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THE THRILL OF EVO HUNTING

words ron kiino

GIVEN THAT the all-new Impreza WRX failed to pass the first round of this year’s Car of the Year competition, it’s no secret we’re not entirely smitten with it. Sure the oomph is still there—224 horses and 0 to 60 in 5.6 seconds—and the refinement and safety improvements represent huge leaps forward, but none of that prevented our editors from finding the Subie’s styling too staid, its suspension too soft, and its fun factor too dialed back. Looking for a Legacy GT? Buy a WRX and keep the change. Still, none of us was willing to write off Subaru’s performance icon—at least not yet. Not until we’d gotten our hands on the flagship, the all-new third-generation STI, namesake of Subaru’s motorsport subsidiary, Subaru Tecnica International, and the model Subaru promised would…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2008

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