Subaru-Sponsored Champion-Led Teams Competing in the 2025 Rebelle Rally
Team #200 MTNSUBI is driving a 2025 Subaru Forester Touring Hybrid & Team #210 Desert Disco is racing in a 2026 Crosstrek Wilderness…
Subaru of America Inc. is sponsoring two teams in the 2025 Rebelle Rally, which started on Oct. 8 and runs through Oct. 18, 2025. Both teams are competing in the X-Cross class, led by past rally champions.
Carey Lando and Andrea Shaffer, the 2024 X-Cross class champions in Lando’s personal 2014 Subaru Outback, are competing in a 2025 Subaru Forester Touring Hybrid as Team #200 MTNSUBI. Emme Hall, the 2018 4×4 class and 2019 X-Cross class champion, and Kendra Miller are competing in a 2026 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness as Team #210 Desert Disco.
Both teams’ Subaru vehicles have been specially outfitted for the race with Subaru parts and accessories as well as custom wraps that reflect each team’s personality, company officials stated in a press release.
Team #200 MTNSUBI’s 2025 Subaru Forester Touring Hybrid
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the Rebelle Rally is the longest competitive off-road rally in the U.S., and the first women’s endurance off-road rally in America. Team #200 MTNSUBI’s 2025 Subaru Forester Touring Hybrid features Subaru’s next-generation series-parallel hybrid powertrain and standard Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive. All 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid models are powered by a newly developed 2.5-liter SUBARU BOXER engine paired with electric motors and a Lineartronic CVT (continuously variable transmission). Additionally, all 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid models are equipped with the X-MODE Dual Mode System with Hill Descent Control, the company said.
To prepare their vehicle for the race, Lando and Shaffer customized their Forester Hybrid with a Subaru STI flexible strut tower brace for added stability, uprated Subaru WRX front brakes and Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness rear brakes to handle the extreme off-roading challenges over more than 1,500 miles through the Nevada and California deserts.
Team #210 Desert Disco’s 2026 Crosstrek Wilderness
Desert Disco’s 2026 Crosstrek Wilderness features the standard X-MODE Dual Mode System and 9.3 inches of ground clearance and required only a handful of modifications for the race, including a Thule Caprock roof rack, Method wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich T/A All-Terrain KO2 tires, Asfir 4×4 skid plates and a Dometic refrigerator.
To check on the current progress of all the teams competing in the Rebelle Rally and to follow them throughout the remainder of the race, go to rebellerally.com/live-tracking, and to learn about other teams competing in the rally, click here.
