The website was finally updated. Still no '06 Brochures though.

I'd post a link, but it wont let me.

<<---N00B :banana:

Nice find!
I noticed under the "Limited" option it says 4 speed electronically controlled transmition? But you can still get the 5mt.?. Is the 4eat included w/ the limited?

I believe those that want the 4EAT on the WRX "must" get the Limited. The 5mt is still available on the Limited. It better be, because that's what I'm getting.

for the 2.5i is now


Type
2.5-liter SOHC aluminum-alloy 16-valve horizontally opposed SUBARU BOXER engine with i-Active Valve Lift System. Platinum-tipped spark plugs.

Horsepower
173 hp @ 6,000 rpm

Torque (lb.-ft.)
166 lb-ft @ 4,400 rpm

i wish i had that engine...

The website was finally updated. Still no '06 Brochures though.

I'd post a link, but it wont let me.

<<---N00B :banana:

Thanks for the update. :)

This is odd: The WRX comes with 17x6.5" rims, and not 17x7" rims like that found on the L-GT. Why? They use the same size tires as the L-GT. Even more odd is that the Legacy 2.5i, with narrower 205/50x17 tires, also gets 17x7" rims. Why does the WRX get narrower 6.5" rims?

Bob

cost effective?

Thanks for the update. :)

This is odd: The WRX comes with 17x6.5" rims, and not 17x7" rims like that found on the L-GT. Why? They use the same size tires as the L-GT. Even more odd is that the Legacy 2.5i, with narrower 205/50x17 tires, also gets 17x7" rims. Why does the WRX get narrower 6.5" rims?

Bob
That's a mistake. The '06 WRX specs at media.subaru.com say the wheels are 17x7".

-Chike

P.S. Nice find!

I new it was going to be Sept. 1st.

<---- smart :lol:

Is it me or is the site slow as freak

Ouch. $28k is going to be hard to justify for an Impreza WRX wagon with the limited package. The weird thing I noticed is that it says you get the 4EAT included with that package, but you can still select 4EAT or 5MT. If you select 4EAT, it charges another $1000. :que:? I selected a 5MT and it charged me $1000 as well. ***?

The white wagon w/ black leather interior = sweetness.

~~Quentin

The website was finally updated. Still no '06 Brochures though.

I'd post a link, but it wont let me.

<<---N00B :banana:

Yeah, don't expect the brochures for a few weeks.... They've all been ordered but they are the slowest shipping item Subaru has. Needless to say, everyone will have the new WRX's before they we all get the books.... :rolleyes:

Nice to see it finally updated...... Makes me feel like upgrading.... Again.... :furious:

It's nice, but the Canada site has a lot more info, wish they would add more info on there.

Cheers and hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend, I'm off to camp in my home state for the weekend -- south central... ... West Virginia :D

-Nawambo

That's a mistake. The '06 WRX specs at media.subaru.com say the wheels are 17x7".

-Chike

P.S. Nice find!

I hope this is another error... It says an automatic tranny comes with the WRX Limited package!!! Say it ain't so...

Bob

Do you guys think it will be inpossible to have a regular (non-Limited) WRX wagon with a sunroof? I can't justify the cost of leather and stuff, because I wouldn't appreciate it, but I would loove to have a sunroof!

I finally talked the wifey into buying an STi for me :D

So she gets the Leg GT wagon LTD and I get an STi (sans wing and with FN01R-C in bronze). DOPE! Just need some JDM pinks and Group 'n' tops and I am done!

Do you guys think it will be inpossible to have a regular (non-Limited) WRX wagon with a sunroof? I can't justify the cost of leather and stuff, because I wouldn't appreciate it, but I would loove to have a sunroof!

You'll have to go aftermarket then.

Bob

Oh, and nice freakin' pic of the 04 interior in this montage.. SOA sucks ballz.

Hit cancel when it asks you to print, btw.
http://www.subaru.com/shop/print_gallery.jsp?model=IMPREZA&trim=WRX_STI_SEDAN&year=2006

http://www.subaru.com/media/image/2006/impreza/wrxstisedan/photos/photo12.jpg

finally, yeah!

I like the outside temp display under the fuel gauge. I had to put one of these in my 05 myself.

Oh, and nice freakin' pic of the 04 interior in this montage.. SOA sucks ballz.

Hit cancel when it asks you to print, btw.
http://www.subaru.com/shop/print_gallery.jsp?model=IMPREZA&trim=WRX_STI_SEDAN&year=2006

http://www.subaru.com/media/image/2006/impreza/wrxstisedan/photos/photo12.jpg

You gotta re-live the classics, man..... Woo hoo !!! :D

I finally talked the wifey into buying an STi for me :D

So she gets the Leg GT wagon LTD and I get an STi (sans wing and with FN01R-C in bronze). DOPE! Just need some JDM pinks and Group 'n' tops and I am done!


Woo hoo! Congrats!!! :banana:
I'll hopefully be in a similar situation sooner rather than later :D

-Nawambo

You gotta re-live the classics, man..... Woo hoo !!! :D

The classics after a side impact crash apparently :lol:

Woo hoo! Congrats!!! :banana:
I'll hopefully be in a similar situation sooner rather than later :D

-Nawambo

Thanks bud... I was always going to get either a WRX ltd or a STi, I decided that if I am going to spend 27-28K that I might as well get the beast. Can't have there be a model Impreza that's faster than mine :lol:

No TR option?

So what's with the fog lamp option on the STi? Anyone got a clue?

no two tone seats (grey/black) on the WRX?!!!! :furious:

Performance Exhaust System-Cat-Back (SPT) $495

Anyone have any info on this option? Looks interesting.

Is this is also the first step to Subaru including "performance part" options, much like Dodge does for the SRT-4?

SPT parts have been an option for years. they were an option when i bought my 2002 wrx. Here's the web site with a complete list of SPT parts, although looks like they don't have the MY06 parts listed yet. I'm sure the 06 parts are nearly identical to what they have been making all along.

http://www.subaru.com/microsites/spt/parts.sptmain

Really? I don't remember seeing them as an option on the 05 (exhaust, I mean, not shifter or other items), anyway. I can't remember back far enough for others, but I'll take your word on it.

Any idea on how big an improvement in performance the SPT exhaust/cat-back is over stock? I suppose I'm off to do a search... :D

No TR option?
x2 :mad:

Did anyone notice that the USA spec new imprezas have a very different front bumper from the Asia spec imprezas? ;)

Anyone have any info on this option? Looks interesting.

Is this is also the first step to Subaru including "performance part" options, much like Dodge does for the SRT-4?

Teh srt-4 is F4$t4r. :devil:




:p

Figures, I checked SoA last night for the '06s and they weren't there.

:lol:

=S2=

Oh, and nice freakin' pic of the 04 interior in this montage.. SOA sucks ballz.

Hit cancel when it asks you to print, btw.
http://www.subaru.com/shop/print_gallery.jsp?model=IMPREZA&trim=WRX_STI_SEDAN&year=2006

http://www.subaru.com/media/image/2006/impreza/wrxstisedan/photos/photo12.jpgWoW! Those pics R saweet

I thought the new NA 2.5l was supposed to get bettter gas mileage? looks like the MT gets worse gas mileage from the 05 :(

I hope this is another error... It says an automatic tranny comes with the WRX Limited package!!! Say it ain't so...

Bob

I used the configurator, I could add the limited package but still choose between MT and AT.

Just a little bit of nothingness but I also realize that the ashtray is gone and has become a GM/Ford style cup that rests in the cup holder. it also costs 25 bux!... Nothing big but I like my ashtray to be included with the car and hidden away.

(no I dont smoke in the car either, I just like to have my ashtray)

I went to the Subaru web site this afternoon and used the 'build your own' function to come up with an Impreza 2.5i wagon that is pretty fully loaded with options. I brought the printout to my local NJ Subaru dealer, who shook his head and said he could not even come close to matching the printout. A trailer hitch was listed at $200, for example, while he said it should be $300, for example ($300 is also the price ion J. Spitz's site). What gives?

Sounds like your dealer is gouging you. If you don't get within $500 of invoice on your purchase (total) then you should find another dealer.

http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Temp/Sites/1571/a3c405cc630749ceaac2397c540b2a6d/Impreza_i_front_shot.jpg

http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Temp/Sites/1571/421988b228ea4a18bb2c2e42e7817693/Impreza_i_traffic_shot.jpg

Bob

no two tone seats (grey/black) on the WRX?!!!! :furious:

the wagon I looked at in person had 2 tone grey/black...

and also, I test drove an 06 limited wagon, WITH 5MT, so you can get the best of both :)

Why oh why must we have leather if we want moonroof and heated stuff? God, that's annoying.

Anybody know what's up with the absence of the TR option? is it a special order vehicle? will it be introduced later? is it cancelled?


:confused:

Anybody know what's up with the absence of the TR option? is it a special order vehicle? will it be introduced later? is it cancelled?


:confused:

Very limited production I would assume.

Bob

Why oh why must we have leather if we want moonroof and heated stuff? God, that's annoying.

No, that's "Upscale"

Welcome to the New Subaru: enhancing your buying experience by limiting your options.

If you want "Inexpensive and built to stay that way", you'll have to go buy a Hyundai.

No, that's "Upscale"

Welcome to the New Subaru: enhancing your buying experience by limiting your options.

If you want "Inexpensive and built to stay that way", you'll have to go buy a Hyundai.

Your harping on Subaru's upscale movement in every post is getting old.

Everything I've ever read you comment on is negative...If you don't like Subaru so much...there are plenty of other brands to choose from.

No, that's "Upscale"

Welcome to the New Subaru: enhancing your buying experience by limiting your options.

If you want "Inexpensive and built to stay that way", you'll have to go buy a Hyundai.

Thanks god someone else has noticed this.. why bother with Subaru man? Or are you a habitual whiner?

Anybody know what's up with the absence of the TR option? is it a special order vehicle? will it be introduced later? is it cancelled?


:confused:
A local dealer around here has a TR in stock according to the online inventory. I'm thinking about going up there to take some pictures, but it's a bit of a drive from where I live.

Subaru has been limiting options for ages. Back with the last generation Legacy, the Limited model was only available with an automatic (according to the site). Leather wasn't even an option on the Impreza until this year. Subaru likes to put the leather with sunroof and automatics for some dumb reason. The 06 Legacy GT wagon isn't available with a 5MT or cloth. That is just what you get from a small company. FWIW, lots of other companies do the same thing. In order to get the XLT package on a Ford Explorer (2002), you have to get an automatic. My mom still bought the damn thing, even though she's owned 6 manuals and 1 automatic her whole life. :rolleyes:

~~Quentin

Subaru has been limiting options for ages. Back with the last generation Legacy, the Limited model was only available with an automatic (according to the site). Leather wasn't even an option on the Impreza until this year. Subaru likes to put the leather with sunroof and automatics for some dumb reason. The 06 Legacy GT wagon isn't available with a 5MT or cloth. That is just what you get from a small company. FWIW, lots of other companies do the same thing. In order to get the XLT package on a Ford Explorer (2002), you have to get an automatic. My mom still bought the damn thing, even though she's owned 6 manuals and 1 automatic her whole life. :rolleyes:

~~Quentin

*Off topic*
for some reason i find chicks who drive manuals very hot. I noticed a black STI coming towards me on campus one day. At first i was upset that there was another STI on campus, let alone a black one. Then I saw a hot chick driving it, and all was forgiven.

:lol: NICE!

*Off topic*
for some reason i find chicks who drive manuals very hot. I noticed a black STI coming towards me on campus one day. At first i was upset that there was another STI on campus, let alone a black one. Then I saw a hot chick driving it, and all was forgiven.
My g/f drives a 6MT MINI Cooper S. :banana: Check out the front plate.

http://amanda.fauberg.com/pepper/amanda_mini_l30.JPG

~~Quentin

My g/f drives a 6MT MINI Cooper S. :banana: Check out the front plate.

http://amanda.fauberg.com/pepper/amanda_mini_l30.JPG

~~Quentin

Dang...does she have a twin sister who also drives a manual? I'm jealous that you have two fun to drive cars between you...Now I'm dreaming of a chick with a G35, Mini, or a 3 series. *sigh

Dang...does she have a twin sister who also drives a manual? I'm jealous that you have two fun to drive cars between you...Now I'm dreaming of a chick with a G35, Mini, or a 3 series. *sigh
Well, she does have a twin.... brother. He drives a 2005 WRX. I somehow doubt you'd be interested, though. :lol:

~~Quentin

Well, she does have a twin.... brother. He drives a 2005 WRX. I somehow doubt you'd be interested, though. :lol:

~~Quentin


lol i was getting happy until i saw the "brother"...oh well...I'll find my princess clutch one of these days.

I went to subaru here in Flagstaff Arizona because I saw on the website that they had a new 06 WRX. When I went I saw that it was the new TR model in WRB. Car looked nice but I was a bit disapointed when I saw it doesnt have the standard WRX buckets, but the RS standard Seats, besides that looks like a WRX Sans Spoiler. The car still had the paper wrapping on it maybe I will go take some pictures and get them posted up for you guys tomorrow. They are getting in a couple of STI's next week and I am 1st in line for a test drive.