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Subaru sets sales records in 2018 because of one model, the new second-generation Crosstrek. See how the small SUV helps blow away the all-time December numbers.

ANALYSIS AND OPINION: As GM’s ten year plan for electrification and autonomy turns into a five year plan, that actually now is really an “ASAP plan,” GM is facing a reality that except for the Bolt factory, none of its North American facilities are fully ready for an all out massive BEV production schedule. As GM kills everything off about itself that burns gas, it has no choice but to turn to the Chinese for help. Please welcome the GM Chinese electric car at a dealer near you!

Sales numbers for December 2018 were announced this morning and for the 9th time during the calendar year, the Ford Mustang beat the Dodge Challenger in monthly sales while also securing a 4th-straight annual segment sales title – all while sales of the Chevrolet Camaro hit lows that we haven’t seen from any of the American muscle cars since 2012.

The Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid electric vehicle significantly outpaced GM's two affordable EV models in 2018. Even more impressive is Prime's sales in light of the Tesla Model 3.

The 2019 motorsports year will bring new excitement. See why Subaru WRX STI fans have a lot to be excited about.

VW is about to unleash into the BEV wild a really cool mobile charger station that will top the cherry on the ice cream of negating the excuses for range anxiety and city BEV ownership: a mobile power bank that can top off as many as 15 BEVs in as little as 17 minutes. It can be rolled around in a parking lot during events, your boss can have one in the office garage, and it makes a great power source during rolling brown and black outs.

With the year hardly two days old comes the news that Uber is already having a poor start. According to reports from Phoenix, Ariz., an airport shuttle driver, who had just dropped his passengers off at a terminal, was shocked when he saw an Uber driver run over a woman, not once, but twice.

An image from a patent filing shows a C7 Chevrolet Corvette with high tech doors that open and close themselves, and while it seems too late in the current generation for this technology to arrive, it makes sense for the long-rumored mid-engine C8 to utilize this feature.

Subaru customers in Australia get a new 5-year vehicle Warranty for the new year. See how it makes Toyota look bad.

Subaru had a good year in 2018, but what is coming in 2019? Look for a new performance WRX STI and two models get the new Subaru Global Platform.

One of 30 Bugatti EB110 Super Sports, made as part of the effort to qualify for Le Mans in the early 1990s, will go on Sotheby's auction block next year. The SS, made using carbon-Kevlar body panels, was originally sold to a German citizen, but it ended up in a Japanese collection. Its condition makes it a sought-after collectible in the automotive world.

Dodge has created one final video for 2018, showcasing the 797-horsepower Challenger SRT Redeye Widebody counting down the final seconds of the year with a big, smoky burnout.

2018 was a big year for Subaru. They brought out a new 2019 Ascent family hauler and the new-generation 2019 Forester. But it wasn't all good. See what surprising recall and lawsuit stories led the news this past year.

With the old year rapidly running out the clock and the new year waiting in the wings for its turn on the calendar, it's time to make predictions. Here's one that is pretty clear, by 2025 there will be at least nine electric SUVs on the market. They come from across the automotive spectrum from established companies to startups.

Subaru and Subaru Tecnica International are celebrating their 30-year anniversary together. Will the rumble continue?

2018 could be described as the year of the lawsuit for Subaru. They are slapped with another one. See what they are being sued for now.

Subaru will unveil a new Impreza STI at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2019. Could this be the hot hatch fans have been asking for?

Take a look at the Toyota 86 that’s been chopped into a pickup. It’s real and it’s coming to the Tokyo Auto Salon 2019.

It’s official, Subaru Corporation will bring the limited edition Subaru WRX STI S209 to the North American International Auto Show.

While Tesla and Electrify America sweep themselves across America’s interstates upgrading the supercharger networks, other networks with their superchargers elsewhere, incompatibilities between PHEVs and BEVs that may have been initially overlooked, are starting to become clear: PHEVs are incompatible with superchargers, and while the UK looks to ban them from superchargers, US car makers may already be taking care of the PHEV problem by just outright getting rid of them.

After publishing a story this week about the Porsche Taycan lineup and its pricing, folks began to do a bit of thinking about the top-of-the-line model, the Taycan Turbo! Do you notice there could be a bit of an issue with its name? If so, you pass our very basic English test, if not, it's to detention for you until you find out what is wrong with the sentence.

The 2019 Subaru WRX is rated the safest compact performance car in America. See how it compares with hot hatches VW Golf R, and Honda Type R.

OPINION AND ANALYSIS: Nobody is taking these Russians seriously about the specs and their one year warranty to their recently proposed Russian Mustang BEV, but I tell you one thing: at least they got a spec sheet. They got renders. They got ideas. They even got a warranty for a car they haven’t built yet. They’re eager for publicity and/or to build. I say, where’s the people who invented the damn car to begin with? Do they even know what electricity is beyond a cigarette plug in the dash?

With electric car use increasing and with the introduction of intelligent chargers that sit on the internet as part of the iOT (internet of things), comes the word that there are devices that hackers can take over and exploit. Kaspersky Labs, internet security experts, discusses the information.

Porsche has recalled 75,000 2017-2018 Panamera models to fix a software glitch that knocks out the power steering. The resulting failure increases the steering effort of the Panamera which might lead to crashes. So far, no crashes have been reported.

Skateboard legend and former Subaru Rallycross driver Bucky Lasek brings his COBB-tuned Subaru WRX STI. See how Lasek leaves his mark on Jay Leno’s garage.

Subaru and STI have produced the first-ever STI-enhanced hybrid. It’s coming January 11 to the Tokyo Auto Salon in a new 2019 Forester STI e-Boxer hybrid Concept.

What do you have when you mish mash a 1960’s Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mercedes, and Buick? Some say a mess. Others say an exquisite and functional example of fine bespoke automotive engineering to be considered artwork to be displayed in a museum. I’ll let you be the judge.

Imagine what $50 billion looks like. It's a number so big that if you were to take all the money that makes up the figure and lay it end to end, you still wouldn't know how far it would stretch. With that said, though, $50 billion is the amount VW will be investing in electric cars, autonomy, mobility, and such between now and 2023. It's a lot of money.

You have purchased a new all-wheel-drive Subaru SUV but it doesn't guarantee you will arrive safely. Here are some winter driving tips that could keep you out of the ditch.