New Subaru STi

As contrast to my previous blog about the Mitsubishi Evolution X, the new Subaru STi, in my opinion, did meet the regular standards of the usual aggressive look that it has always had. But this time Subaru tried something new. This time they made the new WRX STi into a hatchback, which is good and bad in numerous ways. First of all ,am not going to lie but I didn't really like it when I saw it for the first time, I actually hated it as a hatchback, but honestly I've learned to appreciate it. Now I really think that Subaru went the right direction with this more European-looking car. They also managed to make it more muscular by making the fenders wider; not only does it look nice but it also serves a purpose, this allows you to put wider tires in the car which will give the car more stability and traction. Well stability and traction is what this car doesn't need, and now with it being improved even more, if you are the type the type of person that likes taking your corner fast, like myself, then this is the car for you.

Subaru, apart from improving the stability and traction of the car they also upgraded the engine. Rumors say that the engine will be a 2.5L inline-4, oh and don't forget the massive Turbo! This motor will put out a total of about 320 horsepower. While the Japanese version only being 2.0L with about 300h hp, which is due to power restrictions in Japan. These restrictions are similar to those in Rally competition, engines cannot be bigger than 2.0L, a limit of 4 cylinders, and also a limit to the size of the turbo.


To add on to the many improvements of this car, it is also lighter than the previous model. So with the decrease of weight and the addition of power this car will be much faster than the 2006 model. Estimations state that this car will take you from 0 to 60 in about 4.5 seconds, now i don't know about you, but that is extremely fast for a car that you can buy for only $35,000. Compared to all the other cars that get you there at that amount of time is a huge difference of price. Here is a chart with the statistics of cars from 0 to 60, take a look you will be impressed at the types of car this one can keep up with. Well it is obvious though that this car will not completely keep up with these car since all of them have top speeds from 180 to 220 mph. The Subaru STi will probably have a top speed of about 160 to 170mph.

This car actually taught me a lesson of not hating a car after only taking a glimpse at it. To be extremely honest I did not like this car until I started writing this blog and looking up pictures of it. But the one thing that i still don't like about the car are the front headlights. I think that they don't match with the car and also i don't think that they are aggressive enough. But I still think that this car will out-sell the Mitsubishi Evolution X; not by huge number but a noticeable one. Subaru took a big gamble by making this car into a hatchback but I think it will live up to previous models.