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Seriously? Damned you Australia!! ;)

Post by suparu » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:18 pm

You guys get ALL the coolest stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Cosworth STi

A special, FACTORY production marriage of STi and Cosworth!! :twisted:
http://subaru.co.uk/vehicles/cosworth

AND this new factory lifted Impreza, aka the Subaru XV!! :cool:
http://subaru.co.uk/vehicles/xv/


That's WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too cool!!!!

You guys need to start shipping some of that awsomeness over the pond, all we're getting are these stupid-big, heavy, lunky, worthless, looks-like-every-other-car-on-the-road Subarus now :???:

I mean really, an Impreza that has the same dimensions as my mid 90's Legacy? An Outback that shares the same roof height as the silly Tribeca?

Let it be known, We are envious (well, at least I am ;) of your Australian Subarus!!!!! :p


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Post by Silverbullet » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:26 pm

*Dreams*

Whether any of us can afford it is another thing altogether ;)
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Post by taza » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:30 pm

Silverbullet wrote:*Dreams*

Whether any of us can afford it is another thing altogether ;)
Very true.

We even get all the Subaxtreme bullbar gear, rear bars, lift kits the lot really. But most of us cannot afford in :(

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Post by Alex » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:44 pm

funny how we all envy what the US and Japan get, yet they envy what we get.
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Post by FROG » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:42 pm

grass is always greener on the other side...........
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Post by Alex » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:49 pm

id love for 2 door imprezas and 2.2l turbos to not be as rare as hens teeth over here
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Post by FROG » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:50 pm

the Cosworth is veeery nice. I remember drooling over the rs500 ford sierra Cosworth back in the eighties , 50k in pounds is getting up there though
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Post by Gannon » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:20 pm

Unless I've missed something, those cars available from Subaru UK, not Australia.

Back in about 2005, Lichfield had a similar vehicle called the Type 25.
Subaru Impreza (Litchfield Type 25)

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Post by nncoolg » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:54 pm

Dont forget you lucky lads got the XT6, L series coupe, brat turbo, 'MY' series hatch and the outback baja. Oh, and all the better looking trunk garnishes!

We, however, get to drive on the correct side of the road:mrgreen:

Be nice if those new Camaros that were designed here came to our shores too, the wife would love one of those!

Im gonna chuck in the riding in the back of pickups and helmet-less bike riding in there too. Oh, and Red Lobster. Dammit, I have state envy!
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Post by guyph_01 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:06 pm

Lol yeah, I agree with alex, The US got all or most the cool stuff, XT6, RX, 2door MY, And all those cool accessories like body kits for the L series, the quad lights, Digital taco and the list goes on.....
The project, EJ22 --->>> EJ25 Quad CAM:D touring wagon
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Post by Subyroo » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:37 pm

nncoolg wrote:Im gonna chuck in the riding in the back of pickups and helmet-less bike riding in there too.
You make it sound like you want to die young and have a good looking corpse!


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Post by mud_king91 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:44 pm

i seen a MY coupe for sale in sa gumtree... bummed i couldnt afford it... yea us got the best id love a quadlight L
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Post by 2nd Hand Yank » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:10 pm

nncoolg wrote: Oh, and Red Lobster.
You envy Red Lobster? :D
We have that in Canada.

Now that I think about it,
I haven't seen any massive seafood specialty restaurants that boast heaps of fair-grade bargain seafood
aside from fish-n-chip shops and their batter is typically a bit bland.
Red Lobster often offers 4-6 different ways to cook any given type of seafood
distinctly different flavours and recipes.
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Post by El_Freddo » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:48 am

nncoolg wrote:Dont forget you lucky lads got the XT6, L series coupe, brat turbo, 'MY' series hatch and the outback baja. Oh, and all the better looking trunk garnishes!

We, however, get to drive on the correct side of the road:mrgreen:

Im gonna chuck in the riding in the back of pickups and helmet-less bike riding in there too.
I totally agree with all of the above! But I'm glad that we still get the EJ dual range gearbox (stab and twist! :twisted:). And if we got the XT6 we most likely wouldn't have the crossbred conversion...

Necessity is the mother of invention is what someone once said! Hence Subaextreme for Australian conditions/image of their vehicles with front and rear bars!

All that said I'd love an RXII coupe! Already got the plans laid out for one if I ever manage to win tatts :twisted:

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Post by suparu » Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:28 pm

Called the XV Crosstrek in the USA for 2013.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/22/s...sstrek-for-ny/
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/subaru/...-ar126891.html
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Post by Gannon » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:16 pm

nncoolg wrote: Oh, and all the better looking trunk garnishes!
What trunk garnish?
suparu wrote:Called the XV Crosstrek in the USA for 2013.
Old news, they are already on sale here
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Post by El_Freddo » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:33 pm

Gannon wrote:Old news, they are already on sale here
Hence the reason for the thread!

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The grass is always greener...

Post by pitrack_1 » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:22 pm

Not in Moab unless it's irrigated :-)

Hmmm. Well Suparu, you guys have some of the best reasons to own a Subaru: MTB, offroad, skiing and outdoor/wilderness territory.

Like Slickrock (and I only did the 'practice' circuit). Arches. Canyonlands/ Dead Horse Point. Grand Canyon North Rim. Bryce Canyon Hoodoos. The Hurricane - Escalante - Hanksville - Moab 'drive'. Snow! Olympic class ski resorts just outside Salt Lake City.

Nothing like cycling across a rock at about a 30 degree angle with no fear of slip, or looking down to see Jeeps toddling along a track about 1 mile below you...

We get all the best stuff? Uh-huh, for sure, you bet...! :cool:

Still, Australia has its benefits..I love Australia!!! :D
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Post by steptoe » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:45 pm

My view of turbo Subies in the rally scene was dimmed in the late ninties when I ferried a team about and they revealed the engine blocks were not made in Japan but in the UK by Cosworth .......
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Post by pitrack_1 » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:06 pm

steptoe wrote:My view of turbo Subies in the rally scene was dimmed...were not made in Japan but in the UK by Cosworth .......
Hmmm, sounds like a Lucas effect was also encountered... :twisted:
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