anybody seen new TV commercial for subaru Impreza WRX??
pretty impressive! 227HP All-wheel drive.

 

The new one looks ugly.. the previous generation is much better looking.

 

Well there always Aftermarket mods.

 

I wish we could just steal the 5speed manual All-wheel drive train from WRX..

 

by the way do we have any chance againt this car? I'm talking bout stock vs stock.

 

It will kick our ass.

 

^_^ 227hp new WRX used the same engine as our previous gen. Impreza 2.0GT model in Taiwan. I have owned some cars before and this 2.0GT is the fastest car I ever driven.
I am proud to say this engine has great potential to modify with Sti version .
Quickest record ever set in Taipei:
0-60, 3.9 sec

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98' IGT (Taipei)
99' 3.2TL VTEC

 

so we got no chance against this car ..huh?
seems like car makers are competing each other by cheaper and more HP cars.

 

Unfortunately, Subaru messed up on this generation. Supposedly the tranny can only take around 250-260 lb.ft of torque. Yikes. For a car that can get that much torque from a downpipe and catback exhaust, that's pretty scary. The previous generation, WRX's, hell even the 2.5 RS's could take much more beating than that.

But on the good side, the car has a lot of potential all else being equal.

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Kenny
TL

 

The good news is there are some folks who already make new gear sets for the tranny. The upgraded gear pairs come in a variety of types (up to full tilt drag level -- but it is shift without synchros time *and* time to practice double-clutching.) They do make some more "sedate" gears for touring/rally use that still have syncros.

 

I saw that commercial on sat night and I was jocking it. It looked so dayam good! Much better than last yrs. model

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Patrick Lee
2001 Acura TL
WW Spoiler
WW Body Kit

 

Actually, those headlights dont look TOO bad in person, saw it in Englishtown at AutoX (wagon version). But I wished they kept the orig body style of the international version. But oh well.

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'00 White Diamond Perl w/Nav
Wings West Spoiler
Comptech Exaust
Rear Comptech Sway bar
H&R OE Sport Springs
AEM CAI

 

Saw one at our local car show. Looks good. Got inside and seats are similar to the feel of my TL-S. Got out and closed the door and boy did it sound terrible! Sounded hollow and tinny(sp?). Was not impressed as far as quality goods especially compared to the TL.

 

Ya, the WRX is pretty Bad-ass, it's a shame it's so conservatively styled...I don't mind the front, it's the back end styling that i'm partial about..
Ed
P.S. OT

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