Too Close for Comfort: Subaru Impreza WRX Flips Over Right in Front of Spectators in Canada

A fun track day at the Toronto Motorsports Park near the town of Cayuga in Ontario, Canada, almost turned tragic for both the driver and many of the spectators gathered behind the safety wall when an older generation Subaru Impreza WRX flipped over after exiting a corner.

From the video, it looks like the driver of the Impreza took the corner wider and faster than he was ready for and as a result crashed into, or rather ran over, the safety haystack near the wall, which acted as a launching ramp lifting the car into the air only inches away from the spectators. The car then landed on its rooftop several feet away.

According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the Subaru, who was wearing a helmet, was shaken but...not stirred. But enough talking already. Follow the break to watch both the incident as it happened and the aftermath.

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U.S. Government Focusing in on Web Gadgets that Distract Drivers

We are all living in an age of networked information. Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, smartphones and public internet access are making the world smaller every day. Unfortunately, in some instances all this information can distract us from the important things, such as focusing on driving. And no one agrees with this more than U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood:

“We know people are hooked on cellphones and texting devices. But there's absolutely no reason for any person to download their Facebook into the car. It's not necessary. "

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Como capotar um Subaru WRX usando um fardo de feno

E no meio do caminho tinha uma pedra, digo, um fardo de feno. Mas o que estava fazendo um fardo de feno ali? Podiam ter colocado na curva, mas já indo para reta não tinha necessidade. Principalmente deste tamanho. E o pior que segundo o Autoblog o carro era emprestado.

Forza Motorsport 4: Here’s how they Record Car Engine Sounds

Long gone are the days when video game developers used simple electronic instruments to emulate car engine sounds for their racing games. Now, thanks to a dramatic increase in video games sales, which of course resulted in huge budgets, developers can justify the costs of recording the actual sounds of each car featured in their games.

For those of you wondering how it’s done, the tech-savvy crew over at Electricpig were invited to Redmond, Seattle by the creator of the Forza Motorsport gaming series, Turn 10 Studios, to witness the recording of a previous generation Subaru Impreza WRX STI.

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Toyota Sales Plunge More than 33% in May, Chrysler Group up by 10%

The numbers for U.S. auto sales for the month of May are out and as expected, Japanese automakers continue to be hit hard by the ongoing production disruptions caused by the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in their home market. As a result, Toyota’s sales plunged 33.4% over the year-ago month to 108,387 units, while rivaling Honda saw its sales fall 22.5% to 90,773 vehicles, Nissan recorded a 9.1% drop to 76,148 units and Mazda 17,875 vehicles, down 20.9%.

General Motors dealers in the United States delivered 221,192 vehicles in May posting a decline of 1%, while the Ford Motor Co. said its sales decreased by 0.1% to 192,253 cars, trucks and SUVs.

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More Screaming Passengers from the 2011 Red Bull Car Drift Event in Lebanon

We don’t know about you, but we certainly enjoyed watching the video of a male passenger freaking out during a ride around a drift course, so we decided to do a little bit of online research to find out what it was all about. We discovered that the joy ride was part of the Red Bull Car Park Drift 2011 event and it took place in Lebanon.

The man behind the steering wheel of the Subaru Impreza WRX STI is 34-year-old Abdo Feghali from Lebanon. He is a professional rally driver who also participates in drift contests and events such as the one organized by Red Bull.

If you liked the first video we showed you, then follow the jump to watch the reactions of the same male passenger, this time sitting at the back between two women (oddly enough no one was wearing seat belts…), as well as some new footage of other people that took a ride including the beautiful lady you see pictured above.

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2011 Subaru revealed Subaru Forester tS cars wallpapers and reviews

2011 Subaru revealed Subaru Forester tS cars wallpapers and reviews
New upcoming Bmw cars pictures gallery: http://wheelx.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-bmw-320i-coupe-r-prices-and.html

Subaru Targets Young Asian American Buyers with New Sweet Tomorrow Campaign

Subaru’s American division is taking audience segmentation a step further with the release of a new advertising campaign for the 2011 Legacy that specifically targets the Chinese-American market. The campaign has been produced in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, and can be seen across a wide variety of media placements including TV, print, online and out-of-home running.

The television spot is called “Sweet Tomorrow” and it shows a young Chinese American couple preparing for the birth of their first child. The advert is scheduled to air through October 2011.

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2011 Subaru Impreza Sti Sedan prices reviews

2011 Subaru Impreza Sti Sedan prices reviews
he Special Edition as it turns out is a preview of sorts of the 2011 STI, which will be available as a hatchback and a sedan for the first time ever in the U.S. It employs the same go-fast JDM Spec C suspension as the Special Edition

2011 Subaru Impreza Wrx Hatchback roadtest and wallpapers

2011 Subaru Impreza Wrx Hatchback roadtest and wallpapers
That didn't take long. After Mitsubishi finally unveiled a WRX-fighter with its 2009 Lancer Ralliart, Subaru has countered with an upgraded WRX as well as a new model that picks up where the old one left off.

It seems Subaru couldn't leave well enough alone. Once the engineers started fiddling with one aspect of the WRX, it lead to another

2011 Subaru Impreza Wrx Limited reveiw and wallpapers

2011 Subaru Impreza Wrx Limited reveiw and wallpapers
2011 until I looked at the spec sheet. The gist of it is that the WRX sedan now has wide-body styling to ape the look of the high-performance

2011 subaru impreza cars wallpapers and reviews

2011 subaru impreza cars wallpapers and reviews
Subaru Impreza is best known with its rally-bred WRX models, but there’s also normal models of this fine car for those who want a cheap and reliable Japanese car. Here’s the official pricing of 2011MY sedan including 2.5i, 2.5i Premium and Impreza Outback Sport,

 and they have the same price as 2010. The basic entry-level model is priced at $17,495 which competes with 2011 VW Jetta.

2010 WRX STI Special Edition doesn't make much sense as a business plan. With an upgraded suspension and a slightly decontended interior, it's a better handling STI for less money. Unless you just have to have HIDs and a trunk-shaking sound system

2011 subaru outback cars wallpapers and previews

2011 subaru outback cars wallpapers and previews
The 3.6R is the premium Outback, and it gets its name from the latest iteration of Subaru's six-cylinder engine, now with 256 horsepower. It is, of course, horizontally-opposed ("boxer") for a low center of gravity even with a useful 8.7 inches of ground clearance, so handling is closer to WRC than SUV.

2011 subaru impreza wrx sti wallpapers and reviews

2011 subaru impreza wrx sti wallpapers and reviews
The 2010 WRX STI Special Edition doesn't make much sense as a business plan. With an upgraded suspension and a slightly decontended interior, it's a better handling STI for less money.

Unless you just have to have HIDs and a trunk-shaking sound system, there's no reason to look higher up Subaru's performance hierarchy. That is until late this summer, when the 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI