Can someone confirm this?? Subbie Pres. SoG visit Siegel's Thread Just want to make sure he didn't think it was April 1st or something....cause that would be well, just cruel.:ugh:
that is awesome news!!!! Just wish the pres. would've said they are coming out with an STi Wagon!! -drums
what, you don't believe me? why would I make something like this up? He was taller than I expected, maybe 5'5", and spoke better English than I expected, not great, but pretty good... We are on the East Coast, Subaru of America regional office is 40 minutes away in Austell, and we're one of the only stand-alone Subaru dealers on the East coast. We're also one of the highest sales volume dealers on the east coast. Plus, we have me why wouldn't he come here
Actually, I believe everything I read on the internet.... But the 2.5L going into the REX is my dream come true...now if they will just give the wagon a sunroonf option then I will be visiting the SoG sales department again toward the end of the year...
Reading the thread on NASIOC, it appears there only needs to be 500 production units using the 2.0L engine. They can do that many in Japan alone. I cannot wait to see what Subaru comes out with. I am so wanting the 2.5L wagon...
As BelvnAWD mentioned, WRC homologation requirements are now much lower than they have been in past years. All the production vehicles for the platform certainly don't need to be standardized on a displacement, they need to build a certain number of cars (I believe the number is now 50) with the same basic engine that is used in the WRC car. For the Impreza that requirement is met by the WRX STi typeRA. The standard roadgoing Impreza could have a 5.0L V8 (god forbid!) and they would still meet homologation requirements for the chassis with the RA. Under the old Group A rules many more vehicles had to be built to meet the requirements, and the rally vehicle had to stay much closer to the production vehicle in terms of running gear and drivetrain. Under the new WRC (WR-Car) standards, the vehicle as a whole can deviate much more from the production platform but must retain the production floorpan. WR-Car is intended to be a bridge between the more stringent Grp.A requirements and the unlimited insanity of Grp.B, which was banned in the 1980s because the cars became simply too fast for the terrain. Grp.N is a fully production-based class that still runs in WRC and many many regional and national rallies around the world. Many of the STi homologation parts (i.e. motor mounts!) are referred to as "Grp.N" as they are spec parts for Grp.N rally competition. There's a whole catalog of Grp.N goodies on STi's Japanese site.