Can someone confirm this??

Discussion in 'Latest Spin Forum Archive' started by BelvnAWD, Mar 17, 2005.

  1. BelvnAWD

    BelvnAWD I'm Vin, Bell-Vin...

    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:
     
  2. GTscoob

    GTscoob Black is Beautiful

    well he was all excited on tuesday when I went up and talked to him.
     
  3. Weapon

    Weapon 90lbs of dynamite Supporting Member

    man i was up at SoG yesterday around 1pm..wish i could have met him!!! :crying: :crying:
     
  4. sol drums

    sol drums Active Member

    that is awesome news!!!!

    Just wish the pres. would've said they are coming out with an STi Wagon!!

    -drums
     
  5. FTZ

    FTZ ^.^

    The WRX WR will be awesome. Can't wait till it is actually here.
     
  6. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    :bowdown:

    Bobby told me about this yesterday.
     
  7. siegelracing

    siegelracing Registered Vendor<br><b><font color="#666666">bion

    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 ;)
     
  8. married05gt

    married05gt starting over

    :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

    :fruit:
     
  9. BelvnAWD

    BelvnAWD I'm Vin, Bell-Vin...

    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...
     
  10. sol drums

    sol drums Active Member

    Me too!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

    -drums
     
  11. Porter

    Porter Member

    Me three!

    Lightweight, baby!
     
  12. FTZ

    FTZ ^.^

    I don't believe anything I see on the internet, I only believe what I see on TV and movies.
     
  13. Mad Mallard

    Mad Mallard the mad mallard

    um.. . .how long off is it til WRXs goto the 2.5?


    also, does it mean subaru is ditching WRC?
     
  14. longfury

    longfury Active Member

    No. They will use the 2.0L in other markets
     
  15. BelvnAWD

    BelvnAWD I'm Vin, Bell-Vin...

    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...
     
  16. Porter

    Porter Member

    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.
     
  17. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Group N > *.allparts
     

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