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mk @ Apr 9th 2008 12:14PM
I guess I am going to start saving some cash.
I seriously hope that they mean that the Toyota will be RWD, with GT4 being AWD, but that Subaru will be ALL AWD. RWD is good, but it doesn't fit Subaru.
I also hope that Toyota gets the econo-model, and that Subaru sees fit to market this coupe alongside the Impreza lineup, as a 2.5RS, WRX, and WRX STI coupe lineup.
They should ditch their ugly little impreza 4-door, let the 2.5i, 2.5GT Turbo, and Spec B turbo models handle the 4-door market, and just have impreza 5-door wagon-wannabe, and 3-door coupe that looks like the rendering here.
IF Subaru doesn't put a turbo in this thing... I'll be saving up for an STI driveline swap, after the car is out of warranty. This car BEGS for 305+ horsepower, DCCD AWD, 6-speed stick, SI-Drive, and Brembos/Bilsteins with BBS wheels.
If it weighs ~3000lbs so equipped, it will be one of the performance values of the century, and make the Genesis coupe, and the Mustang GT look like also-rans, let alone front-drivers like Eclipse that has fallen from it's Turbo AWD perch long ago.
About the only other car with that sort of power to weight ratio is looking to be the Solstice GXP Targa coupe.
"Build it, and they will come." -Field of Dreams, but applies here, too.
Seoultrain @ Apr 9th 2008 12:23PM
I'm sure subaru will make an STI version. Whether they sell it in the US is another issue (as always).
mk @ Apr 9th 2008 12:36PM
If they hold the turbo version back from the US market, like they did with the 2.5RS, not giving us the similar WRX coupe, or the 22b STI, or something like it...
If they do that, and offer this car turbocharged, but not in the US with a subaru badge,
Pissed off won't even begin to describe it... that is cruel and then some.
tankd0g @ Apr 9th 2008 6:46PM
Whoa, calm down. This is being billed at the AE86 redux, not the Supra TT redux. There's no guarantee Subaru will even do a AWD version. They need -something- to get their CAFE numbers up before it's too late.