he 2008 Subaru Impreza was officially released today, June 5, in the Japanese market. While Subie didn’t blow us of our seats in terms of the JDM (Japan Domestic Market) Impreza’s appearance, they did however surprise us with what’s hidden under the hood scoop of the S-GT, or as the rest of the world knows it, WRX; there’s no 2.5-litre Turbo boxer here as we w rongly presumed.
Instead the S-GT wears a 2.0-liter Turbocharged 4-pot boxer delivering 250Hp @ 6.000 rpm and a maximum torque of 33,4 kgm @ 2.400 rpm. Comparatively, the US Spec WRX’s 2.5T has an output of 224Hp @ 5.200 rpm and a max torque figure of 31,2 kgm @ 2.800 rpm. This twist in events with the presentation of the 2.0-liter Turbo S-GT kinda mixes things up for European spec models as the current WRX wears a 2.5-liter Turbo engine.
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