Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
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Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
...and it ain't pretty.
2015 Subaru WRX: This Sure Looks Like It
We never really had a chance at that WRX concept, did we?
2015 Subaru WRX: This Sure Looks Like It
We never really had a chance at that WRX concept, did we?
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
I'm hoping the hatch looks better.
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
chicken n waffles wrote:"I love what you do to me.... TOYYYYYOTA!"
wait..
my first thought as well. corolla with a hoodscoop.
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
the back screams Civic
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
It looks like the impreza with a scoop. You guys didn't like the impreza?
All my cars have drum brakes and are sub 200 hp, what am I doing with my life?
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
<sigh/>
Window tunnel testing makes all cars look the same.
Window tunnel testing makes all cars look the same.
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
Is that like wind tunnel shopping?
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
Nope.Raven wrote:It looks like the impreza with a scoop. You guys didn't like the impreza?
To add insult to injury they teased that WRX Concept and the leaks that the STi would split from the Impreza completely.
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I read that there would be no hatch this generation. Anyone able to corroborate that?drwrx wrote:I'm hoping the hatch looks better.
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Very sad to see it's so.... blah....
They had to split the STI off at some point. There just was no reason to buy one any more unless you really needed the DCCD.
They had to split the STI off at some point. There just was no reason to buy one any more unless you really needed the DCCD.
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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So apparently the car is very different from the standard impreza. It's a little longer, littler wider, and nearly every piece of sheet metal is different. But as Jeremy Clarkson once said about the 911, "if you're going to make new panels, why no make them look different?" Why make a car that's different from the standard car look like the standard car? You have the increased cost of developing and manufacturing the different parts, but everyone who wanted a something that looked the concept is pissed off.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/16/2015 ... 1387215748
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/16/2015 ... 1387215748
All my cars have drum brakes and are sub 200 hp, what am I doing with my life?
2013 Mazda 2
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2013 Mazda 2
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You and I seem to disagree a fare amount of the time, but I'm 100% with you on this one.Raven wrote:So apparently the car is very different from the standard impreza. It's a little longer, littler wider, and nearly every piece of sheet metal is different. But as Jeremy Clarkson once said about the 911, "if you're going to make new panels, why no make them look different?" Why make a car that's different from the standard car look like the standard car? You have the increased cost of developing and manufacturing the different parts, but everyone who wanted a something that looked the concept is pissed off.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/16/2015 ... 1387215748
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Every review I have read has high praises for the 2015 WRX. Even the CVT. Though that could be the paradox of low expectations at work.
Everyone is disappointed with the redesign (and the low rent nav) but other than that, apparently the performance and handling are better than ever.
I'll wait until some instrumented and true comparison tests come out to pass any judgement.
But sadly, for me it's no wagon/hatch, no deal. But perhaps the EVORG will answer my prayers.
Everyone is disappointed with the redesign (and the low rent nav) but other than that, apparently the performance and handling are better than ever.
I'll wait until some instrumented and true comparison tests come out to pass any judgement.
But sadly, for me it's no wagon/hatch, no deal. But perhaps the EVORG will answer my prayers.
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drwrx wrote:But sadly, for me it's no wagon/hatch, no deal. But perhaps the EVORG will answer my prayers.
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I keep hearing good things. The meat under the curves are apparently very good, better than they have ever been. I definitely want to take one for a spin!
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Sabre (Julian)
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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I'm afraid that the only good sounding cars will be too expensive to afford. Even BMWs sound like crap now that they're turbocharged. Only the Jag F-Type and even more expensive cars sound good now.
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I will have to listen to the new WRX, but I suspect the boxer rumble will not be completely gone.
With rare exception, cars' exhaust are getting quieter. Mustangs and Jags actually design their exhausts to achieve a particular sound.
I suspect with the right aftermarket unit, the rumble can be recaptured and even accentuated.
With rare exception, cars' exhaust are getting quieter. Mustangs and Jags actually design their exhausts to achieve a particular sound.
I suspect with the right aftermarket unit, the rumble can be recaptured and even accentuated.
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Oh, throwing on a set of un-equal length headers will certainly bring the sound back, unless they changed the firing order.drwrx wrote:I suspect with the right aftermarket unit, the rumble can be recaptured and even accentuated.
Interesting side note: Howard (of Ar Fab) and I had a talk about the firing order of Subaru vs. Porsche engines one day. They are different! His thinking was that there were gains to switching to the Porsche firing order, but it would have required a custom crank, and therefore was really just too expensive to test on a whim.
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Sabre (Julian)
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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I suspect the equal length headers have more to do with turbo placement. It is probably more centrally located.Sabre wrote:Oh, throwing on a set of un-equal length headers will certainly bring the sound back, unless they changed the firing order.
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drwrx wrote: I suspect the equal length headers have more to do with turbo placement. It is probably more centrally located.
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Sabre (Julian)
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Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
Careful about complaining how things were better when they were shittier.
All my cars have drum brakes and are sub 200 hp, what am I doing with my life?
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Re: Warning: 2015 WRX inside...
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.