Subiesport Magazine - August/September 2008 - (Page 22) 2009 IMPREZA WRX Behold the 2009 WRX. While the overall shape of the car is the same as the 2008, several key details have been changed to make this car more aggressive, more like a WRX. First, the car has been given a more aggressive face. In years past there were at least some visual cues setting off the hotter WRX from that of the base Impreza; the 2008 blurred that line a bit too much to the point where it was hard to tell one from the other. Subaru has added the rear wing from the STI and given the front end some gritted teeth, so you know that this is the hot turbo version; not your mother’s Outback. Not just content with a beefed-up look, Subaru has added power as well. Lots of power. With over 40 more horses, the new car breathes with the aid of a larger turbo to bump output up to 260bhp. This will be important when cross shopping with the supposed up-and-coming “baby” EVO X. Even 22 SEPTEMBER 2008 the Mazdaspeed3 has the current WRX beat in the power department, and we can’t have that, can we? The suspension too, has been revised to give the car “flatter cornering and a rally-ready attitude,” so says the press release. This is good news as the previous WRX was soft indeed and exhibited loads of body roll. Despite the notion that the WRX has grown up a bit for a more mature buyer, it is still a performance car and no one wants to feel like they are driving a tugboat in 50-foot swells. No, comfort and handling can go hand-in-hand. Hopefully this car will be more of a driver and less of a “wallower.” Again, one need only look to the Speed3 as a benchmark for cheap turbocharged performance, but with all the comforts of a daily driver sedan. To combat this, the new WRX will have stiffer springs and struts and revised swaybars. http://www.slowboyracing.com http://www.slowboyracing.com
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