Wednesday, December 03, 2008

YE GADS!

There are few sounds on this planet as spine-tingling as the sound of the Subaru 2.5 Boxer engine. Though I'm a Mitsubishi guy, and Mitsu's been locked in a Japanese civil war for eons with Subaru, I gotta admit I love the Subie. The new '09 WRX comes with 265HP straight out the box.

The few $$ I've got left in my wallet beg to be Subaru's.

I mean, check this beaut out. With a few tweaks - i.e. soften the front and stiffen the rear to eliminate unholy understeer, throw in a short-shifter and swap in a proper race seat with a 4-point harness - the WRX could be the meanest whip in the streets.



If Subie decides to mass-produce this WRX STi below tho, I promise to live off water and air to cop one. Its apparent mega-horses notwithstanding, look at the size of that hood-scoop. [bonnet-scoop?] It looks mean enough to suck leaves up from the pavement, not to mention squirrels and small humans.