Are these out yet and has anyone got one?

 

They have not been delivered to customers due to some changes in the spec.

Immy

 

Cosworth had one on display at Rallyday, if it didnt have the cosworth badges i wouldnt of realised what it was.

 

Car No 2 is here
Just needs it's front splitter fitting.

 

Just another black STi for me

 

Photos aren't great but it's actually Dark Grey.

 

It's a real shame.. very little styling imagination

I prefer the looks of my hatch tbh

 

Agree, but perhaps that's becuase I grew up with Cosworths having whale tales, either way for 50k its should look different to its 30k sibling!

 

Not really a fan of the Hatch but if I was I think i'd rather have the R205.

Not sure if the below vid has been posted but here you go.

New vs Old.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/videos/...#ixzz0zgg1A39U

 

Cross Roads garage have one in grey too. Looks better in the flesh than the prototype one they had for their open day.

 

Interesting... for it to beat the 22B on the cones was a real surprise....

You'll have all the classic boys choking on their cherio's with that vid

 

drag, well thats obvious 300 vs 400, don't think you need to be mystic meg to guess that one.

brakes, it was pish poor, i expected it to trounce the others

and cones? wtf was that all about lol

comparing cars over a 20m course and with different drivers is pointless, i'd prefer to see a proper test, i'd expect the cosworth to come out way ahead in it. but i would still take the 22b lol

 

I'd be gutted if i'd paid £50k for a car that barely beats something that's 10years old.

U could have a full carbon fibre shelled classic with 350bhp and still have change to buy a second hand hatch

 

Didn't Evo magazine say the Focus RS500 was the beter handling, and faster car?

 

The type of people looking to buy one of these, probably would not be seen dead in a carbon fibre classic!

It's horses for courses and not about what you can buy for you money, based on modifying another car.

 

Thats crazy talk man. Just because something is ten years old, doesnt mean it wouldnt be able to whoop the pants off a newer car, does it?

 

What is up with the pimp tints !

 

Well i would say yes it does. 10 years of technology plus Cosworths history and skills should mean it should leave them standing in all areas.

 

I saw the prototype one being driven round. Bloke was very happy with it.

I saw it about a month ago and he said they were going out the next week so **** knows whats happened

 

Still it took the cosworth over 120mph to overtake them

The P1 had Alcons, the 22B had AP 6 pots, not really a comparision.

Its just showing the handling ability of the Cosworth, the normal hatch probably would have done just as well tbh, it does have a better set up chassis, but they were all driven by the same guy, so fair comparison really.

Tony

 

Come on Tony... For 50k I'd want brakes that could stop the earth from spinning mate...no excuse.

 

For 2.1k you can
http://www.scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog...products_id=94

Tony

 

The brakes on the cosworth are AP.

 

So are those
I should point out that the 355mm for the 18 inch wheels are cheaper than the 330mm 6 pots for the 17 inch wheels by around 300ish quid.

Tony

 

Yes i know... but why buy a cosworth and swap your already 6pot AP's for 6pot AP's..

 

Nah, saying that if you want amazing stopping power it will only cost you a little over 2k
If you would have put say a P1 or 22B with the standard subaru 4 pots on, you would notice a far greater difference between the cosworth (which would have stopped quicker) than either the P1 (still with Alcon 330mm 4 pots) or the 22B with the AP 6 pots (17 inch) and the cosworth does have the 355mm setup over the 330mm on the other 2 (and no abs on the 22b may help a touch in the dry )

Tony

 

Fairplay..

 

For £50k, I know what I'd rather have.

 

People expected it to look a lot different to the normal STI... but why?

The Sierra Cosworth didn't look much different to the normal Sierra Sapphire (ignoring the 3 door whale-tail early Sierra), and the Merc 190 Cosworth didn't look too much different to the normal 190 model.

It's how it drives that counts.

(Ref the RS4 - i know lots of people are having massive reliability problems with them)

 

i am just happy that Subaru are still making special editions, that are actually more than the the standard car.

Look at Renaultsport. They ahve a great car in the Clio 200, and have recently launched the Gordini edition. Is it more powerful... no, has it got better brakes... no, uprated suspension... no. It just has some blue interior panels and some white stripes on the outside.

So we should all think ourselves lucky that Subaru is actually making the effort at making something a bit different from the norm!

And for those of you who think they should of made some sort of wild stripped out, 800bhp, wide arch beast..... have a word, are you aware of the financial times we are in?!!