The fourth-generation Subaru Impreza, shown at this year's motor show in New York, just getting ready to enter into dealer showrooms and already hard enthusiasts are trying to present will look like-charged modified WRX and WRX STI. But, according to the publication Motor Trend unnamed source inside the company, strong performances in this generation will not. Instead, in 2014, debuting a brand new car, for which the abbreviation WRX is a proper name, not a prefix to the word Impreza. And without a single common with Impreza parts, except for "a few nuts and bolts."
Subaru Impreza fourth generation The sad news for those who bought the usual Impreza, slightly touching the glorious rally pedigree WRX STI, but just a wonderful professional and not very professional athletes. The transition from one family to two should improve both the quality of consumer conventional Impreza, and the combat capabilities of the line WRX. In the fourth generation of civil machines has not laid the possibilities for transformation into a rally car, so it turned out to make more economical, comfortable, spacious and ... cheaper, because a simple city-car racing do not need a margin of safety prescribed in the genes from the previous versions.
Subar Impreza WRX STI 22B But in the WRX Japanese promise to realize all that they know about the sport through years of performances at the rally and shared with the Toyota rear-drive coupe work on FT-86. Platform will still borrow from Impreza, but considerably shorten and modify. They say that the WRX will be slightly longer than the Toyota Yaris, but is much broader. Obviously, the ease of use in this case takes a back seat to the maximum stability and maneuverability - probably waiting for us three-door hatchback, ideologically closest to the two-door Impreza first-generation version of the 22B STI. In other words, from now on will do the boring Subaru Impreza «for mere mortals," and much more vicious than before, WRX and WRX STI - for people with a constant shortage of adrenaline.
So fans can see subarovskuyu "sister» Toyota FT-86 Obviously, all this is done without reason: the Japanese are planning a full-scale return to the WRC and the world championship are determined to give battle to that year's leadership team Citroen. French, mind you, too, follow the path of miniaturization: at first was trehdverka C4, now - even more compact DS3. Well, as soon as the rally now serve 1600-vat race cars, Subaru will also have to comply with: instead of the current supercharged 2.0 and 2.5 oppozitnikov future WRX and WRX STI engine be equipped with 1.6 (maybe dvuhnadduvnym - with a turbine and drive the supercharger). On the WRX it will develop 270 hp, while STI - under 300.
Another variation on the theme of a new family Will the above information is true - we learn by 2014. The only thing that may be sorry - it's that Subaru will stop doing almost ordinary at first glance, cars, capable to compete with serious sports car - something in particular that is what love as Impreza STI, and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. The fate of the latter, incidentally, does obscure: it is likely that the tenth generation will be the last of its kind, and his successor will be either hybrid or completely electric. Not yet empty niche already occupied by new players on the sly - Audi RS3, BMW 1-Series M-Coupe, Ford Focus RS. But we must admit that the duo will miss the eternal Japanese turbokonkurentov.
