Car Review - 2009 Subaru Impreza Wrx Features & Specifications

2009 Subaru Impreza Wrx - Everyday traffic inward Manila is such a finicky creature. One moment, you’re cruising the length of EDSA at virtually lxxx km/h in addition to the next; you’re stuck behind the Love Bus. You remember y'all tin escape it yesteryear leaving before (or later) or yesteryear taking some other route, but after sometime y'all realize: traffic hither doesn’t follow a detail fourth dimension or place. It comes in addition to goes at volition in addition to no sum of u-turn slots in addition to omnibus lanes tin laid upwards it. The best y'all tin practise would last to brand the daily commute much to a greater extent than bearable: a roomy in addition to comfy cabin, a compliant ride in addition to a squeamish stereo would last welcome things to select as y'all crawl adjacent to everyone else. But what virtually the times when things are moving faster? When y'all wished y'all had a quick automobile amongst first-class performance in addition to potent brakes to haul y'all in? It may non last to a greater extent than than 14.28 percentage of whatever given calendar week (that’s Dominicus to y'all non-mathematicians), but as an enthusiast, y'all only desire that extra boot available when y'all require it the most. Luckily, there’s the Subaru Impreza WRX—a automobile that’s equal parts comfortable in addition to racy; an automotive equivalent of Doctor Jekyll in addition to Mister Hyde.

The floor of the WRX starts from the regular Impreza, which inward plough is based on a shortened Legacy platform. Anyone who has driven the Legacy tin attest to its combination of a compliant ride in addition to enthusiastic handling; in addition to the Impreza, fifty-fifty the WRX, is no different. On only virtually whatever surface, the WRX absorbs bumps amongst ease. The interruption almost feels similar it has limitless travel, going over ruts in addition to route cuts without always jarring the occupants. It shames whatever of its compact automobile rivals, in addition to this is despite riding on sporty 205/50 R 17 tires. The WRX is as skillful at taking corners as good cheers to its symmetrical all-wheel drive. At first, in that location are hints of understeer, but a quick nudge of the cycle volition speedily reel the WRX in. The steering, which relies on a conventional hydraulic mightiness assist rather than the base of operations Impreza’s electro-hydraulic system, is heavy in addition to communicative inward a BMW kind of way. The brakes select besides been beefed upwards amongst a two-piston front, single-piston rear—the real same set-up institute inward the Legacy 2.5 GT in addition to Spec B cars.

The WRX, similar all other Imprezas, is equipped amongst Vehicle Dynamic Control System or VDCS, a organization which integrates stability in addition to traction command as good as added stuff such as colina start assist. This organization tin last overridden (but non completely turned off) via a dash-mounted button.

Aside from its first-class mix of treatment in addition to ride, what makes the WRX an addicting automobile to stimulate is the good of air beingness sucked inward yesteryear its 2.5-liter turbocharged flat-4 engine. At start-up, this ‘Boxer’ engine cranks harder than its normally-aspirated 2.0-liter cousin—an indication of to a greater extent than musculus lurking inside. But similar all other Subaru engines, it settles to a nice, tranquillity in addition to fifty-fifty idle amongst no vibration (what else would y'all await from the consistent Ward’s Auto World 10 Best Engines winner?). It shares the same engine from the same engine from previous WRX models, so peak mightiness in addition to torque haven’t changed (230 horsepower, 320 Nm). However, engineers select improved mightiness in addition to torque delivery, lowering them yesteryear 400 rpm in addition to 800 respectively. A jab of the throttle volition number inward nearly instantaneous acceleration in addition to the sounds of whoosh as the large hood scoop gulps air. The accompanying five-speed manual gives precise shifts despite its long locomote in addition to though heavy, the clutch pedal gives a squeamish in addition to positive engagement. All inward all, despite its high grade of performance, the WRX manages to provide a surprisingly skillful figure of 7.24 km/h, redline acceleration, Fri traffic in addition to all.

The GH, as the electrical flow Impreza is designated, marks the get-go fourth dimension the Impreza is offered inward the Philippines as a total model arrive at from a base of operations normally-aspirated model to a full-blown STI rally automobile for the road. This means, it’s genuinely harder to tell the WRX apart from its lesser-engined brethren from whatever angle except the front. Both variants select the same road-scraping ‘Sport’ trunk kit as touchstone as good as the same 10-spoke 17-inch alloy wheels. In fact, the alone differences come upwards inward the shape of colouring cloth choices as good as the large hood scoop in addition to mesh-type grille (replacing the base of operations Impreza’s egg-crate design).

The differences betwixt the regular Impreza in addition to the WRX are much to a greater extent than blurred within where both expression completely identical downwards to the colouring cloth combination, materials used in addition to fifty-fifty listing of touchstone features. The words ‘MOMO’ may last missing from the steering wheel, but it doesn’t brand the large-diameter, thick iii spoke pattern less ergonomic or tardily to use. In fact, it’s the same leather-clad steering cycle institute inward only virtually every locally available Subaru automobile (except the Tribeca)! The front end seats are one-piece sport buckets, mounted depression for that ‘racy’ feeling. The driver features a manual superlative adjuster to compensate, but onetime people riding shotgun may complain of hard ingress/egress. There’s non much toys to play amongst within the WRX, but at to the lowest degree the touchstone stereo organization (also shared amongst the residuum of the Impreza range) is first-class to tell the least. There’s a company laid of input selections including a centre console auxiliary good jack in addition to 100 watts of output from its 10-speaker system. There’s fifty-fifty a sub-woofer jack built into the unit of measurement if y'all desire fifty-fifty to a greater extent than thump.

Before driving the WRX, it was quite tardily to dismiss it as a half-baked stance that’s somewhere betwixt the insane WRX STI in addition to the tame Impreza. Those after practically volition opt for the P 1.060-million 2.0 R Sport spell those who desire performance volition instruct the P 2.048-million WRX STI. Personally, I had the same notion when I settled for a R Sport (an automatic no less) half dozen months back. But after trying the WRX inward only virtually every driving situation, except for the Christmas shopping rush, i cannot assist but praise the abilities of this car. If y'all could alone select i automobile to run both everyday (bringing the missus to piece of occupation in addition to the kids to school) in addition to the occasional rails day, so the WRX is the automobile for you. If I alone had an additional P 600,000 lying unopen to (that’s on arrive at of the P 1.140-million 2.0 R Sport automatic buy price), I’d for certain opt for a WRX.