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Ryan Douthit of Driving Sports TV is our guest for this episode of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast.Ryan gets to drive most all of the new vehicles as Subaru releases them, so he has driving most all of the newest Subaru's, so he has a unique perspective on the direction that Subaru is moving in.In this episode, we talk about the newest Subaru EV's, including the Subaru Trailseeker, and Subaru Uncharted, and how they compare to their Combustion counterparts.We also talk about what he thinks about the STI returning to the US market, and the direction that Subaru is going in terms of Performance.If you haven't all ready, check out the Driving Sports TV review of the Trailseeker here:https://youtu.be/bDlvUUzaewM?si=PgkPGqFLz6w5epV6And their review of the Subaru Uncharted here:https://youtu.be/bDlvUUzaewM?si=PgkPGqFLz6w5epV6We also mention the Silver Bullet XV video testing the Trailseeker, and here are links to those videos as well:https://youtu.be/bDlvUUzaewM?si=PgkPGqFLz6w5epV6https://youtu.be/YUp2XQfFx4o?si=93HJbqPF828LCc2LThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

For Episode #193 of the Flatirons Syndicate Podcast, we couldn't land on a single topic, so we covered just about everything that was on our minds.Were the days of Subaru Forums really the good old days?When was it the PEAK time to modify your Subaru?How does the BRZ fit in the Subaru lineup?Are Bugeyes easy to find these days? What about First Gen BRZs?And lots more.A big thanks to Art, Tanner, and Dewey for making time to chat again, and I hope that you enjoy the conversation.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

This went up on YouTube today, but it is a good primer for the Podcast that will go up tomorrow. I decided to put it up here as well just in case any of you aren't following us on YouTube. Hope you enjoy this conversation, and Stay Tuned for the Podcast tomorrow! There has been a lot of discussion of late about the All Wheel Drive BRZ Rally Car that Subaru just unveiled, and for good reason.If there wasn't all ready enough to be excited about as a Subaru Enthusiast, this is just icing on the cake.Art and the folks over at Overtake USA have also been following all of the information coming out from Subaru lately, and they had a bit of a different take on what this all means.I decided to reach out to Art to have a discussion about what all this means.Check out their video on the Subaru Super Taikyu Motorsport announcement here: @OVERTAKEUSA  https://youtu.be/lr78aRpJQG0?si=5eK-RXAYqojekBLMAnd if you haven't watched the LoveCars TV video on this, be sure to check it out as well:https://youtu.be/iG2KvgHufpo?si=ro00G3SeO_VLmiNpThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

There was a time in the early 2000's where Subaru Forums were the place to go to find information, parts, or to connect with the Subaru community in your area.There were a number of local forums but the central hub for many of us was NASIOC. The North American Subaru Impreza Owners Clubhttps://forums.nasioc.com/This was at one point the largest Subaru forum, and had tens of thousands of members from all over the globe. It was, and still is to an extent, a critical source for information about how to build or fix your Subaru.At some point though, people just stopped using forums. For this episode, we talk with Justin from Overtake USA, and the legendary Unabomber (one of the most prolific contributors to NASIOC) about what happened to forums with the rise of Social Media.Are we in a better place now than we used to be? A big thanks to Justin for putting this together, and definitely let us know what you think about this in the comments below.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Are Subaru's reliable? Do they really have as many issues as you read about on the Internet?It is time to have a real conversation about it, and on this episode, we have the perfect group to get to the bottom of this topic.SmeediaArt from Overtake USAAnd Dewey from IAGWhat is the truth about Head Gasket issues on WRX's, STI's, and Subaru's in general? What about Ring Lands and Rod Bearings?Part of the inspiration of this topic is Smeedia's video where he tries, and fails, to kill an STI here:https://youtu.be/lR7XrfCPz6s?si=NRxxqScLGHnUZ86qThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

If you follow Rally, RallyX, or motorsport in general, there is a good chance that you have seen the Your Mom Races Rally Instagram page pop up on your feed. When Kelly decided to jump into Rally and RallyX, she decided to document her journey into the world of motorsport on her Instagram page. As it often does, things started out with a car and a few small changes here and there, and now Kelly is looking at welding in a cage and has here eyes set on competing in Stage Rally in the near future.For this episode, we talk with Kelly about how she found Rally, and how motorsport had a more profound impact on her life than she expected.Max Crouch, the co-Driver of our Flatirons Tuning Rally Team joins us on this podcast as well!If you are interested in reading Kelly's book, you can find it here:https://www.carrarabooks.com/store/p/your-mom-races-rallyThanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

If you are building up a track car or a race car, and you need to add power, where would you start? A bigger Turbo? Supercharger? Maybe building up the engine and tuning the ECU?What about making your race car a hybrid?I think I am safe in saying that most of us would not even consider turning a car that didn't start out life as a hybrid into one, much less making it a hybrid to improve the cars performance.But that is exactly what Sasha from Mountain Pass Performance did with his 350Z Time Attack car.In this episode, Sasha and I talk about everything that was involved to turn his 350Z Hybrid Time Attack car in to the monster that it is. We also talk about how this project relates to the work that Mountain Pass Performance does to improve the performance of EV's like the Tesla Model 3.If you want to see all the details about MPP's KELS build, and everything else that they are up to, take a look at their Youtube Channel here:https://www.youtube.com/@UCq47UcvRMn97rd_ams7dtfA Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

The 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon just started, and Subaru has made some big announcements.To make sense of all the bombshell news, we sit down with Dewey from IAG, Art from Overtake, and Smeedia in this episode!We thought that the focus was going to be around the STI that they were scheduled to unveil. It turns out that what they are going to call the “STI” in Japan, is what we had here in the US as the WRX TS since last year.There is initially a fair amount of disappointment about this, and we talk about it.But there were two other big announcements that have really caught our attention two.First, what we saw a couple of months ago as the STI Performance-B concept is what Subaru is going to be running in the Super Taikyu series this year, and there are some really interesting tweaks that they have done to the engine.Also for the 2026 season, the GT300 BRZ will be running a 3.0 liter Twin Turbo boxer engine.What does all of this mean? And how does this fit into the direction that Subaru is going for the future?We talk about all of this and give you our impressions.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

With the release of the latest Gymkhana video, Aussie Shred, we get to see the newest Vermont Sports Car creation in action at the hands of Travis Pastrana.When we last had Dewey, Art, and Smeedia on the podcast, the suggestion was made that we should talk about these new VSC cars because there is a bit of a question about whether or not they are actually Subarus.Why is this important?We get into exactly this in this episode, and we talk about what Subaru and VSC are doing with these cars, and...If Subaru is going to be showcasing their classic cars, shouldn't they do more to support those older models?There were technical difficulties with this recording as my internet decided to stop working, so we didn't get to finish the conversation, but this was too good to throw in the bin.So this is the first 2 parts of a 3 part conversation, and now we just need to find time to get Dewey, Art, and Smeedia back on to wrap things up.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

When Subaru revealed two different STI concepts at the Japan Mobility show at the end of October, one Electric, and one Combustion, it started a lot of discussions.A few of which you have likely seen here on our channel and on the Podcast.The majority of Subaru Enthusiasts are very excited about getting an STI back in the lineup that has a traditional combustion engine for power delivery, even though there haven't been any details about price, power, or performance.For this episode, I wanted to bring together people that have a lot of experience with Subaru's, but also experience with EV's as well to make sure that we were giving the potential EV path of the STI a fair amount of consideration as well.Tony from Turn in Concepts competed in Gridlife for 2 years in a Tesla Model 3 Performance, Brian from iWire daily drives a Rivian R1T Quad motor truck, and Steve (aka. Kostamojen) has had and built a number of Subaru's, but currently drives and tracks a Hyundai Ioniq 5N.There was a lot to discuss here, and if nothing else, this makes it clear that this question is not as simple as it would seem from the initial reactions to the STI concepts.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Robb Holland has had a long and diverse racing career thus far. 2025 has been a great year for Robb with his win of the Time Attack 1 class at Pikes Peak, and a GT4 Class win in the SRO GT America class as well.Robb started out competing as a professional cyclist, and then found his way to racing on 4 wheels in many different classes, including competing in the British Touring Car Championship from 2012 through 2015, and various other tracks across Europe, including multiple class wins at the Nürburgring.He also was one of the founders of Rotek Racing which was based at the Nürburgring and helped build a bridge for American drivers that wanted to compete in Europe.In this conversation, we find out about his path into motorsport, and we get a great perspective on what the differences are between racing at Pikes Peak, and the Nürburgring. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

With the new STI Concept cars, and their new focus on Performance and Adventure, it seems clear that Subaru is changing their direction to some degree.It is easy to say that bringing back the STI is a huge step in the right direction, but is it as simple as just bring the car back? What does Subaru need to do to really connect with their Performance Enthusiasts? To talk about this, we brought on Dewey from IAG, Smeedia, and Art from Overtake to discuss. We hope you enjoy this episode, and let us know what you think in the comments! Stay Tuned!

Damien Bradley has been running in the UK Hill Climb and UK Time Attack series for a while now. But this year, he decided to take on the challenge of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb! Now that some time has passed, we had to reach out to Damien to talk about his experience on Pikes Peak, and what it was like to Race to the Clouds. Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

Subaru just revealed the STI Performance B and STI Performance E concepts at that Japan Mobility show.The BIG news is that the Combustion STI Hatchback seems to be a hit.This could mark the return of the STI drivetrain with DCCD, and even though Subaru didn't give any specifics, many enthusiasts are excited.Even the STI EV concept is getting a fair amount of attention.So what does this mean for the future of Subaru? And will we see the return of the STI here in the US soon?Jon and Art from Overtake USA take a deep dive into the concepts and what this could all mean.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!

There has been a flurry of Subaru news the last couple of days, the most noteworthy being about the 2 STI Concept cars that are going to debut in a few days at the Japan Mobility Show. The Performance-B STI that has a combustion engine, and the Performance-E STI which is fully electric.But there has been some big news about the BRZ as well, which is that Toyota looks to be switching to Mazda for their next generation GT86. So what does this mean for the Subaru BRZ? Will it stick around? Or are the BRZ's model years numbered?And Subaru is now doing the Press Launch for the Subaru Uncharted in Europe, and the way that they are showcasing that car may be the biggest hint of all about the direction that Subaru is going in the future.Thanks for watching and Stay Tuned!Here are links to the articles that we reference in this episode:Motor 1 2025 japan Mobility Displayhttps://www.motor1.com/news/775825/subaru-sti-concept-duo-teaser/Subaru moving away from EJ20 in GT300 BRZ:https://sportscar365.com/other-series/super-gt/subaru-announces-retirement-for-brzs-ej20-engine/Article w/ clips:https://www.dailysportscar.com/2025/10/14/subaru-to-replace-ej20-engine-in-brz-gt300.htmlUncharted Test Drive Article:https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/subaru/uncharted-suv/Toyota and Mazda team up for GT86:https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/toyota-mazda-shared-sports-cars/https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2025/09/28/toyota-and-mazda-team-up-to-develop-new-mx-5-and-gr86/