Subaru Impreza Wrx STI 2003 test drive - 2005 sedan
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The brother of the championship rally car has become more powerful, economical, safer and cheaper. Without compromises
Three, five, seven thousand revolutions are the second, five, seven thirds. The arrow of the tachometer, as stung, departs each time to the red zone, and the gearbox lever works with the frequency of the hammer, which drives piles into the ground. As if time suddenly flowed in another dimension. Damn it, this black beast knows how to do everything much faster than I expected from her! You start on dry asphalt any cheap puffs of smoke from under the wheels, no spectacular, but by no means effective, whistle of the front tires, and the feed does not try to slip somewhere on the sidelines. Only a powerful wave of acceleration, which presses me into the seat. Under the wheels, mud porridge. And again the same picture. This is how, it turns out, Richard Burns felt, breaking away from the start of the Sweden ice rally, a dental acropolis or mountain Monte Carlo.
For a long time I didn't go like that! The sword of the tachometer is miraculously again at the red zone, and the constant, seemingly at any speed, a reserve under the gas pedal. Not every day you have to control the appearance of a small universal of golf class with such crazy only 6 seconds to hundreds of dynamics. No reservations and compromises. If acceleration, as if you are alone on the road. If you go through the turn as you do not praise the branded all -wheel drive Subaru system, which provides a low center of gravity and the best stability compared to any torsens and haldxes, then a purely rally fan. If inhibition, then such that breathtaking. And another important detail, the updated appearance of the machine now very corresponds to its aggressive character.
Subaru Impreza Wagon Wrx
Length x width x height, mm
4415 (4405) x1695x1465
Trunk volume, l
355/1265
Turning radius, m
5.5
Road clearance, m
155
Max. speed, km/h
230 (225)
Acceleration 0100 km/h, with
6.1 (6.2)
Fuel consumption, l/100 km (highway/city)
7.1/12.7 (7.9/14.2)
Engine operating volume, SMZ
1994
Power, L.S. at rpm
225/5600 (218/5600)
Cool. moment, kgsm at rpm
30.6/4000 (29.8/3600)
In brackets, data from 2000
When everyone sees the champion Here the matter, perhaps, is not even a unique black with interspersed with green and blue mother of pearl color. To admit that before this rare on our roads, no one took the universal for a simple barn. However, the former round headlights, calm friendly lines, licked sidewalls somehow did not very combine with its burning temperament. The updated Impreza looks at the world through crystal purity for the frame of a complex shape, slightly slanting headlights with three pairs of lenses. A completely different crankshaft.
But, of course, the Japanese did not limit themselves to this. In profile, the machine attracts attention with a powerful, seeming even more predatory beak. Fans of the brand will discern an enlarged air intake, other bumpers, stamping on the wings. All this, by the way, is not useless props. The novelty improved aerodynamics, the engine began to cool more effectively.
Dry numbers say little about the motor: it increased by 7 liters. With. Power and 0.1 s decreased to accelerate to hundreds. Something is not believed, they are modest! I traveled a lot to the previous 218-horsepower Impreza. And that motor was good, but I don’t remember something so explosive temperament, I need to thank the injection system to thank.
A machine with a turbocharger motor is distinguished by a spoiler above the fifth door and Wrx nameplate
However, temperament is temperament, but we are still buying a station wagon. And how is he with capacity and practicality?
No free sale And to this day, so sad at the time of Soviet deficit, any buyer of the most powerful modification of the Impreza Sedan STI (the abbreviation is deciphered as an internet technician). 265 l. with., 5.5 s to hundreds, 244 km/h, an updated machine can boast of just such numbers. In addition, the cooling system of a more economical motor became more effective, the more rigid front suspension and already excellent steering control, aerodynamics has improved. It is such cars that are the most liquid improvisations today, even despite the considerable cost of $ 43,920 with the official dealer Subaru, the company for the service+.
Multi -purpose sports car
It seems that everything is in order. Do not think that the engineers succumbed to the fashionable trend and began to inflate the body, cutting
additional millimeters of the internal space. The dimensions of both internal and external remained almost unchanged. The driver and his passenger on the right, as before, are very comfortable. If here, even a couple of healthy women here, they will probably not push each other with their elbows, will not support the ceiling. Although now at the disposal of each chair with a built -in active headrest. This innovation with such crazy dynamics may not be superfluous. But the 355-liter trunk is by no means a record holder in the classroom. But, believe me, even if you need to transport a large set of IKEA furniture, thanks to the laying seats and the maximum loading volume of 1265 liters, the car can easily cope with this.
The Japanese have always been mastaks to use every millimeter of space with maximum efficiency. Even the highway, and part -time bridges, build in the country of the rising sun along, and not across the rivers. Life made me learn rationality. So in Impreza you will be pleased with many disguised rather spacious compartments under the floor, pockets in the upholstery of the trunk and doors.
Sports chairs with built -in active head restraints are one of the distinguishing features of the interior of the novelty
Four compartments in the floor will probably be appreciated by supporters of the rational placement of objects in the trunk
There were places for attaching children's seats on the back sofa. The predecessor did not have such. Planting a child here and at least the future Schumacher or Burns begin to educate. And the wife will probably not complain. She and her child on the gallery are hardly less than in a medium -sized sedan. In a word, as if a sweet family car.
An increased air intake improved engine cooling efficiency
Managing a radio is now much more convenient
However, one does not experience the vestibular apparatus of their home during aviation accelerations and when passing turns. Can this beast live at a leisurely pace?
It turns out easy. The pedals are not tougher than, for example, in Octavia or Golf. The sightseeing is not bad, the steering wheel, although sensitive, but even some mistakes are forgiven from the stop to the stop. An independent suspension is harsh, but a very energy intensive. The car, remaining a professional master, can calmly drive in the general stream. The main thing is to know some features of the motor not to zeal with gas, when after about 2700,2800 rpm the turbine begins to be felt. Accustomed to this? And you can calmly roll together with the vast majority of quiet -classes.
The price of services However, do not think that this unique golf champion is without flaws at all. You can find fault with the smoothness of the course, visibility of the back, the gleaming display of the steremagnitols, to the work of the turbine, still quite sharply reaching effective speeds, and also grumble about the need to refuel the expensive AI-98. Little things? Perhaps. That's just the price of $ 33,880, albeit decreased by $ 1,500 compared to Vagon-WRX predecessor, this is no longer a trifle.
It sounds like a verdict for a person trying to buy a station wagon based on a focus or astra, octavia or Peugeot 307. It is hardly important for such customers how many seconds up to a hundred are there, whether the car has a very sharp wheel and whether there is all -wheel drive. Yes, gentlemen, such a Japanese woman is not for you. But if you need a unique station wagon, combining the maneuverability and spaciousness of a city car with the swiftness of a rally shell, Impreza is exactly what is needed.
It is for those who remember that the services of a professional are not cheap. For those who value an outstanding motor, excellent brakes, controllability and, of course, Japanese reliability. For those who have already understood that Impreza-Vegon-WRX has played in the Premier League of powerful all-wheel drive excellent students from birth. And among this Vatagi (Seat-Leon-Coopr 35 thousand euros, Audi-S3 42 thousand, BMW-325xi-touring from 50 thousand, Audi-RS6 105 thousand), it became the most affordable.
The power is not necessary to chase
If, nevertheless, it was in the Impreza that you fell in love at first sight, look at the station wagon with the hopeless 125-horsepower four. This car, although not so dynamic (slower when accelerating to hundreds of 4 s), like her sister with a WRX nameplate, but still a lot of nose.
$ 23 930 for a spectacular station wagon with a demultiplier and all -wheel drive, in which there is a central lock, immobilizer, electric drive of heated mirrors and glass windows, air conditioning, hydraulic power steering, ABS, fog and audio training, a very profitable proposal.
Alexey Sergeev, photo Maxim Goncharov
A source: Magazine "Limousine" [05/03]
