Filed under: Concept Cars , LA Auto Show , Sedan , Subaru , Design/Style 2010 Subaru Impreza Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery One of the biggest surprises (so far…) of the 2010 LA Auto Show has to be the Subaru Impreza Design Concept that snuck up on us just a few hours ago. Some thought it might be the long-awaited Subota coupe (a close cousin of the Toyobaru, of course), but in reality what we have here is a conceptual sedan that the Japanese automaker claims will heavily influence future models…

Filed under: Concept Cars , LA Auto Show , Sedan , Subaru , Design/Style Subaru Impreza Design Concept – Click above to enlarge We’ve often found ourselves in the apologist camp when it came to the latest design of the current Subaru Impreza . The company has a long and storied history of producing vehicles with faces only a mother could love, so we just assumed that the squinty visage of the latest model was just an homage to homely rides of the past.

Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Subaru Highlights from Travis Pastrana’s last race in a Subie – Click above to watch video after the jump The last of a sideways era occurred when Travis Pastrana drove his final rally races behind the wheel of a Subaru this past weekend. We didn’t know it at the time, but the U.S. Rallycross championship double header held at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Saturday and Sunday would be the last time anyone got to see Pastrana drive his iconic Impreza rally car

Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Toyota , Celebrities , Racing Pastrana-Waltrip Racing Team – Click above to watch video after the jump Yesterday we learned Travis Pastrana had officially left Subaru and has teamed up with Michael Waltrip to run a Toyota in the 2011 NASCAR season. What we just found out, however, is that Pastrana is not simply a driver for the Waltrip team – the two have joined forces to create Pastrana-Waltrip Racing. Running in the NASCAR Nationwide series, Pastrana plans to compete in seven races during the 2011 season, followed by 20 more races in 2012

Review: 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible The GT500 is the undisputed King of the Pony Cars, but what happens when you lop the roof off a 550-hp, RWD coupe? Subaru, Travis Pastrana part ways Travis Pastrana has cut his ties with Subaru on the eve of a new deal to race NASCAR with Waltrip Racing. Land Rover reveals five-door Evoque ahead of LA debut As cool as the three-door Evoque is, Land Rover realizes it needs to offer more functionality to U.S.

Filed under: Motorsports , Subaru , Celebrities It’s official.

Filed under: SEMA Show Well, look at that… Day Two has finally come to a close, and this is but a small sampling of what we brought you over the last couple of days from the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. We’ll have a little bit more coming your way tomorrow morning as we wrap up the final day of the festivities.

Filed under: By the Numbers Grand Cherokee lifts Jeep, Toyota falls hard After a couple days of delay, sales numbers for the month of October are finally in, and most automotive brands earned a treat instead of a trick. The majority of brands for sale in the U.S. achieved an increase in sales versus the same month last year, and of those, the majority posted a double-digit gain in sales

Study: Chevy Volt’s “addressable market” for 2011 is 7%, Nissan Leaf’s hits 11% Not who will buy, but who could.. Nissan Leaf vies for Europe’s coveted 2011 Car of the Year award Can it beat the Dacia Duster? EMAV thinks up the PRU, a sleek power trailer for your electric vehicle $15,000 for a trailer

Filed under: SEMA Show , Sedan , Performance , Hatchback , Subaru Subaru at the 2010 SEMA Show – Click above for high-res image gallery Subaru promised a cornucopia of WRXs for SEMA , and it certainly has not disappointed.