Subaru hatches a Golf GTI chaser

[maddy]

looks fat. But why why why go back to a 2.0?

nobody in their right mind would sell their 2.5 206kw 06 for a 2.0 (180kw?) 08/09 with less torque.

Somehow the pic looks like a SEAT...

[smellytofu]

And toyota is giving em a leg up in building engines. Is there anything toyota don't have their fingers in. I would have thought the umm strapped for cash General motors which holds a 20% holding in the company would have pitched in with some pearler ideas. Is this a sign of a pending sell off by GM and toyota buying into subaru?

Toyota has a problem I wish to have... "too much money I don't know what to do with it syndrome"...

[[ryan]]

I don't get why they're going to mess with a proven formula that's been working so well for so long.

[BSTD510]

not messing with winning formulas is where people go wrong (US car makers are an example of this). Look at IBM for a better example of not messing with a winning formula.. sometimes doing nothing isn't the best policy.

[TonyJZX]

I don't see the problem.

This is a new model. A 2.0 litre AWD hatch is better than a FWD hatch.

If ya wanna be a sweed you can always buy the next WRX w/ 2.5 litres and a huffer.

If they were saying they were canning the WRX well of course I'd be out the front off Subaru HQ with a semi auto pistol.

[Puff_Datto]

It makes me sick how much subaru have fucked around with the shape/weight of the wrx since the 99-00 models.

[CWR]

Id buy one!

[tomee]

GM sold their share i thought?

they only sold like 11% or something like that..

they sold it to Toyota

[CussCuss]

looks ok from the front, looks like it will look shit from the rear

[Captiva Fan]

But why why why go back to a 2.0?

Don't forget that story is from a UK perspective, too.
Is the hot WRX engine in Japan currently a 2.5, or is it a 2.0? They were running the 2.0 in the JDM when the US had a 2.5, weren't they?

[maddy]

They are stuck with a WRX 2.0 in Japan, the STI, (S204) and SPEC C MY05 all have the twin scroll for better response, increased torque and marginal power, however the 2.5 is available in Japan in the Forester STI (!).

[Evo_Lee]

Any idea if this is when the EJ series engines will be replaced. It must be with this model change surely, it's already 17 years old.
I though they might use a modular version of the EZ30 seeing it is a fresh design.

How about the 4G63...it's been kicking around since 1983...23 years and still powering on!

Datzed, that's what I have been hearing. Furtheremore the Colt probably won't make an appearance for Ralliart on the WRC stage afterall.

They are stuck with a WRX 2.0 in Japan, the STI, (S204) and SPEC C MY05 all have the twin scroll for better response, increased torque and marginal power, however the 2.5 is available in Japan in the Forester STI (!).

I asked this very question to the guys in Japan. Has Aqua or any tuning shop dropped in a 2.5L into a STi. "Don't know about the others but Aqua has stayed with the 2.0L, better for the circuit and it's not like you can't extract hugh power from the EJ20 or 2.2L kit". I know for one the trend is dropping in the later EJ20 into early model Rexs.

[jampac]

they only sold like 11% or something like that..

they sold it to Toyota

They sold the lot according to that article. They sold part of their suzuki holdings and still have 3% of that. They sold GMAC, they'd sell there own mothers if they could get back to making cash.

[Bulgogi]

Interesting take on the Impreza and about time a two-door version returned to the line-up. Hopefully the shorter dimensions (I'm assuming it'll be smaller overall than the current Impreza) will make it a lighter and more nimble vehicle, both on and off the road.

[CussCuss]

How about the 4G63...it's been kicking around since 1983...23 years and still powering on!

i think its even earlier 1981 in the form of an EX Lancer, definately 82 for the starion