I was speaking to a very reputable dealer in Malmesbury Wilts yesterday, and they import new cars into the UK from Japan and European sources. They have a WRX R 250 which has 250bhp and a different engine which has variable valve timing ( so it revs to 8,000 rpm)for 18,250 on the road. Its also got a rear wash wipe aswell.
Anyone got one of these or heard of one ?
They sell the UK spec for the same price brand new also, but did say the Jap one was much better.
I know Insurance could be a problem but they assure me they've sold loads of them.
They will service it so no probs there and provide a warranty.

Any comments ????

Jay

 

Well somebody must have heard of these ?????

 

Park lane have one on there web site.

16 inch wheels and semi automatic IIRC

 

sideways

It is basically a standard jap spec WRX (non Sti)
I looked at one of these before playing safe and going for a UK spec MY01 last year. Very similar to to a UK WRX but with the variable valve timing 250bhp engine (and a rear wash wipe )

Andy

 

The as well as the 16 in wheels already mentioned the standard Japanese domestic market WRX does not get the 4 pot brakes that our WRX gets...only 2 pot! Not sure of the Type R though as there were a couple of upgrades...but its worth checking.

Some info on http://www.iwoc.co.uk/jpnewage.html

Regards

Steve

 

Cheers Steve for that 16" wheels and two pots hmmmm .......
Think I'll pass on that

Jay

 

They had a special edition WRX in Japan last year & the car is fitted with export spec 17" rims & 4-pot brakes as standard, it also has a higher-level rear spoiler. Don't remember the actual name of the car.
The 17" rims fitted to export spec cars actually came from the pre-facelifted Legacy B4 RSK.

 

Thanks to AJBaseBloke for the corrections. For details (in Japanese but the pictures are pretty clear) checkout http://210.254.95.20/showroom/imp_nbr/ as it seems I was wrong to say the NB-R comes with 2 pots and 16in wheels.

Steve

 

U're correct in saying the standard JDM WRX NB has 16" rims & 2 pot brakes, it's only the WRX NB-R that gets the 17" & 4 pots.

 

Yeah, there is an NB-R: a Rex with the 17" wheel/4-pot+2-pot package as mentioned above. Personally I think the nicest bit is the STi suspension package - it can be a bit jiggly, but when going a little hard, it can be magic. It also has the same wing design as the STi Ltd (i.e. higher). It is the highest spec non-STi Rex AFAIK.

Inverted STi struts:


Rear wing (the std one with an extension - note the spoiler on the deck):


Hope that is actually it

edited for sperring

[Edited by AJbaseBloke - 6/7/2002 2:15:56 AM]