Subaru enters 2025 Rebelle Rally with two champion-led teams

Subaru of America, Inc. announced today it will sponsor two teams in the 2025 Rebelle Rally on Oct. 8-18, 2025, held in the Nevada and California deserts. Both teams will compete 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, will compete 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 will compete in a 2026 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness as Team #210 Desert Disco.

Both teams’ Subaru vehicles will be specially outfitted for the race with Subaru parts and accessories as well as custom wraps that reflect each team’s personality.

Celebrating its 10^th 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 X-MODE® Dual Mode System with Hill Descent Control.

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.

Desert Disco’s 2026 Crosstrek Wilderness features 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.

The 2025 Rebelle Rally begins Oct. 8. Keep up with MTNSUBI and Desert Disco’s progress throughout the rally stages on our Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.