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Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C Spied?

If the previous generations were any indication, you'd expect an even more hardcore version of the Subaru Impreza WRX STI to be on the way in the form of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C. And breathe. Yes, which each new name expansion, the humble Impreza becomes mutated progressively more into a merciless monster. This new shot shows what appears to be the Spec C exposing itself in the wild, but we're not so easily convinced. More »

Spy Photos

1:00 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,108 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: @Ash78: they have had a SPEC-C every year from 2004. @TurboWagon: dude! i couldn't agree more. A GR chassis Type RA-R would be sick. more »

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2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Part Three

Why you should buy this car:
You're a fast driver looking for a car you can wring the last drop of performance from, rewarding your mad skills. You want to be a fast driver and improve your not-yet-mad skills in a truly capable, but friendly car. You want to embarrass owners of fine, exotic automobiles. You have no shame. You read Jalopnik.

Why you shouldn't:
Style is more important to you than substance. You have "EVO" tattooed across your shoulders in flaming, tribal letters. You think your 1994 cherry red Corvette is the height of sophistication. You aren't prepared to sacrifice luxury, image, servicing costs and your drivers license at the altar of speed. You're 30 going on 45. You prefer car sites where the editors wear copious amounts of khaki.

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Feature

12:00 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Wes Siler
4,740 views, 40 comments

Latest by n/a: Yes build many of these Subaru. This will bring down the prices of the 99 Eclipse GS-x down even more. I thank the EVO for flooding the market with cheap used DSM aftermarket parts and master-built turbo DSMs. more »

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2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Part Two

Exterior Design: ***
The 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI isn't what you'd call traditionally handsome. But with the wildly flared arches, huge hood scoop and restrained rear wing, it caries an air of purposeful muscularity. We prefer it to the old version, but would order ours in either black or white. Red does not flatter this shape.

Interior Design: ****
Wait, wait; hear me out. Sure, the interior's all swoopy and odd, but the minimalist instrument cluster is positively refreshing after driving anything Japanese. Just three dials exist there to control the HVAC; the rest reside in the touch-screen sat/nav or on the steering wheel. The Alcantara-covered Recaro seats look great and feel better, and any true driver's car that can accommodate four adults in comfort is a winner in our book. Further satisfaction is derived from the racy red instruments and chunky steering wheel, which always manages to feel just right.

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Feature

12:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Wes Siler
7,267 views, 45 comments

Latest by zamafir: @Wes Siler: How near? VW was offering $2000 off the R32 last month, $3000 if you had a new VW. My local mitsubishi keeps sending me emails with the EVO GSR at $2000 below MSRP. The more »

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2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Part One

I drove the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI backwards. Not in the reverse gear sense, but leaving Palm Springs it's only a very short climb up a straight, steep highway before you get to the kind of roads we car guys can usually only dream about. As state route 74 climbs up to Pinyon Crest, overlooking the Anza-Borrego state park, the road twists and turns, looping back on itself over and over again as it forms tight hairpins. Cliffs rise dramatically on one side and drop thousands of feet on the other.

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Feature

12:00 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Wes Siler
10,884 views, 81 comments

Latest by Turboner: @B: It's a wash if you can install bolt-on parts. The good part is, you can get into a WRX, then slowly throw goodies at it. WRX:STi::DSM:EVO. more »

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The 2009 Subaru WRX STI Teases Us With A Second Dark Photo

The folks at Subaru enjoy torturing us, releasing a second official murky image of the WRX STI — this time some hot rear action in the dark to complement the hot up-top shot we saw last week. Neither of them are as good as our last set of spy shots for the new STI'ed WRX, but whatevs, we guess we'll take what we can get until we see this for reals on October 24th — right at the start of the Tokyo Auto Show.

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10:30 AM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Ray Wert
4,503 views, 25 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @grzydj: Thanks! It's quite the plump little insect, isn't it! more »