Diesel Variant of WRX Likely in U.K. and U.S.
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There’s been some buzz lately over the possibility of Subaru offering a diesel version of the WRX. Autoblog recently reported the it’s actually being developed. It should make around 200 HP and a great amount of torque with its [...]
Another Review of the 08 STi But With Fresh Views
Wayne Cunningham has written a review of the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi yesterday and it’s well written. Why? It’s short but concise, and he brings some new opinions that I haven’t seen much from other reviews, because most of them focus heavily on the performance. This review is more balanced and provides insight [...]
Subaru Legacy STI!
Recently shown in January at the Tokyo Auto Salon was the Subaru Legacy STI concept. From initial looks, this thing is impressive! Some noticeable features:
upgraded interior
18×18 rims
around 276 HP
twin-scroll turbo on the 2.5 liter engine
6 speed manual
Hopefully it will be a reality instead of just a concept soon, because this is quite a beast! [...]
Possible new Celica with STi engine?
Supposedly Toyota will be using STi’s 300hp 2.0 liter engine in it’s Celica, the Celica GT-4. Subaru would be building it at the Gunma plant. No word if it’ll ever be available outside of Japan. A rumor is Toyota wants to get back to WRC with it. I like to know more about this, anyone [...]
A Diesel Legacy? How About a Diesel Outback?
Subaru is going to show off its new diesel boxer engine at the Geneva Motor show. Apparently they are going to be using it first on the Legacy and Outback models as well as the first time ever applying diesel to the boxer engine. The engine is shorten by two inches compared to the gasoline [...]
More Word on the Third Possible Variant of WRX
Subaru Australia managing director, Nick Senior, said “there may be a potential to produce a 265 horsepower model in 2009 along with other factory limited editions. He said he would like to see a factory develop a stripped-out Impreza STi special edition or a new version of the now legendary 22B.”
…Imagine that, a new version [...]
Possible Third Model of WRX in Development?
Over at Trend News they wrote a little blurb about a possible third model between the regular WRX and WRX STi. This should be quite intresting. The reason that they are thinking about this is because, while the STi price increased with the new 2008 model, the WRX didn’t increase as much. So officials are [...]