New Wrx

[Wraith]

only thing i hope the manufacturer's take notice of is the price.

Main reason they are flogging soooo many evo 9's is that it came in just under the Luxury car tax threshold. Lets hope they do the same with the evo X and sti (i seriously, seriously doubt it tho )

I hope so too BR......

But it does seem unlikely especially for the new Evo 10, pricing rumoured/speculated so far puts it at 60-72k +ORC's depending on spec and fit out....

The new Sti is rumoured to be priced at similar to the outgoing model, ie: well under 60k +ORC's.

With regard to the Evo 9 pricing - what Mitsubishi Australia did was price it exactly the same as the equivalent model Sti, to try and grab more sales, the fact did this was under the LT threshhold was coincidentle !

[Vectracious]

Exactly what I was saying. That engine in the wrx is shit. No fanboyism here please...it's just factually shit.

WHY is it shit? No bullshit ripping statements out of your arse here please, just facts about why the boxer is shit.....

[btm]

i dont mind the styling... and the AWD is a bonus

[Wraith]

i dont mind the styling... and the AWD is a bonus

I agree with the above, but as always it's each to their own...

As far as the boxer engine is concerned, I think we all know it is one very potent powerplant !

The power and torque level of the new 'basic' rex has been purposely made tame, for good fuel efficiency and so that the car drives and responds smoothly and so that it has a very docile character, as others have mentioned Subaru are trying to appeal to a larger demographic or buying market with this car, not just the younger street hoons.

The Sti's reported power output is more like it for this engine, but tuned examples of the 2.5 can have well over 300kw and over 600nm without too much trouble and still be used everyday....

[CORZZA]

UM.. the MPS out handled the new wrx(see the reviews)..and has a better interior...and has been around for a few years(which means the wrx has a few years development to be better, which it isnt)...and if you look around it also has some serious tuning potential (seen one with 240kw at the wheels with a remap/exhaust/intake mods only, i know plenty of wrx's are higher, but if you are making custom manifolds and buying bigger turbo's there is no reason why you cant do that to the mps). The less money is only slightly less, and i would expect to pay more for the MPS, more power, better interior etc etc...

so i say again, the ONLY thing the wrx has going for it over its competition is awd.

Bring on the sti. i hope it looks more like the cgi i posted.

exactly man! you speak the truth there!I dont think this rjastra does much research!there are some very powerful mps's in the states and ones that handle hard around a track! go do some research rjastra. seriously!

[xplosv57]

The new Scooby Doo looks like scooby poo on some angles (especially the back, but the front looks alright in black!!!

No complaints about the boxer motor though, if it ain't broke.........

STi looks alot better though from what i've seen!!!

[CORZZA]

The new Scooby Doo looks like scooby poo on some angles (especially the back, but the front looks alright in black!!!

No complaints about the boxer motor though, if it ain't broke.........

STi looks alot better though from what i've seen!!!

great engine and well thas where it ends

[Shaun]

WHY is it shit? No bullshit ripping statements out of your arse here please, just facts about why the boxer is shit.....

I support the above post.. Bornwild Please do explain why the boxer engine is shit?

Porsche have used a flat engine for many years. cant be all that bad of an arrangement can it now.

[rjastra]

exactly man! you speak the truth there!I dont think this rjastra does much research!there are some very powerful mps's in the states and ones that handle hard around a track! go do some research rjastra. seriously!

Why are we even mentioning "modded" cars? huh? What relevance does it have to any particular make?

Punch for punch in the mod stakes you are going to get a bigger win with a WRX (or EVO) than a MPS3. And the range of suppliers for those cars (and teh Golf Gti) is far larger than whats available for the MPS3.

[blueraven]

Why are we even mentioning "modded" cars? huh?
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Um..because you keep bringing up the fact that you can mod the wrx more than the mps? no one will argue that. But stock vs stock, the winner is pretty clear to me.(the argument should only EVER be stock vs stock, becuase with enough money i could make a 1000hp AWD suzuki swift, and then argue that a swift is better than a porsche gt3 etc...)