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I was just reading my recent issue of Car and Driver and the Subaru WRX STi is scheduled to appear in the states by late 2002 or early 2003.
Some info:
"As of this writing, enthusiasts are lining up at Subaru dealers to buy WRXs sight unseen at full sticker price-and then some. That's been enough to convince Subaru that there's enough hunger in the U.S. for small, high-performance vehicles"(duh...)
And some facts,(i'm sure yall know already)
0-60 --4.8
1/4--- low 13's
17.5psi vs 14.2 in the standard WRX
276ps(who knows what the real nubmer will be)
225/45zr-17
12.8 four piston Brembos front
12.4 in the back
"You can thrwo a STi at a corner, delay braking until the last second, jump on the Brembos, get the weight of the car forward, turn in, and jump back on the gas for a lightning-fast exit"---whoa! Can you say "completely impossible" in most cars? I thought only Skylines were capable of doing such moves. Guess not.
And for those of you pondering the Mitsu Evo VII,
"And the STi is easy to live with-relative to previous STi models and its main competitor, the Mitsu Lancer Evo VII. The Evo VII is rumored to be making a U.S.-market appearance in a couple of years. But the STi can actually be driven to work daily(i guess if you can stop driving when you get to work instead of keep driving..hahaha)."
All this for about $30,000, which would undercut the IS300 and the TL-S while spanking both and some real sports cars double the price.
Hmm..now I just gotta get used to the looks till it comes out.
I hope Honda comes out with either a sedan or a coupe(rumored) variant of the S2000. I don't know. The WRX is nice but I'm too much of a Honda fan.
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Some info:
"As of this writing, enthusiasts are lining up at Subaru dealers to buy WRXs sight unseen at full sticker price-and then some. That's been enough to convince Subaru that there's enough hunger in the U.S. for small, high-performance vehicles"(duh...)
And some facts,(i'm sure yall know already)
0-60 --4.8
1/4--- low 13's
17.5psi vs 14.2 in the standard WRX
276ps(who knows what the real nubmer will be)
225/45zr-17
12.8 four piston Brembos front
12.4 in the back
"You can thrwo a STi at a corner, delay braking until the last second, jump on the Brembos, get the weight of the car forward, turn in, and jump back on the gas for a lightning-fast exit"---whoa! Can you say "completely impossible" in most cars? I thought only Skylines were capable of doing such moves. Guess not.
And for those of you pondering the Mitsu Evo VII,
"And the STi is easy to live with-relative to previous STi models and its main competitor, the Mitsu Lancer Evo VII. The Evo VII is rumored to be making a U.S.-market appearance in a couple of years. But the STi can actually be driven to work daily(i guess if you can stop driving when you get to work instead of keep driving..hahaha)."
All this for about $30,000, which would undercut the IS300 and the TL-S while spanking both and some real sports cars double the price.
Hmm..now I just gotta get used to the looks till it comes out.
I hope Honda comes out with either a sedan or a coupe(rumored) variant of the S2000. I don't know. The WRX is nice but I'm too much of a Honda fan.
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kimchi cures cancer