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2008 Subaru Impreza WRC Comes Together In Front Of Our Eyes
We've always been big fans of the yellow and blue, and the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRC entrant is no exception. And if you were curious, there's a decent amount of work needed to take your stock 2008 WRX and convert it into a rally monster. See above. After all that work it's nice to see the result isn't this, though the Impreza could use 800-inch chrome rims. [SWRT]
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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 »
1:00 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Mark Arnold
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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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New 2008 Subaru Impreza WRC Racer Revealed
Originally created as a homologation special for the World Rally Championship, the Subaru WRX has always had its roots deep in rally competition. So from the moment we first laid eyes on the 2008 Impreza WRX STI, we were anxious to see what was in store for the full-on WRC-spec race car. Subaru teased us in Frankfurt last year with a concept, but now we finally get to see the real deal.More »
spy photos
Yesterday we showed you a concept sketch of an alleged coupe to be made by a Subaru-Toyota partnership. Scratch the "alleged" as we now have official confirmation in the form of an official statement from Toyota CEO Katsuaki "Ken" Watanabe:
RWD Subaru, Toyota Sports Cars Officially Confirmed For 2010, 2011
Yesterday we showed you a concept sketch of an alleged coupe to be made by a Subaru-Toyota partnership. Scratch the "alleged" as we now have official confirmation in the form of an official statement from Toyota CEO Katsuaki "Ken" Watanabe:"The compact rear-wheel drive sports car is envisioned to offer a new 'fun to drive' experience based on an all-new vehicle platform."In addition we're told production will start in 2010, and Subaru's boxer four-cylinder engines will be used. The RWD Subie sports car should be available in late 2010, with the Toyota coming a few months afterwards in early 2011. More »
11:29 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Mark Arnold
5,037 views,
42 comments
Latest by n/a: HATE Toyota!!!!! They've turned into the Wal-Mart of car companies. Mass produce junk and throw out whatever actually makes people want to use the roads. Nothing like getting stuck behind some stupid sheep in another tofu Toyota coffin on the more »
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Ever since Toyota started riding Subaru, we'd heard the rumors. Supposedly, that sketch right there — turns the rumors to truth. That's right, we're told that there is Subaru's upcoming rear-wheel drive coupe currently in co-development with the boys at Toyota. The story goes that this "concept drawing" was revealed to Autocar, the UK car mag, by a source with some very good contacts. Apparently the source got it via a one-armed courier who'd received the sketch from a carrier pigeon. The carrier pigeon in turn had copied it with a charcoal pencil in his beak off a tattoo on the right rear hindquarter of a guy who knows a guy who's married to a gal who's an insider at Subaru. This is, of course, only a sketch of the Subie version of the coupe. Toyota will also apparently have...
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First Sketch Of The Rear-Wheel Drive Subaru Impreza Coupe?
Ever since Toyota started riding Subaru, we'd heard the rumors. Supposedly, that sketch right there — turns the rumors to truth. That's right, we're told that there is Subaru's upcoming rear-wheel drive coupe currently in co-development with the boys at Toyota. The story goes that this "concept drawing" was revealed to Autocar, the UK car mag, by a source with some very good contacts. Apparently the source got it via a one-armed courier who'd received the sketch from a carrier pigeon. The carrier pigeon in turn had copied it with a charcoal pencil in his beak off a tattoo on the right rear hindquarter of a guy who knows a guy who's married to a gal who's an insider at Subaru. This is, of course, only a sketch of the Subie version of the coupe. Toyota will also apparently have...
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9:40 AM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Mark Arnold
4,383 views,
41 comments
Latest by karmakid: looks like the ford reflex concept.... cant wait more »
jalopnik reviews
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. More »
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 »
comparison reviews
The folks at Motive magazine that's not a magazine have a neat little comparo review of sport compacts or as they put it: "sixteen cylinders and four turbos for 1/13th the price of a Veyron." Why they've got to compare everything to a Bugatti Veyron, we've no idea, but it's a good read especially as it gives Mopar meatheads a chance to to see how the latest member of the SRT tribe, the anything-but-cute Caliber, handles the pressure. Unfortunately, even with 285 HP and 265 lb-ft of torque, the Dodge-loving folks out there may find out the importance of a full TCS-off mode and why the limited-slip diff from the old Neon SRT4 probably shouldn't have been parted with on the new pocket road rocket from the Hemi-powered brand. Check out the fully enjoyable review over at Motive. [Motive]
Motive Mag Compares Super Turbo Toybox Potential!
The folks at Motive magazine that's not a magazine have a neat little comparo review of sport compacts or as they put it: "sixteen cylinders and four turbos for 1/13th the price of a Veyron." Why they've got to compare everything to a Bugatti Veyron, we've no idea, but it's a good read especially as it gives Mopar meatheads a chance to to see how the latest member of the SRT tribe, the anything-but-cute Caliber, handles the pressure. Unfortunately, even with 285 HP and 265 lb-ft of torque, the Dodge-loving folks out there may find out the importance of a full TCS-off mode and why the limited-slip diff from the old Neon SRT4 probably shouldn't have been parted with on the new pocket road rocket from the Hemi-powered brand. Check out the fully enjoyable review over at Motive. [Motive]
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Look Out Johnny Fairplay: Danny Bonaduce Auction at SEMA
How Danny Bonaduce went from being a cute, redheaded bass player to the scariest individual outside of San Quentin is a mystery for the ages. Well, not as much a mystery as the confluence of Colombian cocaine, anabolic steroids and intense upper-body workouts. Nonetheless, the redheaded bodyslammer of marginal reality-show douchebags is lending his name to a SEMA auction to support Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services, a child welfare agency in California. The car is a 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX 5-door, outfitted with an ECLIPSE sound system. Bonaduce was here signing autographs yesterday. No injuries were reported. [eBay]
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The good news is, the Subaru WRX STI looks way better than its lesser siblings in the 2008 Impreza lineup. That's mainly a function of the angular muscularity of the fender flares. The bad news is, those flamboyantly plasticular taillights likely won't look good on a darker colored car. The model again will provide homologation cover for the company's WRC rally car, though a model wearing the telltale midnight blue pearl was nowhere in attendence.
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Tokyo Motor Show: Subaru WRX Impreza STI
The good news is, the Subaru WRX STI looks way better than its lesser siblings in the 2008 Impreza lineup. That's mainly a function of the angular muscularity of the fender flares. The bad news is, those flamboyantly plasticular taillights likely won't look good on a darker colored car. The model again will provide homologation cover for the company's WRC rally car, though a model wearing the telltale midnight blue pearl was nowhere in attendence.
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1:58 AM on Wed Oct 24 2007
By Mike Spinelli
9,689 views,
31 comments
Latest by n/a: STI start of production for US market was this past week everyone... I witnessed blishering track testing at the Gunman plant as well as production assembly at the Yajima plant. I prefer white with the black/chrome 5-spoke wheels, but this more »
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What About a Subaru WRX STI Two-Door?
With all of the Subaru WRX STI business coming to a head today, our buddy Dave asks the pertinent question. What about the ages-old rumor that a new, two-door STI hatch was on the way? It went thataway. Nonetheless, Dave pieced together what such a beast might look like if it were ever to materialize. Yes? No? What say you?
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The e-mail arrived earlier this morning from Fuji Heavy. Yes the e-mail — the one with the first pics of the JDM Impreza WRX STI sans disguise. Subaru's still teasing, however. All we know is it'll come with a 2.0-liter boxer fitted with a twin-scroll turbocharger over six-speed manual. No official word on the 300+ horsepower, but the short paragraph of info says it comes with existing STI gear: SI-DRIVE, Drivers Control Center Differential (DCCD) all-wheel drive and Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC). But you knew that. Click through for official words.
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Subaru Impreza WRX STI Revealed
The e-mail arrived earlier this morning from Fuji Heavy. Yes the e-mail — the one with the first pics of the JDM Impreza WRX STI sans disguise. Subaru's still teasing, however. All we know is it'll come with a 2.0-liter boxer fitted with a twin-scroll turbocharger over six-speed manual. No official word on the 300+ horsepower, but the short paragraph of info says it comes with existing STI gear: SI-DRIVE, Drivers Control Center Differential (DCCD) all-wheel drive and Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC). But you knew that. Click through for official words.
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4:03 AM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Mike Spinelli
6,926 views,
45 comments
Latest by Turboner: @IppoJ: Amen, brothah! I like this one, for some reason. Must be because it's a wagon. I also hope we get the 2.5. more »
tokyo auto show
These scans of a Japanese Subaru Impreza STI brochure showed up on the MidWestSubaruOwnersClub irc channel earlier today. If you haven't seen them, or checked out the "Obshidian Gray" color choice, now's the time to do so, before the official shots arrive later this week. Please to enjoy. [Rocket Punch Auto Blog]
Subaru Impreza STI Brochure Scans
These scans of a Japanese Subaru Impreza STI brochure showed up on the MidWestSubaruOwnersClub irc channel earlier today. If you haven't seen them, or checked out the "Obshidian Gray" color choice, now's the time to do so, before the official shots arrive later this week. Please to enjoy. [Rocket Punch Auto Blog]
8:37 PM on Mon Oct 8 2007
By Mike Spinelli
2,402 views,
22 comments
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Another Subaru STI Teaser Shot
7:56 AM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Mike Spinelli
1,844 views,
8 comments
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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.
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 »
