📰 Auto News Subaru releases Impreza WRC2008 ahead of launch at Acropolis rally

[Mook]

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Next week's Acropolis Rally in Greece will be the first event in the 2008 WRC season to feature Subaru's new rally car. The Impreza Rally WRC2008 car was originally previewed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, but Subaru has yet to announce the final specifications of its new rally rocket. Obviously, Prodrive has had its hand in developing the new racer, but a BOS sticker indicates that Subaru will be utilizing the French outfit's dampers. Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson will pilot the new Impreza in Greece and Prodrive head David Richards is convinced that this is "the most radically different Subaru World Rally Car in 15 years." We're looking forward to seeing how it fares next week.

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[syP]

wow.. and they were getting uglier every year...


i really like that

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

Love it!

But without a hood scoop it leads me to believe front mount....hmmmmmm

And if you check out www.nasioc.com Subaru has already rallied the new cars, just not one looking like that

 

[CamaroSS]

dont like it still, was ugly as an sti, now it has a different coat of paint on a ugly car, no thanks

 

[Mr Baytchos]

I like it

 

[MK5_Dubber]

Looks a little better but still ugly. the previous styling are better.

 

[IDAFC21]

And if you check out www.nasioc.com Subaru has already rallied the new cars, just not one looking like that

im sure the new style has been used in rallies, but it hasnt been used by Subaru in any of the WRC events yet.


Interesting tho. I have not heard about next week being the debut for the new car. I'll be surprised if it actually is.

 

[Mook]

WRC teams are gearing up in Greece ahead of this week's Acropolis rally, and just before its world racing debut, Subaru has released the details on its all-new Impreza rally car. You can pore over the specs after the jump, but the highlights of the Impreza WRC2008 include a 1994cc turbocharged flat four, running an IHI turbo equipped with the WRC-mandated 34mm restrictor plate and Subaru's own anti-lag system to produce 300 hp at 5,500 rpm and... wait for it... 479 lb.-ft. of torque at 3,000 rpm.

Power is sent to a six-speed electro-hydraulic transmission, through an electronically controlled center diff and down to the wheels through mechanical differentials, fore and aft. Bos shocks are being used in conjunction with the front and rear MacPherson setup, while AP Racing, 310mm discs are clamped by six-piston calipers both in front and in the rear. BBS wheels are fitted at all four corners, with 15-inchers used for gravel stages and 18-inch rollers for tarmac attacks. The rally racer's weight is set at the WRC minimum of 2,712 pounds. As always, you can follow the progress of the Impreza and the rest of the teams at the WRC website.

thats a decent bump in torque eh?

 

[IDAFC21]

can not wait for this weekend