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Subaru Shows Trio Of Tuned WRX Imprezas At British Motor Show

Subaru has unveiled a threesome of high-performance WRX Imprezas at the British International Motor Show today, one of which could even be considered a 911-killer. First of the three was a lightly massaged Subaru WRX-S, with power bumped from 230 HP up to a very respectable 251 HP. But that's a mere pittance compared with the Impreza WRX STI 330S and an Evo-killing 325 HP. And what's this? The Subaru Impreza WRX STI 380S? If you've been following along with the upward progression, it'll be no surprise this third one's a monster with 375 HP mill under-hood, good for a mind-bending 4.4 second run to sixty. Two of the three Subies will definitely be terrorizing the peaceful British public soon. Hit the jump to find out which.

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6:20 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,090 views, 24 comments

Latest by cyclopticgaze: @leemikemphstn: I've seen numerous. I live in the CT countryside, so there are a lot of Subarus, but generally few WRX or STI models. Besides my own, I see a WRX maybe once every two weeks (usually the more »

subaru wrx sti spec c

Subaru WRX STI Spec C Spotted Testing In Germany

The sneaky car-spies at KGP have nabbed shots of what they claim to be a rally-style Subaru WRX STI Spec C testing on the Nurburgring, deep in the hinterlands of Germany. The stripped down Subie will feature only the bare essentials in an effort to save weight and go fast. Early word pegs the bottom line at 150-200 pounds lighter than the current STI. We're also told the car will get beefier brakes, engine enhancements and a redesigned rear diffuser. Full spy report and more photos below.

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12:54 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,158 views, 58 comments

Latest by n/a: @Jakuub: As I've stated before, Transformer-style FTW. I wonder if in 10 or 20 years the japanese will "reinterpret" the Starions, Startlets, XT6s and other angular oddities from the eighties? more »

subaru impreza wrx sti spec c

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 »

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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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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.

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5:00 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Mark Arnold
4,259 views, 50 comments

Latest by n/a: Buying a Subaru for the looks is like buying an Exige for its hauling capacity. On my 9th Scooby now (and my 1st Exige). more »

saab turbo x

2008 Saab Turbo X Hits The Track, Goes Head-To-Head With The Subaru WRX STi, BMW M3, BMW 3-Series And Audi A4

We'd read somewhere that at the height of the Cold War, the U.S. locked in the struggle against the evil Commies, Sweden was considered as a potential candidate for location of a Northern European base for F-117A Night Hawk Stealth fighters. Obviously that didn't happen as the decision was made to base all 59 of the arrow-headed black-as-night fighters stateside at Holloman Air Force Base after testing completed at the Toponah test range. And now, well, now they've all been retired. But we're going to imagine for a moment that maybe a couple of them were sent over to Sweden for some leave time. It's the only way we're able to explain the 2008 Saab Turbo X — because if Saab claims they're born from jets, we're of the impression this jet-black baby meatball's daddy has to be an F-117A. Earlier this week our intrepid Editor-in-Chief and I were invited over to Gingerman Raceway on Michigan's western coast to watch as Saab attempted to prove that pedigree by taking on the limited-edition Turbo X's competitors — the Audi A4 3.2 Quattro and the BMW 335 Xi. In addition, and just to see how it stacked up, the Swedes also brought along a new 2008 Subaru WRX STi and a brand spanking new 2008 BMW M3. So what happened? Well, hit the jump.

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12:41 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Mark Arnold
15,759 views, 83 comments

Latest by n/a: Why does everyone test and compare performance cars on their different stock tires? Are they testing the car or the tires? Please put the same tires on the cars before testing for comparison of performance otherwise the test is pretty more »

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Would The Subaru WRX STI Really Make The Germans So Sorrowful?

For Wes, the 2008 Subaru WRX STI was a happy experience. For these fictional German engineers in this Subaru commercial the experience was the same. Well, that is until angry bald German bossman shows up. He ruins everything. It's a funny commercial, with a good use of Falco, but is the STI really the Japanese car the Germans wish they built? [YouTube via MotiveMag]

3:45 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,208 views, 56 comments

jalopnik reviews

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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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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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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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 »

tuner cars

Mine's GT-R Runs 59.4sec Lap of Tsukuba, Coming To US?

No, I'm not saying that I personally have a Nissan GT-R. I'm talking about Mine's, the Japanese Tuner of Gran Turismo and Best Motoring fame. Recently, they brought their R35 GT-R with all the Mine's go-fast goodies to the Tsukuba Circuit to do some testing, and they left with a best lap of 59.367 seconds. To put this in perspective, a normal R35 GT-R will run a lap of about 1:02, and a new Mitsubishi Evo X or Subaru STi will do it in about 1:06. To run a sub-one-minute lap is a benchmark for turbo-crazed JDM tuners. Of course, with a notable lap time, there are always factors (weather, driver) that have little to do with the actual car. Either way, the Their's Your's Mine's GT-R is indeed an impressive piece of kit. They've upgraded the suspension, exhaust, brakes, intake, rear spoiler, and the computer chip. Still in development are parts to further aid the aerodynamics of the mirrors, hood, front canards, front spoiler and side outlets. And what's even better— we hear they're bringing it to the US.

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11:20 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,946 views, 19 comments

Latest by tyndago: Why... exactly are people talking about times on a video game, in comparison to real life cars ? The Mines car that ran the 59 time, has a revised ECU, exhaust mods, and suspension mods on it. Now as to why its more »

commenter of the day

Commenter of the Day: Vega Venison Edition

Y'all hunt? Not me, but my brother does. He's a dog man. Likes to shoot at ducks and pheasants. Hates deer hunting. Hates it. Who wants to spend the whole day sitting in a tree stand, waiting for your elusive quarry to meander into rifle-range? Of course, this is all rendered hassle-free if you a.) are a rally racer with a WRX STI and b.) find yourself tearing through the snowy Michigan woods, as Hardigree noted this morning. Or else, you could also just have a Vega. Yeah, a Vega. Which brings us to our commenter of the day. More »

5:30 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Matthew DeBord
924 views, 33 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: @Yurikaze: COTD comment on a COTD post? I've never hit an animal. Yet. more »

racing news

Woodland Creature Costs Pastrana Victory At Sno*Drift Rally This Weekend


You're all well aware that we think racer Travis Pastrana is a bad ass. Sadly, superior driving skills don't exempt you from bad luck. This Pastrana learned during the last stage of the Sno*Drift Rally. All that stood between the Team USA WRX STI and victory was about 11 miles of icy Michigan roads and one adult deer. Christian Edstrom may be a talented co-driver, but there's no navigating around that at high speed, in the dark. Better luck next time guys. [Break.com and Sno*Drift]

10:30 AM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,499 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: The mansqueak was me. You try looking up out of the notes at 80mph just to see a side of venison come flashing out of the woods from the left. But the beeps were Travis. Apparently, he saw other deer just 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?

2:30 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Mike Spinelli
8,328 views, 42 comments

tokyo auto show

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. More »

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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

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 »

new cars

2009 Subaru WRX STI: First Official Teaser Shot!

Can someone tell us again why we buy those spy shots we showed you earlier? Well, we mean, you can actually see the car in those ones — so we guess that's why. [via Carscoop]

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3:15 PM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Ray Wert
6,392 views, 17 comments

Latest by superbmtsub: Subaru has done a lot to make this car as visually appealing as possible. more »

spy photos

2009 Subaru WRX STI

Like the '06 model, the newest version of Subaru's highest-level standard trim line on the WRX loses the "i" in the name and has it replaced with the upper case version of the letter that rhymes with the body part you use to see stuff. You know, like stuff running around a track really fast. Which is good, because you'll need both of yours to catch these shots of the 2009 Subaru WRX STI, caught by the sneaky-sneaks at KGP while doing some last minute testing on the Nürburgring. These shots give us the first clear look at the fender flares which previously we'd seen stuffed with all sorts of padding. We're expecting to see the new WRX STI for sale to the public starting January 2008 as a 2009 model.

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12:30 PM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Ray Wert
14,992 views, 23 comments

Latest by foxdeman: Is that an S203 in the background? Looks like quite a lapping day. more »