Went into my local subaru dealer today, and they had the WRC Rally car in there, pics below

 

Very nice
Still not a fan of those rear lights though

 

What's that bog silver "box" near the front of the engine bay

TX.

[edit - not bog silver, big silver ...]

 

Think what you're looking at is the intercooler..........

Beautiful!

 

Hmm... isn't that a top mount?

 

Did you ask to test drive it?

If they say no tell it must be all show and no go!

 

What's the finance package like?

 

That is stunning, especially the engine bay.

Damo

 

Does that mean that the scoop is just for show?

TX.

 

complete with new BF Goodrich tyres

 

Not necessarily as it will be directing air down towards the turbo and inlet manifold. I'm sure that if it didn't serve some kind of purpose it would be removed.

 

Air goes thru the front grills, up thru the intercooler and out the 'backward' looking scoop towards the front of the bonnet....... ie. air goes up thru it and not down as on 'conventional' subarus.

 

Good spot!

 

Scoop is only really there so it looks like an impreza I think; I'm sure ideally they'd ditch it altogether (but the marketing types won't let them!).

 

From the photos it looks like Welch's at Great Shelford ??

They have just been reinstated as the SUBARU main Dealer for Cambridge.

Been the service agent for a long time. I bought my car and have it serviced there. Great people, especially Justin May in sales.

Superb photos'. How long have they got the WRC car for ??

 

I'm sure the rules state that the car has to look very similar to the production version. Don't think it would without the scoop!

 

Lets hope they perform better than the Pirrellis!

 

Pity they don't apply that to the thinly disguised prototype 4wd cars that Ford, Peugeot and Citroen are allowed to enter.

Alcazar

 

You'd be forgiven for thinking that anyway based on the 2006 WRC results

 

 

Was that at Welchs in Shelford??

 

Read post #15

 

That engine bay is absolutly unbeleivable. It looks like nothign I have ever seen before!

 

hubba hubba

what's with the hay, is there a donkey living in the boot?

 

this is correct. marketing types want the scoop, to relate to the road cars.

the 05 car had a front mount (and some of the previous WRC cars)

 

yeh it was at welch's stapleford

 

I love or "like" everthing about my 06 STi except for those gaggingly horrid lexus lights

If I'd have wanted to Shout at the Car behind me "YooHooo I'm only slightly Gay" or "I'm Chav so **** off, unless your Gay" I would have bought some and had them fitted. Spoilt a good car IMHO

BTW The Car is nice Prodrive certainly now how to make an Engine bay nice does the wheelbase look shorter or is that my eyes playing up, the new season mod maybe


Tony

 

My mate raced it on the way to the showroom in his clio 182. He blew it on the straights but on the twisties

 

why are there nylon tyes on the manifold ?

 

How much dya think the engine would cost?