Learn the secrets to maintaining Subaru's FB25 engine for longevity and peak performance.

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

According to the 2025 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), Subaru is ranked as the 17th most reliable brand out there. This represents a somewhat worse result compared to 2024's VDS in which ...

The 2026 Subaru Outback Wilderness completes a transformation of Subaru's rugged wagon that's as surprising as it is inevitable. Since its launch in the 1990s, the Outback has been marketed as an SUV ...

We explain why Subaru’s boxer engine layout is especially well-suited for off-roading, from stability to traction advantages. Subaru continues using boxer engines for low center of gravity and ...

Subaru has long raced a BRZ-bodied car in the GT300 class of Japan's Super GT championship, a program that is set to continue into 2026. In the past, the car was powered by a four-cylinder engine like ...

All internal combustion engines require some kind of maintenance. (If that's news to you, your car probably needs to be inspected by a mechanic.) But there are different types of internal combustion ...

How boxer engines work, why they’re not just “flat” engines, and a 120-year evolution traced from the 1899 Benz to the latest Porsche and Subaru boxers. Boxer engines feature flat, opposing pistons ...

If you thought Subaru’s recent STI concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show in Japan were just another round of empty promises, it appears such is not the case. Rather, the Fuji Heavy Industries-owned ...

Subaru is known for making some of the most reliable cars in the country, but that wasn't always the case. If you owned one or knew someone who did, you likely made or heard a joke about a ...

In this video, we cut a Subaru WRX STI engine head in half to explore its inner workings. Mitchell provides an educational explanation of how the components, including the valves, operate together. We ...