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The Japanese all wheel drive automaker Subaru unveiled the latest addition to the Subaru Road Racing Team this past weekend with their entry in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series at the Daytona Speedway as a precursor to the acclaimed Rolex 24 hour race at Daytona. The race ready Subaru Impreza WRX STI is a wide body version of the standard five door STI powered by a boosted flat four and features a driver selectable power train and dynamic handling controls to ensure world class performance for the Japanese sport compact. The SRRT STI-R is motivated by a high output version of Subaru’s 2.5 Liter turbocharged and intercooled four cylinder Boxer engine that produces a maximum output of 305 HP and is mated to a six speed manual transmission that features Subaru’s advanced Driver Controlled Center Differential (DCCD) version of Subaru Symmetrical All Wheel Drive that allows the torque to be manually split between the front and rear axle. The SRRT Impreza WRX STI also features a lightweight suspension made up of lots of aluminum pieces to ensure that the road racing STI is light on its feet with as little unsprung mass as possible and a Brembo Performance Brake System to ensure that their drivers don’t encounter brake fade no matter how many times they run deep into the turns. Press release after the jump. Press release Subaru of America, Inc. opened the 2010 road race season today with a strong 15th place finish out of 41 entries in the Grand Sport class of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series at the Daytona Raceway. The Subaru Road Racing Team (SRRT) is fielding two Impreza WRX STI racecars in the series this year. SRRT campaigned a single Subaru Legacy 2.5GT spec.B in the series’ Street Tuner class in 2009, taking second in both the Drivers’ and Team Championships, along with 3rd in the Manufacturer chase. 11 comments: Subaru Impreza(R) WRX(R) STI(R) For the $49,000 they want for this car, I could be driving a G8 GXP, New Camaro SS, a built GTO, or a vast number of faster and more powerful cars that speak to the car nut in me.
 Maybe it’s just because they clearly used it for more than just commuting, maybe it’s because they didn’t want (or couldn’t afford) the look-at-me ’bells and whistles’ version and instead went for a shut-up-and-use me spec instead. But either way, an "Impreza Outback" will find plenty of customers. One of whom lives in Reading, although most of these pseudo-SUVs will probably end up in Australia, I would’ve thought.
 I’m sure I’m in the minority when I say this, but I love the STi hatch. I just wish it was a coupe, too.
 I would rather settle for the Subaru. This looks to be a Track Demon. All the above are just okay. Although that’s what I like, Auto and SCCAs Club Racing.
 I can’t wait for next month then. I definitely will take a drive and take myself to see the new Subaru which is one of my favorites. I do hope that there will be something new with Mitsubishi’s Evo and Nissan’s GT-R as well in that event. Will definitely be looking forward to it.
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11.15.2010 @ 02:44