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now let's see how fast the evo x can do it.
:p

damn it.... the sedan looks so sexy in the videos....I think I'm sold.... I need this 4 door so baddddddddddddd

that's 1 hell of a fast car. Why would anyone buy a EVO over a STI. STI is faster, better interior, looks better (subjective), and cheaper.

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Originally Posted by VK79 (Post 6984831)

Very nice. Gonna see how the Sub Cad specs/price it. Might be time for an upgrade :)

im on the same boat as you! im really loving the new sti sedan! maybe time to save up again and sell the wrx!

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Originally Posted by TypeRNammer (Post 6984330)

But it won't sound exotic since they dropped the V10 motor:(

won't sound as exotic, but a twin turbo tuned out V8 with sound more EROTIC :)

still not digging the look of this.... really miss the 07 wrx's

I like the front, but I don't like the back..

I like the sedan style, glad they're going back to it

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Originally Posted by q0192837465 (Post 6987593)

that's 1 hell of a fast car. Why would anyone buy a EVO over a STI. STI is faster, better interior, looks better (subjective), and cheaper.

so which STI is better? hatch or sedan? In terms of rigidity, handling, weight, etc.
Which one does WRC uses for 2011?

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Originally Posted by q0192837465 (Post 6987593)

that's 1 hell of a fast car. Why would anyone buy a EVO over a STI. STI is faster, better interior, looks better (subjective), and cheaper.

Because the STI in the video isnt the STI we get here in America?
Keep in mind that in europe they have an FQ430 evo, making 430awhp from the factory :)
and no its not cheaper :)

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Originally Posted by BoredAtWork (Post 6990626)

so which STI is better? hatch or sedan? In terms of rigidity, handling, weight, etc.
Which one does WRC uses for 2011?

subaru hasnt compete in WRC since a year ago i think
and there is a reason why manufactures uses the hatch.

What are the specs of the car in the video?
New sedan looks better in that video than in the first released spy shots IMO white >dark grey.

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Originally Posted by ilvtofu (Post 6990979)

What are the specs of the car in the video?
New sedan looks better in that video than in the first released spy shots IMO white >dark grey.

click on the car and driver link the OP put in the first posting....

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The stickler is that the Subaru in question wasn’t a production car, it was, in the words of the company, a 2011 Impreza WRX STI prototype. The car is basically the bastard child of two JDM-only models with some extra bespoke aero bits thrown in for slipperiness and high-speed stability.

The car starts with the suspension from the improved-for-2011 WRX STI—it’s 5 mm lower than the 2010 model, with 1-mm-thicker front and rear anti-roll bars, higher-rate springs all around, stiffer rear-subframe bushings, and new front-suspension pillow-ball bushings. The engine is the Japanese-market STI Spec C’s, a 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer-four that’s been given the larger turbo from the R205, another Japanese special-edition STI model. It’s now putting out a claimed 320 hp, which makes the time that much more impressive when compared to the Panamera’s 500 turbocharged ponies (although the Porsche is surely carrying around a few hundred extra pounds). The R205 also donates six-piston front brakes and a front strut-tower brace; it features a flexible center portion that allows vertical motion but maintains lateral stiffness. Weight is saved through the use of an aluminum hood from the Spec C, unique aluminum front fenders, the Spec C’s smaller battery, and the deletion of the radio as in the R205 and Spec C. Extra aero parts specific to this car include a full undertray, a front-lip extension tacked onto the R205’s lower spoiler, and a Gurney flap added—taped, really—to the rear at Mäkinen’s request. (The car was getting a bit out of shape without it in the high-speed sections.) A full roll cage and race buckets fitted with a five-point harness for the driver and a four-point for the passenger make things safe.