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Review: 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX

Measuring The Difference In Inches One point three inches. How much difference can it make? That depends on what you're measuring. If you're comparing the 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX to the 2011, that small measurement makes all the difference in the world. If you're a Subie fan, you've already read our First Drive. The headline news for the 2010-to-2011 changeover is that the WRX gained the STI model's widebody fenders and 1.3-inch wider track. Wanting to know whether the growth in girth made any difference to the affable and relatively affordable WRX, we decided to spend some quality ... Read More

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    Spy Shots: Next-gen Subaru WRX STI spotted at the Nürburgring
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    Subaru has been busy testing the next-generation WRX STI. Well, it may be the STI. The big wing out back lends some credence to that theory, but it could be that the basic WRX is getting new action in the back section. Time will tell. In either case, spy photographers nabbed a few shots of the heavily camouflaged sedan running around the ...

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    Featured: Subaru WRX Concept hints at big performance, offers few facts
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    We're looking at a design statement only at this point, but we would love to see this coupe-like WRX sedan come to fruition. Subaru has dropped the curtain on its truly attractive WRX Concept and, as previewed by a previous design concept, we're fast fans of the wide, low, muscular sedan. The concept car looks great, but there was a distinct lack of ...

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    Video: Subaru Impreza shows off 360-degree passing technique
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    Leave it to a Subaru WRX to find a new way to improve the art of passing. This dash cam vid shows a white WRX pirouetting past our recording car and somehow straightening out before either sliding off the road or slamming into the car ahead. If this were a standard move in rally racing, the WRC would be bigger than NASCAR. Like most dash cam vids, we ...

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    Report: Subaru axes WRX and STI in UK
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    Auto Express reports Subaru will stop selling the Impreza, WRX and WRX STI in the UK starting next year. A spokesperson with the company said Subaru has been evaluating the Impreza and its performance in the UK for the past year and has finally decided to pull the plug. That means all of the model's performance iterations will also drop off of dealer ...

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    Quick Spin: 2013 Subaru WRX Special Edition
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    Two months ago, I was carving pumpkins in a canyon – last week I was carving canyons in a pumpkin. I genuinely prefer the latter. It's hard to miss the 2013 Subaru WRX Special Edition. The twins (the automaker is offering the package on both the WRX and its higher-performing STI sibling) arrive in Tangerine Orange paint with Jet Black wheels, black ...

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    Video: Bucky Lasek skates his backyard and heads to the RallyCross - Las Vegas 2012
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    Bucky Lasek has been a household name in the skateboarding world since the late 1980's. With no less than 12 X-Game Vert Medals to his name, he is a force to be reckoned with. His commitment and dedication to action sports and competition led him to the motorsports world. In 2009, Bucky's debut to the racing world, led him to a stellar performance in the ...

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    Official: Subaru WRX and WRX STI Special Editions hit SEMA just in time for Halloween
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    Subaru has pulled back the curtain on a pair of 2013 WRX and WRX STI Special Edition models ahead of their debut at the 2012 SEMA Show, which kicks off today in Las Vegas. Each car bows with a unique orange and black color scheme that carries over into the cabin. With black wheels, badges and side mirrors, it should easy to pick these machines out of a ...

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    Exclusive: Up close and personal with David Higgins' 2012 Subaru WRX STI Rally Car [w/video]
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    Riding Shotgun With The Five-Time Rally America Champ There's nothing quite like the sound of a high-strung boxer engine in full rage. Each dip of the throttle sends the opposed four-pot barking and popping like some sort of caffeinated prehistoric beast as David Higgins shoots his very unique 2012 Subaru WRX STI through a tight section of chicanes on ...

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    Spy Shots: 2014 Subaru WRX caught hot-weather testing south of the border
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    Few mainstream hot hatches have tugged as many heartstrings in the last decade or so than the Subaru WRX. From its turbocharged four-cylinder heart to the traction of its all-wheel-drive footprint, Rex has been the benchmark by which other Turbo AWD platforms are judged since its debut in the Canada as a 2002 model. Suffice it to say that the next WRX, ...

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    Video: Watch this Subaru lug a Ram pickup and a trailer out of the mud
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    Well this should make a Ram fan or two blush. A Ram four-door pulling a trailer was saved from the clutches of a muddy rut by none other than a second-generation Subaru WRX. That's the power of all-wheel drive for ya! It's unclear where the video was taken, but amidst many other trucks (all appear to be pulling camper trailers as well), it was the humble ...