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New one Subaru WRX (2008)

posted on October 16th, 2007 by admin in Subaru

We were nice surprised, when Subaru had in store more than five years before this factory hot rod finally made the jump from Japan’s crowded streets to U.S. showrooms, and at that it was well worth the wait. How do you think, will original Impreza WRX, which was a long time coming, astonish us like her previous “colleges”?

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Subaru is saving some details for the official reveal, so we can’t confirm that its new, unique-to-STi 2.0-liter boxer engine, with a twin-scroll turbo, will pump the reported 300-plus horsepower through the new car’s six-speed manual gearbox. But we can provide a few hints of what’s in store.

Much, though not all, of the new car’s mechanicals carry over from the outgoing STi, with the goal of creating not just a quicker car, but one with a lot more sticking power. Among the traction-enhancing goodies: all-wheel drive, new Vehicle Dynamics Control (Subaru’s take on a performance stability control system), Driver’s Control Center Differential, and SI-Drive. The goal, declares a Subaru release: “total driving control.”

The car body is new, make in a five-door design somewhere between a wagon and a small crossover, based on the recently updated Impreza. The wheelbase is longer, but the front and rear overhangs have been shortened, and with a bull-like flare to the wheel arches, the new STi is a bit wider than before, as well.