debut at NAIAS next week

By Don Bain on January 6, 2012 - 5:17PM

Subaru has announced the production version of the new, rear-wheel drive 2013 Subaru BRZ sports car will make its U.S. debut at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) on January 9. The BRZ adds a new line to the Subaru brand, pursuant to its fourth consecutive year of sales growth, which set an all-time vehicle sales record last year.

Boston Globe Top Drives for 2012 Has Good Choices

By Keith Griffin on December 23, 2011 - 10:33AM

The Boston Globe is out with its list of the Top Drives for 2012 and it's a surprising collection of luxury vehicles, hard working pickups and sport utility vehicles and a brand (Kia) that just two years ago would probably be on no publication's top drives list.

The Subaru of America Share the Love Facebook tab

Subaru's Fourth Annual Share the Love event in full swing

By Don Bain on November 21, 2011 - 5:34PM

Subaru of America launched its fourth annual "Share the Love" event over the weekend, meaning for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased until January 3 the manufacturer will donate $250 to five of the top charities in America. The donations may total as much as $5 million, thanks to support from the Facebook community.

The Subaru BRZ STI debuts at the 2011 LA Auto Show

By Patrick Rall on November 18, 2011 - 2:00PM

The 2011 LA Auto Show brought the world the first good look of the high performance BRZ STI, Subaru’s offering from the vehicle family developed jointly with Toyota which will yield both Toyota and Subaru models, as well as a Scion model with the production debut slated for all of them planned for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show.

The Subaru BRZ STI Concept from the side

By Patrick Rall on November 18, 2011 - 1:57PM

The back end of the Subaru BRZ STI Concept

By Patrick Rall on November 18, 2011 - 1:56PM

The front end of the Subaru BRZ STI Concept

By Patrick Rall on November 18, 2011 - 1:55PM

The production Toyota FT-86 leaked in Japanese brochure

By Patrick Rall on October 27, 2011 - 11:01AM

The production-ready Toyota FT-86 is expected to make its grand debut in December at the Tokyo Motor Show but thanks to a leaked Japanese brochure, we may have an early look at the new rear wheel drive sports car in production form.

Forza Motorsport 4 demo meets the world

By Patrick Rall on October 3, 2011 - 2:15PM

This morning, the gaming world got its first good look at the racing game that looks to set the standard by which all other driving games are judged as Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios put the first playable demo for Forza Motorsport 4 live on Xbox Live for Gold members.

An overhead look at the gameplay of the Forza 4 demo

By Patrick Rall on October 3, 2011 - 2:09PM

An in-car shot from Forza Motorsport 4

By Patrick Rall on October 3, 2011 - 2:08PM

The 2011 Subaru WRX STi Sedan from Forza Motorsport 4

By Patrick Rall on October 3, 2011 - 2:06PM

Subaru snags social media guru Sheriece Matias from VW

By Hawke Fracassa on September 29, 2011 - 11:35PM

Subaru of America Inc. has hired a new manager of corporate communications. She is Sheriece Matias, and she reports to Michael McHale, director of corporate communications for the Japanese car company.

Toyota considering American 2012 Camry production for Korea

By Patrick Rall on September 27, 2011 - 12:09PM

Toyota announced earlier this year that all 2012 Toyota Camry models sold in the United States would also be built in the US with help from Subaru’s Indiana plant and now, rumors suggest that Toyota may also begin exporting the 2012 Camry for the South Korean market.

Pricing, Extensive Details Released for 2012 Subaru Impreza

By Keith Griffin on September 27, 2011 - 8:28AM

The fourth-generation 2012 Subaru Impreza has been unveiled with extensive details, including pricing, to the automotive media on Manhattan’s west side, just blocks away from its initial introduction at the New York Auto Show in April.

Subaru recalls 2010-2011 Legacy, Outback models for faulty wipers

By Patrick Rall on September 23, 2011 - 11:50AM

Subaru and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have issued a recall of select Subaru Legacy and Outback models over a concern that the wiper motor could overheat – causing the wipers to stop working suddenly and in the worst case scenario this could also start a fire.

Rally America taking races to worldwide audience in 2012

By Hawke Fracassa on September 22, 2011 - 3:25PM

Rally America Inc., the Golden Valley, Minn., sanctioning and Rally promotion organization in the United States, was purchased today by Bill Fogg, a Vermont entrepreneur with a marketing background who wants to bring the sport to a worldwide audience in 2012.

A computer generated look at the Subaru BRZ

A real Subaru BRZ Concept coming to LA

By Patrick Rall on September 22, 2011 - 12:19PM

Leading up to the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Subaru teased us with the news that the Subaru BRZ Prologue (shown in the gallery on the right) would be coming to the German show but while that car turned out to be more of a display of the drivetrain, when the 2011 LA Auto Show opens we will get our first look at the Subaru BRZ – body and all.

The Subaru BRZ Prologue from the Frankfurt Motor Show

The Subaru BRZ Prologue makes its debut in Frankfurt - sort of

By Patrick Rall on September 20, 2011 - 2:22PM

Leading up to the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Subaru announced that we would get our first good look at their joint venture with Toyota, named the Subaru BRZ Prologue and while the company made good on offering a closer look at the new rear wheel drive sports car, we still don’t know what the Subaru version will look like.

The small scale example of the Subaru BRZ Prologue

By Patrick Rall on September 20, 2011 - 2:18PM

A front end look at the Subaru BRZ Prologue

By Patrick Rall on September 20, 2011 - 2:15PM

Subaru recalls 2011 Legacy, Outback model for moon roofs blowing off

By Patrick Rall on September 19, 2011 - 6:36PM

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall of select 2011 Subaru Legacy and Outback models stemming from a concern that the adhesive used by Subaru to hold the glass moon roof to the chassis could fail and let the glass blow off while moving.

The Toyota FT-86ii Concept shows up at Frankfurt with little change

By Patrick Rall on September 14, 2011 - 1:59PM

Earlier this month, Toyota offered a teaser video of their FT-86ii sports car ending with a mention of this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show leading many to believe that we would see something new on the Toyota version of the joint venture with Subaru but as the show has come, what we have is the same FT-86ii that we have seen at past auto shows – except it’s orange.

Subaru Reveals Complete Details on Urbanized XV Crossover at Frankfurt Auto Show

By Keith Griffin on September 13, 2011 - 9:00AM

Fuji Heavy Industries, better known around the world as Subaru, has unveiled complete details for the Subaru XV Crossover during media days at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show.

Latest Toyota FT-86 Concept coming to Frankfurt

By Patrick Rall on September 8, 2011 - 3:31PM

Toyota has shown off their new FT-86 Concept in the past but when the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show opens next week, the Japanese automaker will roll out their newest version of the FT-86 II – although it is yet another concept version.

Subaru's XV Crossover to be shown in Frankfurt Next Week

By Kate McLeod on September 7, 2011 - 7:34PM

The 64th Frankfurt Motor Show's press days are less than a week away on September 13 and 14 and Subaru has a busy schedule at the show with its XV crossover concept.

The new Subaru BRZ sports car to debut in Frankfurt

By Patrick Rall on August 23, 2011 - 10:29AM

The automotive world has known for quite some time now that Toyota and Subaru were working together on a compact sports car and while Toyota has been showing off their FT-86 for months, Subaru has announced that the world will officially meet the new Subaru BRZ Prologue at the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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