Where did the Impreza begin?
20 June 2011, 11:13 PM
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It was a replacement for the Leone....step below in size from the legacy but kept the flat 4 engine.
"new drivers basic" said the Jap brochure.....soft shape so as not to age, looks like a swan landing, frameless windows for ease of repair.......
They wanted a car to make money in a niche market and they struck gold
Shaun
"new drivers basic" said the Jap brochure.....soft shape so as not to age, looks like a swan landing, frameless windows for ease of repair.......
They wanted a car to make money in a niche market and they struck gold
Shaun
21 June 2011, 02:11 AM
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Prodrive were rallying the legacy and having some success, Subaru said to them if you can win in the legacy this season then we will give you our new model the Impreza for next year, well they won and Prodrive got the car and along came a scottsman 
and here we all are now 
Or something like that it went.
and here we all are now Or something like that it went.
21 June 2011, 07:52 AM
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So why the front vents next to the scoop that does nothing! And if opened up cause incorrect air flow?
Thanks
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21 June 2011, 11:11 AM
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21 June 2011, 11:25 AM
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It was a replacement for the Leone....step below in size from the legacy but kept the flat 4 engine.
"new drivers basic" said the Jap brochure.....soft shape so as not to age, looks like a swan landing, frameless windows for ease of repair.......
They wanted a car to make money in a niche market and they struck gold
Shaun
"new drivers basic" said the Jap brochure.....soft shape so as not to age, looks like a swan landing, frameless windows for ease of repair.......
They wanted a car to make money in a niche market and they struck gold
Shaun
It's in that "Impreza" book.
You gotta love the Japs and their unique 'take' on English... "New Drivers Basic" indeed (+ a gay looking Kyle McLaughlin ad campaign). The crapness.
O/T...
Others:-
FTO = Fresh Touring Origination
MR2 = Midship Runabout 2-seater [or "****" in France i.e. pronounced "merde" (M-R-deux)
].
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21 June 2011, 11:28 AM
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Have to be on the stipulated numbers of production run cars in the first place to be legal i.e. presumably Subaru/STi did make use of them somehow (maybe added ducting to their undersides for something?). They certianly did on the MY97>on widebody "WRC" spec. cars (not sure about the MY93-96 Group A spec ones, though).
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23 June 2011, 10:32 PM
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Homologation rules for the WRC.
Have to be on the stipulated numbers of production run cars in the first place to be legal i.e. presumably Subaru/STi did make use of them somehow (maybe added ducting to their undersides for something?). They certianly did on the MY97>on widebody "WRC" spec. cars (not sure about the MY93-96 Group A spec ones, though).
Have to be on the stipulated numbers of production run cars in the first place to be legal i.e. presumably Subaru/STi did make use of them somehow (maybe added ducting to their undersides for something?). They certianly did on the MY97>on widebody "WRC" spec. cars (not sure about the MY93-96 Group A spec ones, though).
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23 June 2011, 10:52 PM
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24 June 2011, 10:31 AM
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Snip from wikipedia
All 2006 Imprezas, including the performance models, have been redesigned again with the controversial "flying vagina"[6] grille
wtf is that all about? hehe
never heard that before
All 2006 Imprezas, including the performance models, have been redesigned again with the controversial "flying vagina"[6] grille
wtf is that all about? hehe
never heard that before
24 June 2011, 12:12 PM
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24 June 2011, 12:26 PM
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If they intended on using them in rallying (and presumably they did?), then the homologation rules INSIST on them being on the road cars - it's the whole point of the homologation rule. It was a mechanism purely intended to reign in competitors' 'creativity' due to keeping development costs down -- as they had to be on at least 2,500 or 5,000 road cars (or whatever the number was - can't remember the stipulation).
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