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Well the summer is starting out great, with more vehicles coming in everyday we can start offering a larger selection of the new Outbacks and Legacys. The 2011’s should start hitting the showroom around mid july. We will also be taking orders for the new 2011 STI’s and WRX’s. Foresters and Imprezas have some great lease and finance programs right now, and will continue thru-out the summer. The new Subaru showroom of Lucas Auto Center will be opened within weeks!! So make sure you stop down for the grand opening with free food and give aways!! If you are interested in a new or Certified Pre-owned Subaru, just stop down here at Richard Lucas Subaru, located in Woodbridge, NJ. Minutes from Staten Island, Edison, Summit, and Union. 732-634-0100

We were recently at the 2010 Subaru National Dealer Meeting last week and saw the new 2011 STI and WRX in both the 4 and 5 door models. Really great to see the 4 door STI back!! Below is the picture of the 11″ WRX 4 door, there is alot of big news coming for the Subaru Brand, and I will keep you posted as soon as I found out. We have a few new WRX’s here on the lot now and have more coming in. We also take orders for any kind of Subaru. Feel free to stop down here in Woodbridge, New Jersey, at Richard Lucas Subaru, just minutes from Staten Island, Edison, Union, and South Brunswick. 732-634-0100

Just found this cool 2010 Subaru Outback commerical from Europe, not sure what country.  We just got in a bunch of 2010 Subaru legacy’s and a new 2010 WRX 4 door in black.  The pictures will be up on the Website in a few days but I will try to get some on here today.  If you want to test drive any kind of new Subaru just stop down here at Richard Lucas Subaru in Woodbridge, NJ and ask for me George Lucas Jr…

This was just released today from our Subaru Of America Site.

THE WING IS BACK!
SUBARU DEBUTS NEW 4-DOOR IMPREZA® WRX® STI® MODEL FOR 2011
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First Time Subaru Performance Flagship Offered in Two Body Styles
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New WRX STI Four-Door with Wide-Body Design
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Retuned Suspension for Even Sharper Handling
NEW YORK, April 1, 2010 – Subaru of America today introduced a new 4-door version of its Impreza WRX STI performance flagship model. This will be the first time that the WRX STI has been offered in two body styles (5-door and 4-door). In addition to the new styling, the 2011 WRX STI features significantly revised suspension tuning and lighter 18-inch wheels for even sharper handling.
The WRX STI has been a recipient of continuous improvement since its introduction. Most recently, the 2010 WRX STI Special Edition previewed some of the suspension enhancements now migrated to the 2011 WRX STI. Thorough and painstakingly detailed chassis development, including testing on Germany’s famed Nurburgring racetrack, has resulted in the best-handling Impreza WRX STI models Subaru has ever offered.
“The continuous evolution and development of the WRX STI is driven by the strong, loyal and vocal support from thousands of enthusiastic owners of this exciting high-performance vehicle,” said Tom Doll, executive vice president and COO of Subaru of America, Inc. “The 2011 4-door WRX STI will expand the appeal of this iconic performance model to a wider range of driving enthusiasts.”
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New Designs for 2011
In front, the 2011 WRX STI models feature sharpened bumper corners and wider, blacked-out fog lamp nacelles to accentuate the “wide and low” profile. A jutting lip spoiler with three-dimensional detailing emphasizes the cars’ sporty intent. The newly designed front grille with black base and blacked-out Subaru wing highlights the headlights’ shape to give the entire front end a more powerful appearance, accentuated by larger grille and bumper intake openings.
For the 4-door models, newly designed wider rear fenders are stretched out on the side beyond the tail lamps, accentuating a look of power and stability. The new design details contribute to an improved drag coefficient.
New Chassis Tuning for 2011
The Subaru WRX STI was already a highly optimized performance machine. Specific chassis tuning. Aluminum front lower L-arms reduce unsprung vehicle weight. Major chassis tuning changes include a lowered ride height and new pillow-ball bushings in front and stiffer bushings for the rear subframe that supports the double-wishbone suspension – these improve camber and toe stiffness.
Both the front and rear suspension systems employ higher-rate springs and thicker front and rear stabilizer bars than the 2010 model: 21 mm vs. 20 mm in front and 19 mm vs. 18 mm in rear. Spring rates have increased by 15.6 percent in front and 53 percent in the rear.
New standard 18-inch aluminum wheels feature high-luster paint and weigh 17.6 lbs. less than the previous standard wheels. The optional 18 x 8.5-in. BBS® forged aluminum-alloy wheels, which further reduce unsprung vehicle weight, are highlighted by silver high-luster paint for 2011.
Exclusive to the WRX STI, the Brembo Performance Brake System uses ventilated 4-wheel Super Sport anti-lock (ABS) disc brakes with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD). Super Sport ABS can control the braking forces at each rear wheel independently, which optimizes braking ability during hard cornering to help reduce understeer.
2011 Subaru WRX STI PR Newswire /3
The Ultimate Performance Subaru
The 2011 WRX STI continues as the ultimate-performance Subaru with its high-boost 305-hp turbocharged/intercooled 4-cyl. Boxer engine and 6-speed manual transmission. The STI also features Multi-Mode Driver Controlled Center Differential (DCCD) version of Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive with three “Auto” modes, as well as a manual mode with six driver-selectable differential locking settings.
The WRX STI is equipped with advanced dynamic control systems, as well: the Multi-Mode Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC) stability and traction control system is standard and features a track performance-optimized mode; Subaru Intelligent Drive (SI-DRIVE) technology allows the driver to tailor the car’s driving characteristics by choosing from among three selectable modes – “Intelligent,” “Sport” and “Sport Sharp” – using a rotary dial on the center console.
The 2011 Impreza WRX STI models arrive in Subaru dealerships late this summer.
Sporty, Spacious and Versatile Interior
New for 2011, the WRX STI interior is finished in black and silver to highlight its sporty design. Trim panels, the steering wheel air bag cover and steering wheel switches are now dark cast metallic.
The standard tilt and telescopic steering wheel is a three-spoke, leather-wrapped design embossed with the STI logo and features control switches for Bluetooth® hands-free phone function. A new AM/FM stereo with single-disc CD player features Bluetooth audio streaming and hands-free calling, iPod control capability, a USB port, 3.5mm aux. input jack and XM/SIRIUS satellite radio (subscription is extra). An available navigation system integrates a vehicle information center and Bluetooth hands-free calling.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 600 dealers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production
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plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.

With a full Inventory of brand new and pre-owned Subaru products we are New Jersey’s #1 Subaru dealer!!! Come down for a test drive here at Richard Lucas Subaru, in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Minutes from Staten Island, Edison, and Union.

Really cool site all about the Subaru Rally Team, Check it out here at rally subaru. It’s got a bunch of video’s, pictures, backgrounds, and all the info on the entire team.

It’s a little older of a video but I just found it, really funny. We still got a 2009 Left over STI here at Richard Lucas Subaru, come on down to check it out. We are minutes from Staten Island, Edison, and Union, New Jersey. Richard Lucas Subaru 1077 Us 1 South, Avenel, NJ.

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom overcame
treacherously icy conditions to take a dominating win at this weekend’s Sno*Drift Rally, round one
of the 2010 Rally America National Championship. Pastrana, the defending four-time Rally
America National Champion, won by over one minute and thirty seconds driving an open class
rally specification 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. In an amazing show of determination and grit,
Pastrana completed the event nursing an extremely sore collarbone which he broke in a
motocross accident less than a week ago. His Subaru Rally Team USA teammate, BMX legend
turned rally pro Dave Mirra, finished 6th overall with co-driver Derek Ringer.
The Sno*Drift Rally was held on over 130 miles of snow and ice-covered roads in northern
Michigan. Constantly changing weather and road conditions historically make this rally extremely
challenging. This year’s event featured forest roads that were a virtual skating rink after recent
warm weather melted the snow cover which then refroze this past week, leaving the roads
covered in a thick sheet of ice. Rally America rules prohibit the use of spiked or studded ice-tires,
placing a high premium on traction. Many competitors commented that conditions were the most
treacherous they have ever experienced due to the lack of snow cover over the ice as well as the
extremely small snow banks, which when present, help keep errant rally cars on the road and
away from the trees.

We have a new 2009 STI and a new 2010 STI in stock here at Richard Lucas Subaru in Woodbridge, NJ. Were only minutes from Staten Island, Edison, and South Brunswick.

Of course you know I was watching this on New Years Eve. The STI making history once again. We have a Brand New leftover 2009 STI here in the showroom, at Richard Lucas Subaru located in Woodbridge, NJ. We are one of the local Subaru dealers for Staten Island, South Brunswick, and Edison.

Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that reigning fourtime
Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana and BMX Freestyle legend Dave Mirra
are both returning as factory team drivers for Subaru Rally Team USA in 2010. Pastrana and
Mirra will each pilot a 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car prepared by Subaru technical
partner Vermont SportsCar.
Subaru Rally Team USA will compete in the entire 2010 Rally America National Championship
and ESPN’s X Games 16 Rally Car Racing event, and it will also participate in Rally America’s
new European-style Rally Cross exhibition events.
“Rally car racing presents unique challenges that place a premium on traction and drivability,”
said Tim Mahoney, senior vice president and CMO for Subaru of America, Inc. “Subaru’s
participation in the Rally America National Championship successfully serves to showcase the
performance of our Impreza platform through core technologies rooted in our Subaru
Symmetrical All Wheel Drive and boxer engine.”
Action sports icon and rally champion Pastrana has driven exclusively for the Subaru brand
since he began rally competition in 2004. Dominating rallying in the United States since 2006,
Pastrana has amassed 18 overall victories and 36 podiums, along with two gold medals, a
bronze and silver at the ESPN X Games Rally Car events.
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“The sport has grown and the competition in 2010 will be better than ever, and so I’m glad to be
in the best car with the best team again to go for my fifth championship,” said Pastrana. As in
2009, Christian Edstrom will be Pastrana’s co-driver.
Pastrana dramatically closed out 2009 by setting the world record for longest distance jump in a
rally car on New Year’s Eve in Long Beach, Calif. He soared his Vermont SportsCar-prepared
Subaru Impreza STI rally car 269 feet over Rainbow Harbor, landing on a floating barge and
surpassing the previous record by 98 feet.
Mirra, who became a pro BMX rider in 1992, holds the record for most X Games medals
(including most gold medals) and has medaled in every X Games since their inception in 1995.
Credited with bringing freestyle BMX into the mainstream, Mirra began a transition to rally racing
in late 2007 and joined Subaru Rally Team USA in 2008. He earned Rally America’s “Rookie of
the Year” that year. “It’s great having the support of Subaru to race with the best drivers in North
America and allowing me to develop as a rally driver,” said Mirra.
Mirra will move up to an Open Class Subaru WRX STI from the lower specification Super
Production Class Subaru that he campaigned in 2009. He will again team with former WRC
champion co-driver Derek Ringer, who has been instrumental in Mirra’s rapid ascension to a top
driver in the Rally America Championship.

Hey everyone, we just got in a brand new 2009 STI on the lot. It was a leftover from Subaru. Its Spark Silver with silver BBS wheels, and has the navigation package. The car’s on the lot right now, here at Richard Lucas Subaru. We also have a really nice pre-owned 2009 WRX wagon in silver. Its got about 2000 miles on it, but its a great deal. Here’s the pictures of the STI, come check them out in person at Richard Lucas Subaru located in Woodbridge, NJ minutes from Edison, New Brunswick, and Staten Island.