| What is the big news about the Subaru Impreza | | | | Auto Show. Since then, its appeal has captivated a |
| WRX? Well, the car boasts same power with a | | | | multitude. And the magnetism's blaze, illuminating as |
| roomier interior and a lighter body. Also, it still rips to 60 | | | | Subaru Headlights, evokes what is forthcoming. |
| mph in a matter of 5.9 seconds. Experts could attest | | | | Created for the 2008 model, the new Impreza is |
| to the fact that such combination is a rarity. | | | | offered as both a four-door sedan and five-door |
| Today, each new model weighs more than their | | | | hatchback. The dynamic feature of the car is |
| ancestors. This is because automakers keep adding | | | | expected to pull more customers. |
| power to compensate. But the Japanese automaker | | | | Unfortunately, not some of the aficionados find it hard |
| has done exactly the opposite. But it is not all roses. | | | | to love a "soft" Subaru. "We have had a soft spot in |
| The new WRX is marginally slower in the quarter-mile | | | | our heart for Subarus for many, many years. In the |
| than the car it replaces, 14.5 seconds at 94.4 mph | | | | late 70's a move to bucolic Bradford, N.H., brought a |
| compared to the 14.3 seconds at 95.5 mph. The car's | | | | Brat into our driveway. We figured with winter coming |
| chassis setup, according to those who tested the car, | | | | on we needed more than two-wheel drive to make it |
| is also noticeably softer and there is no shortage of | | | | down our narrow and winding road to work on a |
| body roll. | | | | winter's morning," said Ron Amadon of MarketWatch. |
| On paper, it sounds as if the WRX really has not | | | | "Over 88,000 miles, we had more fun with that little |
| changed, but the WRX we loved for its finger-in-the-air | | | | truck than we could have ever imagined at the outset. |
| attitude is gone, replaced by a WRX with its finger on | | | | It was rock solid reliable, sounded like a tractor, and |
| the pulse of the mainstream market, said Josh | | | | took us everywhere that we wanted to go. What it |
| Jacquot, the Senior Road Test Editor at Edmunds, an | | | | lacked was much acceleration and some sporty |
| auto shopper's online guide. | | | | handling." |
| "The 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX has received | | | | But there are still lots of reason to love the car. "Enter |
| shortage of coverage in the past year, but after all | | | | the Impreza WRX STI. The brand's considerable |
| that hype and all that hearsay, what we really want to | | | | experience with road rallies came into play here with a |
| know is how this AWD beast performs. The guys at | | | | neat 2.5-liter, DOHC intercooled turbo four under the |
| Inside Line recently took the 2008 Subaru WRX for a | | | | hood," he added. |
| series of track tests, including the slalom and stopping | | | | "The sounds the car makes getting up to speed are |
| distance tests, and in the end, they determined that the | | | | just great and give the Suby its character. And, they |
| WRX has 'gone soft,'" said Michael Kwan of Mobile | | | | are enough to produce images in your brain of racing |
| Magazine. | | | | across vast surfaces of Sweden or Norway in the |
| At $30,000, the price point is not all that attractive | | | | dead of winter. Subaru's 'Symmetrical All Wheel Drive' |
| either. That said, even though the new WRX five-door | | | | system makes sure the right amount of power goes |
| hatchback may look like a family car, it will certainly | | | | to the proper wheels and eliminates any torque steer. It |
| outrun any production Corolla or Camry, Kwan added. | | | | should also make it easier to get to the office in bad |
| The Japanese automaker officially unveiled the next | | | | weather," Amadon concluded. |
| generation Impreza WRX at the 2007 New York | | | | |