The continued fall of Subaru

Once my favorite car company (and honestly, I do regret getting the S4 over a much more practical stickshift legacy sedan - for a lot less $), Subaru has fallen far.

Case in point: they just announced they are pulling out of the WRC (World Rally Championship). They have not been the champions they were in the 90's for a while now, but still, what the hell defines Subaru if it is not WRC? The WRX - the car that made Subaru famous for performance - is a RALLY CAR. Or really.. was.. I suppose. But without WRC, what the heck is Subaru going to claim for the STI and WRX? "These are our awesome detuned rally cars which.. um.. the last model.. a while back.. actually raced in rallys."

A big chunk of Fuji Heavy Industries (parent of Subaru) is now owned by Toyota, and it is beginning to show. Pretty soon, we will be assaulted by a never ending stream of boring, floppy, appliancemobiles. Crappy.

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