Two years ago, here we tell you that the road parallel to the WRX STI and the Impreza was ending. As in the case of the Nissan GT-R, the idea of Fuji Heavy Industries separate passes its Impreza compact, allowing you to have your own identity more civilized, their halo vehicle.
Thus, in his view, could Subaru use the pull of the new Subaru WRX image throughout its range, too undyed racing ideas to Impreza . And, well, we can not ignore the fact that the Impreza will stop marketing in certain markets, such as Spanish, where its new generation will not come, and we’re going to have to settle for the XV.
But the Subaru WRX , surely, will broadcast “global”.
The current generation of the WRX STI has been disappointing in sales in Europe.
What we saw last week at the New York Auto Show is, according to the Japanese brand “a true example of the aesthetic lines of the new WRX is to come”. If fidelity aesthetic is as pronounced as in the case of conceptual Subaru BRZ, we’re in luck, because removing details impossible to model the street (mirrors and headlamps), the rest of the car not only exudes personality, but also muscle and “presence”.
Gallery Subaru WRX Concept at New York International Auto Show 2013 :
Gallery Subaru WRX Concept Leaked :
Is one of those cars that, as in the case of the GT-R, there is no beauty “sculpted” to Sergio Pininfarina , but certain brutality that invites you to think and dream about what you can do (the typical case the girl with a baby face and very pretty girl versus “faced”, well, that has sex appeal).
And yes, the WRX has sex appel.
Much. But what his numbers tell us? At the moment we have few official details, but some are important, such as dimensions. The concept measuring 4521 x 1889 x 1389 mm (length by width by height), with a wheelbase of 2,761 mm.
Comparatively, the Impreza sedan current U.S. market is five inches longer, and the battle is shorter (2,644 mm). Come on, that there are considerable differences in the base car.
According to our information, the base under the bodywork will wear the new WRX Impreza closely linked to that, but thanks to this well-known conceptually separated name (something that happened before the last stop STI sold a few months ago), you can choose specific differences important to enhance the capabilities of the vehicle.
Subaru is known to have ready a system very similar to be employed in Formula 1 from 2014 , assisted turbochargers consisting of a small electric motor which prevents them from falling into its rotation speed, thus improving the throttle response and the lag is reduced, or eliminated completely. With a small lithium battery, recharged motor deductions, these turbos have enough energy to feed.
The guys at Fuji Heavy Industries are geniuses of the art … why we like both the idea of a WRX “pure”.
The mechanistic basis, in any case, will surely derived from the new block direct injection supercharged 2.0, released in the Forester, which offers 240 horsepower. With the extra boost, the new engine will be around 300 horses easily.
Traction system will be the last iteration of the ultra-known symmetrical AWD system of the house. The center and rear differentials are assets that Subaru knows something, so putting them under this new WRX skeleton should be no problem.
And all for what? Looking coolly specifications, and probed the market quickly, see, for example, the CLA 45 AMG Mercedes-Benz, which measures almost the same and offers a very similar concept (all-wheel drive compact sports sedan). Something similar happens with the newly launched sedan Audi S3.
With the WRX, Subaru could offer an alternative to these premium Japanese and Germans “luxury” car with a much more radical, and probably faster and more effective against the clock. It will be unique and rarely seen, of course also lose the “halo” luxury German rivals. Sure to get into this fight its price should be around €45-50,000 when it arrives in dealerships.
Is this the kind of car you need Subaru halo? Here and fit all kinds of opinions. With more big engine and 400 horsepower, the Japanese brand might consider a “kill-supercars” authentic, then it would clear that trade capacity and hook “for almost all audiences” and would become a kind of GT- A “budget”.
Separated from the Impreza WRX should enable specialize more and have its own identity, something that we are willing to pay.
Under our view of passion, we love that the WRX is perpetuated as what we have seen in the concept: a four-door sedan, versatile day to day, but also scary at any point, based on power and grip by storm with its intelligent AWD system.
€45,000 can not reach any pocket, but still much more affordable than the prices of similar pure performance machines.
The current Impreza WRX STI has been a commercial disaster . Not even in the UK has worked as expected of him. Subaru has a lot to prove with this new model for it. Did you succeed?.
