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Take a look at the stats below : Evo8 (US Spec) vs. Impreza WRX STI (US Spec). Figures taken from "Automotiveforums.com".

EVO 8 US SPEC
Horsepower @ rpm (SAE net): 271@6500

WRX Sti
Horsepower 300hp@6000 rpm

Year 2004 2003
Make Subaru Mitsubishi
Model Impreza Lancer
Trim WRX Sti (USA) Evolution (USA)
Transmission 6-speed Manual 5-speed Manual
Theoretical Top Speed 154 mph 153 mph

0-30 mph 1.42 s 1.47 s
0-40 mph 2.49 s 2.48 s
0-50 mph 3.39 s 3.49 s
0-60 mph 4.88 s 4.94 s
0-70 mph 6.19 s 6.44 s
0-80 mph 8.19 s 8.49 s
0-90 mph 10.09 s 10.68 s
0-100 mph 12.49 s 13.32 s
0-110 mph 15.88 s 17.04 s
0-120 mph 19.53 s 21.36 s
0-130 mph 24.62 s 26.98 s
0-140 mph 33.44 s 35.40 s
0-150 mph 50.05 s 54.87 s

100 ft 2.59 s @ 40.99 mph 2.61 s @ 41.29 mph
500 ft 7.13 s @ 73.92 mph 7.19 s @ 74.36 mph
660 ft (1/8 mile) 8.53 s @ 81.93 mph 8.60 s @ 80.55 mph
1320 ft (1/4 mile) 13.36 s @ 102.25 mph 13.53 s @ 101.36 mph
2640 ft (1/2 mile) 21.27 s @ 123.88 mph 21.62 s @ 120.54 mph
5280 ft (1 mile) 34.74 s @ 141.21 mph 35.31 s @ 139.92 mph
7920 ft (1.5 mile) 47.10 s @ 148.92 mph 47.78 s @ 147.74 mph

Comparitive analysis : (my car included as "wrx")
110-150 mph :
wrx = 9.5s
sti = 34.17s
evo8 = 37.83s

130-150 mph
wrx = 4.4s
sti = 25.43s
evo8 = 27.89s

140-150 mph
wrx = 2.2s
sti = 16.61s
evo8 = 19.47s

Just look at the staggering difference in performance at high speeds between my Impreza and the 300 bhp STI, itself a performance icon. The Evo9, having 286 bhp, would be similar in performance to the 300 bhp STI.

it takes so long for an sti to gain high speeds?!

Depends on what you are comparing it to. Compared to "sporty" sedans (BMW 320i) and "sports cars" like Celica its really fast, because most cars will not even hit 150 mph. Compared to Cayenne Turbo and 911 Carrerra its quite close - Carerra C2/C4-S hits 150 mph in about 43 sec. Compared to M5 (0-150 mph in 23 sec) its slow and compared to Carrera GT (17 sec) and Enzo (16 sec) it is very slow. But, for Bangladesh, if someone has one, it is probably still fast enough to be among the top 12 fastest cars in the country.

Nice specs wrx. from any corner you look at the sti, it's the best damn performance car ever in my openion.

O:T wrx, can we please have the pleasure of a pic of you wrx???? I heard so much about this car and i really....i mean really want to see it. so please provide us a pic. thanks.

I'm a great fan of STIs as well.

Re : my car, there are a couple of pics in the gallery - they were posted last year. If you look back some pages you'll find them. You can also look in the "most viewed section". Anyway, I'll try to take some new ones, as the looks have changed a bit. It's become uglier due to a new set of very large long- range spot lamps.

bhai.. where do u get so much time to do this comparison.... u r making kids MAD .... a lil kid called me other day ... & asked me where he can get 2JZ-GTE ... & sup it up ... to beat u ....

There's a lot more to a car than just straight line acceleration. On a public road, especially if its twisty and definitely if its wet, the STI and EVO will leave much faster cars way behind. Point-to-point, they are said to be among the fastest cars on the road - beating even the most powerful supercars. The ideal combination of power, handling, control, braking efficiency, road-tuned suspension make them kings of the public road.

High speeds are mostly unachievable on public roads due to traffic and law enforcement, so these cars go for great acceleration upto about 200 km/h. On small capacity (2000cc) turbo cars you either go for good acceleration at low speed (street-oriented) or good acceleration at high speed - you can't have it both. You can only get both on much larger engines due to the wide TORQUE band, which gives nearly instant throttle response at any speeds (no turbo lag here).

wrx wrote:I'm a great fan of STIs as well.

Re : my car, there are a couple of pics in the gallery - they were posted last year. If you look back some pages you'll find them. You can also look in the "most viewed section". Anyway, I'll try to take some new ones, as the looks have changed a bit. It's become uglier due to a new set of very large long- range spot lamps.

Bro being a fellow scooby enthusiast can u send me the links to yr cars pics as would like to see them.

I think having a Corolla in Dhaka is fast enough.

I'll try and find those links for you, Subaru. Arnab, Dhaka does have two advantages. There are no speed cameras here - so no nasty surprises at home 2 weeks after speeding. Also, I've never been chased by police even though I've done lots of rounds at very high speed in their presence. That's probably because they feel they have no chance ! Anyway, if you were living in London, it would be very hard to hold on to your driving licence !

Thnx 4da nice specs WRX... I think both of da cars r gud.

Your'e welcome.

don't know if this is a rumour or not, but a friend of mine spotted a blue wrx sti, new shape and a red wrx, new shape in maghbazar yesterday.

the blue one is 1.5l n/a impreza.. the red one must be the old generation one or might be those wrx look a like modified corrolas and i called the dealer few weeks back, they said they didnt import any wrx or sti yet but the chariman of rel might bring one or two for his sons

nice!!