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Sorta Confirmed: US-spec Subaru Impreza STI to bow in LA

To all of you States-based Subie fans, November 15th is your day. At 10:35 AM, the new Impreza STI will supposedly make its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show in U.S.-spec trim. The good news comes courtesy of an email received by a Subaru dealer and posted on NASIOC, although it's yet to be confirmed by any of our sources at Subaru. We'll be on hand to fondle the new STI if it does make its debut next week, so as always, watch this space.

I'm getting gitty thinking about it...

Sabre wrote:I'm getting gitty thinking about it...

giddy?

chicken n waffles wrote:

Sabre wrote:I'm getting gitty thinking about it...

giddy?

No, he's not riding a horse, he's gitty like a schoolgirl...

but........gitty isn't a word..

chicken n waffles wrote:but........gitty isn't a word..

I know Ben. I was making a joke.

sorry. my sarcasm plug-in isn't working. god damned firefox updates .

A very heartfelt "Meh".

chicken n waffles wrote:sorry.

No worries, I'll use the <sarcasm> tag next time.

I will miss this by three days. F--- me.

lol, doing a million +1 things today.... meant giddy.... lol

heh heh Git-R-Dun!!!

The more angles I see it (and the new WRX) I can't help but think "Civic Type R!"

drwrx wrote:The more angles I see it (and the new WRX) I can't help but think "Civic Type R!"

as a Honda fan I'm going to have to disagree with ya Doc.

Mr Kleen wrote:

drwrx wrote:The more angles I see it (and the new WRX) I can't help but think "Civic Type R!"

as a Honda fan I'm going to have to disagree with ya Doc.

Honda fan? Yay! I didn't meet you at D&B last night did I?

Oh, and maybe he meant the type-r version of my car?

I didn't make it up to D&B, I rarely do. (I had a good excuse this time, honest!)

the closest look-alike to the new Impreza sedan is the Toyota Corolla; the closest look-alike to the hatchback is the Kia Spectra 5 with a Karmani body kit... I used to think I was a "form over function" guy but the Subaru design team is working overtime to refute that.

It's officially confirmed. I spoke face to face with one of the SOA execs at SEMA and got the dirt on it. As for performance numbers... horsepower is still 'x' and release date is early 2008.

drwrx wrote:The more angles I see it (and the new WRX) I can't help but think "Civic Type R!"

Mr Kleen wrote:as a Honda fan I'm going to have to disagree with ya Doc.

Maybe it's just me, but I see a lot of subtle similarities.

ok, i see it from that rear angle. but not so much on the front and none at all in profile.

All the "similarities" I see may very well disappear from my mind once I see it on the road. Seeing a car in pictures is different than seeing it in person. It can make all the difference.

drwrx wrote:All the "similarities" I see may very well disappear from my mind once I see it on the road. Seeing a car in pictures is different than seeing it in person. It can make all the difference.

So true. I'm really eager to see one in person.

Okay so what you're saying is; it looks like a Mazda 3 and Civic Type R f**ked then shat out the new STi. Got it!

Or is that just my impression?

Libra Monkee wrote:Okay so what you're saying is; it looks like a Mazda 3 and Civic Type R f**ked then shat out the new STi. Got it!

Or is that just my impression?

Don't hold back Chuckles, tell us how you really feel.

drwrx wrote:All the "similarities" I see may very well disappear from my mind once I see it on the road. Seeing a car in pictures is different than seeing it in person. It can make all the difference.

I agree. hopefully that whole "hatch" thing will be gone when I see it in person. I was driving by a Mazda 3 Hatch today and swore outa the corner of my eye it was a new sti. My heart stopped for a sec before I realized it was just a mazda. Phew! thank god they don't look alike!

So I'm at Don Byer (sp?) volvo/subaru last friday to have them transfer the service records to my name for my new wagon. I'm talking with the service person there for a bit, just BS'ing because he looks bored and start talking about new STI's.

I ask about if he thinks they will still sell as well with the new design of the wagon taking into consideration the now well-developed STI crowd. I also ask if he knows when they will get there and if they will have any.

He was positive they would quickly sell out them upon their arrival, but what got me was an expression he used to talk about them.

"subaru just pulls them out of the jelly bean fields so we don't get any information until they are here really".

WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN!? I mean I would assume they get some decent information from subaru but the whole jelly bean field thing threw me off.

Anyways, probably mostly unrelated but just putting it out there.

On topic however, the hood scoop is quite interesting to me being that it doens't have much rise at all, wonder what the potential will be for a swap for a taller one? Also with how sharply the back end drops, it kinda reminds me the hatch bmw z3 thing...

Also with those body lines, it seems like a widebody kit will be made immediately for the new sti's... looks like it would be easy to work and to attach.