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Patti
-mike
Bob
In fact, I had to visit 3 dealer just to find a 5 speed Forester back in 1998, and the one I purchased from had to ship it in from out of town! Now the balance is better.
CVTs could be interesting, but developing one that could handle the WRX's torque would take a lot of development dollars away from the 2.5l turbo, H6 variants, etc.
Bring back the Justy! ;-)
-juice
Two interesting advances since the Justy days: 1) ways to handle more power through a CVT; 2) greatly advanced computer/electronic control. The Audi folks claim to basically be able to make their CVT pretend to be whatever you want it to be. Want it to "shift gears"? No problem. Want it to "shift" with a jerk? Sure thing. Want "sporting ratios"? Got 'em right here. Want it to run as smooth as a locomotive? Well, it does that by nature. All in all, it is a major achievement and a considerable advance in transmission techology.
Especially if it works ;-) I agree with paisan, plus I'm a cheapskate, which means I'm going to let other people be the guinea pigs for that transmission. At the same time I'm going to keep a keen eye on it.
Cheers,
-wdb
Still, we're talking big bucks to develop it. VW charges $1100 for its automatic tranny, so let's see what the CVT costs.
-juice
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> I have the production numbers that you were looking for. They are as
> follows:
>
> '98 Impreza RS Coupe 5-speed - 995 units
> '98 Impreza RS Coupe automatic - 685 units
> '98 Impreza RS Coupes - 1,680 units
>
> '99 Impreza RS Coupe 5-speed - 1,795 units
> '99 Impreza RS Coupe automatic - 345 units
> '99 Impreza RS Coupes - 2,140 units
>
> '00 Impreza RS Coupe 5-speed - 2,375 units
> '00 Impreza RS Coupe automatic - 535 units
> '00 Impreza RS Coupes - 2,910 units
>
> '00 Impreza RS Sedan 5-speed - 1,636 units
> '00 Impreza RS Sedan automatic - 1,574 units
> '00 Impreza RS Sedans - 3,210 units
>
> '00 Impreza RS models - 6,120 units
>
> '01 Impreza RS Coupe 5-speed - 1,701 units
> '01 Impreza RS Coupe automatic - 324 units
> '01 Impreza RS Coupes - 2,025 units
>
> '01 Impreza RS Sedan 5-speed - 1,057 units
> '01 Impreza RS Sedan automatic - 1,011 units
> '01 Impreza RS Sedans - 2,068 units
>
> '01 Impreza RS models - 4,093 units
>
> We do not have production numbers available by options or by color. I
> hope that this information is helpful. Best wishes!!
>
> John J. Mergen
> Subaru of America, Inc.
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Look at that, when the RS sedan arrived in 2000 they made an overwhelming number of the coupes 5spds and the sedans were close to 50/50.
So perhaps there are a lot of automatic WRXs, since SOA's previous working knowledge was coupe=5MT, sedan=4EAT and obviously there aren't any more coupes. The obvious issue though is that someone who would rather have a coupe but is going to buy a WRX no matter what is probably one of those who also only wants the 5MT.
-Colin
(btw the iClub thread is here unless anyone is curious.)
-juice
This data alone doesn't provide a meaningful indicator of whether the customers really wanted a coupe or a sedan.
-Colin
At i Club meets, there is usually only one sedan and a dozen coupes. That's why I am surprised.
-juice
-Beanboy
Notice how manuals outsells the autos by a giant margin for coupes while the autos and manuals are about the same for sedans? Hmm....
-Colin
BTW, I heard that they tested CVT on a Indy car or something, and it consisantly ran the lap 2 seconds faster than the manual... Could you imagine what we could do with tunning something like that? Make it so it pumps out 5000 rpms constantly, then change it with a click of a button to 2000rpms, or up to even 7000rpms This would be MUCH more fun and dynamic than shifting ever could be!
Patti
Fact is, today's cars rock. The WRX blows away most of the cars we dreamed of owning back in the day, and is safer, three times as efficient, and handles far better than the Porsches of the era.
I've ridden in a 12 second big-block Camaro, but you smell major fumes in the passenger seat, heat radiates past the fire wall and roasts your toes, it idles more or less as smooth as an earthquake, and it sounds like a bad sequel to the Texas chainsaw massacre with the volume on full blast.
In other words, it's a hoot!
-juice
Cheers,
-wdb
http://www.bitman.com/topo/
Unfortunately I never got to experience any ride in it other than being pushed in and out of the garage by my wife. Learned my lesson jumping into such a major project having never done a street rod before. 10 years and way too much cash. Some day I will wish I still had it.
bit
I stick to the surface streets; even though I can cruise at 55-60 I can't keep up with the maniacs doing 75-80+ on US 1 nor can I stop as fast as they can. Still they smile and wave as they blow by. A bright spot of nostalgia in another bustling modern day.
It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Out comes the Subaru again.
Ed
Ed: you can't get that kind of attention with a new Subie, that's for sure. (well, a WRX while it's still new, maybe...)
-juice
Patti
- hutch
-juice
-Colin
I'd love to find one in good condition, but they are few and far between. Smokey and The Bandit is my favorite movie, I think i'm the only one who has it on DVD
-mike
I really loved that T-top as a kid.
-juice
-juice
-Colin
Don
Bob
Stephen
Ross
Small block 350 ci V8 bored out .030 with an aluminum semi high-rise intake manifold topped with a 650 cfm 4 barrel (vacum secondary, single pumper) Holly Carb. 4 speed M-20 "Son of Rock Crusher" Muncie transmission. That car would pass anything on the highway but a gas station! And that is the main reason I got rid of it! (sigh) Memories........
John
How about a Legacy Sedan with an H6?
-Bryan
Leo
My local dealer has the color charts in for all the 2002 Subarus now. There's some interesting color stuff on the Legacys. First off, all of them, including the Outbacks, are getting a new red called Regatta Red. It looks very similar to the Sedona Red on the Imprezas. The Legacy Ls and GTs are getting a new silver, while the Pearl White that was only on 6 Cylinder OBs last year is now the only Outback white (the Ls and GTs keep the same old "Aspen White" though). The only cloth Outback with dark gray seats now is the Deep Sapphire Pearl, all the others get beige. Also, two different colors of GT Limiteds will now come with beige leather instead of black leather, Regatta Red and (I think) Timberline Green.
Not that it's important...
Mike
Other debuts of interest (to me) are the Acura RSX (production version), the MB G-Wagon (MB's "official" US version), the Honda Civic Si hatchback, Mitsubishi Evo VII (WRX competitor), the Jaguar X-Type AWD sedan, and (hopefully) a Jeep Liberty that we can finally sit in.
Bob
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010406/nyf001e.html
Frank
Bob
Dad had a '61 +/- Valiant... red, 3-speed floor shift... I was 5 or 6 at the time, and it was our first "second car".. he used to let me help him shift
Wow... another trip, stumble & fall down memory lane...
Cheers!
Paul