25 Impreza RS

[buster]

She gave it a good review and she's pretty critical. Good value IMO. No manual though.

Handles well, AWD, affordable, well laid out drivetrain.

 

[Patman]

These are good looking cars, it’s too bad they don’t offer this as the hatchback version of the WRX.

 

[buster]

No manual either but I have to say the CVT isn’t bad

 

[wbwanzer]

Does it get the WRX engine or the more docile engine?

 

[wemay]

I like them but not for $33K. The price around here.

 

[Patman]

Does it get the WRX engine or the more docile engine?

No turbo in this one sadly

 

[wbwanzer]

Thanks. That's what I was guessing.

 

[Overfill]

No manual though.

 

[ET16]

No turbo in this one sadly

Yes; the car could be easily so much better.

 

[Patman]

Yes; the car could be easily so much better.

For some reason Subaru seems to be less into making their cars fun. Even the upcoming WRX STI has no extra power over the WRX and doesn’t even come with a manual transmission

 

[buster]

It does seem that way.

 

[LDB]

$33k? Even OTD that seems high since top trim is $28,500 MSRP. Sounds like a road trip to a more reasonable dealer to get one and enjoy the drive back.

 

[CT Rob]

33 is crazy. That car should 25 max .Car industry is just pure insanity the last few years with no shows of it coming back down to earth.

 

[Zee09]

Motormouth gave it a great review too.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

For some reason Subaru seems to be less into making their cars fun. Even the upcoming WRX STI has no extra power over the WRX and doesn’t even come with a manual transmission

Put me in charge of the STi division. I’d basically do a version of the Dodge Demon; buy the car (similar to S209) and then you buy the “Demon Box” that comes with several choice bolt-ons & hotter full-E85 tune, along with a set of auto-x wheels & tires.

I’m thinking let’s make a “hot V” type set of heads for the FB25. Equal length headers on top of the engine feeding a central turbo, with the intake being a Ram-air funnel behind the grille like a Vararam Pontiac G8-style. Turbo exit to intake ports on bottom of engine is hand-TIG’d titanium with ceramic heat-rejecting coating with V-band connections. FMIC is gonna be large enough to have less than 2psi pressure drop. Since this is pipe-dream territory already, it’s going to be 5-valve heads that Yamaha helps design, and we’re boring the block and slipping some 4” Darton sleeves in it. Crank can stay, but with some knife-edging and performance coatings, giving us 2.92L. Compression would be about 10.5:1 with a 66mm turbo and probably about 30psi of boost. Should be good for at least 550HP at the wheels, more on E85. Make it look like this, but update the lights to modern LEDs with an off-road mode that would activate a 2nd full set of LEDs to give proper rally lighting.

Trans would be a sequential X-Shift 6-speed, and the end of the speedo there would be a sensor that caused this to display on the infotainment screen:

Let’s give it a sticker price of $45k, and the Demon box would be $10k. Comes with full bumper-to-bumper warranty of 36 months. How’s that?

 

[Patman]

@SubieRubyRoo that would be awesome!!

 

[buster]

80% of WRX buyers buy a manual (I think that is what I read). No manual option in any other Subaru other than BRZ. I'd like to know the failure rate of the CVT. The SPT in the WRX is really nice.

 

[LDB]

Put me in charge of the STi division. I’d basically do a version of the Dodge Demon; buy the car (similar to S209) and then you buy the “Demon Box” that comes with several choice bolt-ons & hotter full-E85 tune, along with a set of auto-x wheels & tires.

I’m thinking let’s make a “hot V” type set of heads for the FB25. Equal length headers on top of the engine feeding a central turbo, with the intake being a Ram-air funnel behind the grille like a Vararam Pontiac G8-style. Turbo exit to intake ports on bottom of engine is hand-TIG’d titanium with ceramic heat-rejecting coating with V-band connections. FMIC is gonna be large enough to have less than 2psi pressure drop. Since this is pipe-dream territory already, it’s going to be 5-valve heads that Yamaha helps design, and we’re boring the block and slipping some 4” Darton sleeves in it. Crank can stay, but with some knife-edging and performance coatings, giving us 2.92L. Compression would be about 10.5:1 with a 66mm turbo and probably about 30psi of boost. Should be good for at least 550HP at the wheels, more on E85. Make it look like this, but update the lights to modern LEDs with an off-road mode that would activate a 2nd full set of LEDs to give proper rally lighting.
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Trans would be a sequential X-Shift 6-speed, and the end of the speedo there would be a sensor that caused this to display on the infotainment screen:


Let’s give it a sticker price of $45k, and the Demon box would be $10k. Comes with full bumper-to-bumper warranty of 36 months. How’s that?

That's probably the best looking variation they ever made.

 

[Patman]

That's probably the best looking variation they ever made.

Absolutely! My son has a friend who has a shop that works on Subies and he did an extensive ground up rebuild on a GC8. It might be the best example in existence right now!

 

[meep]

Car looks 2x better than it was in the showroom!