#Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype

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Subaru WRC Concept, 2007. A prototype that previewed the 3rd generation Subaru Impreza WRX STI which was presented at the IAA in Frankfurt and then at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show.

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Gran Turismo 6 - Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype REVIEW

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Would You Pay $370,000 for a Subaru? The Impreza 22B Complicates Things

Like any good enthusiast car to come out of Japan, the Subaru WRX has so many variants it takes some real study to get all the permutations down. But if you ask a Subaru nut what the greatest road-going Impreza of all time is, you’re likely to get a humble-sounding model as the answer: 22B. And you’ll likely get that answer very, very quickly.

The reason for the 22B’s hold on Subie fans? A combination of extreme rarity, WRC rally car looks, and hints that it might be even more formidable than Subaru claims. For one, only 424 were built—400 for Japan, 16 for the U.K., five for Australia, and three prototypes. That’s it. And those looks, sure, Subaru has the WRC cred to back them up. The 22B was built to celebrate three consecutive FIA World Championship titles. That earned the economy car the right to pair gold wheels with a huge hood scoop and an even larger rear wing.

And then there’s the issue of performance. Subaru claimed 280 horsepower—at the time, there was an unspoken agreement between Japanese automakers to limit horsepower to around that number. Few believe that Subaru took this limit seriously for the 22B. Most presume the real figure to be closer to 300, maybe slightly above that. Its engine, enlarged to 2.2-liters from a regular WRX’s 2.0, was filled with internals to handle increased output. Sodium-filled exhaust valves, for instance.

Elsewhere, the 22B incorporated all the company’s knowledge about traction, aerodynamics, and handling: A wider track, more tire, an adjustable rear wing, upgraded clutch, and a short-ratio gearbox. And the 22B is light, at a bit over 2,800 lbs.

You’d expect all that stuff to add up. But the 22B also accelerates like a contemporary supercar, hitting 60 mph in the low- to mid-4-second range. Some say it could dip into the high 3s. Raw acceleration numbers are a very limited measure of overall performance, but it highlights just how outrageous the 22B really is. Essentially, it’s a little supercar built around the humble Impreza.

And pricing reflects that. Just a few years ago, a legitimate 22B prototype could only command $142,559. And a year before that, we were putting the high end of valuation for a regular 22B at around $100,000. Brace yourself for what Appreciating Classics wants for this example: $370,000. It has low miles, just 271 shown, having been purchased by a collector as an investment. It’s in as-new shape, with the window sticker, the original plastic over the rear seats, the whole nine yards. There aren’t going to be any more 22Bs made, so finding one in this condition—if that’s truly what you want—might never happen again. Even so, this price is aggressive, to say the least.

This 22B is in the U.K., and remember that it’ll be a few years before the 25 year rule allows you to legally import something like this. There might be another way to get it into the country, but do your homework. It’d be an unforgivable sin if this were crushed for being here illegally.

Photos used by permission of Appreciating Classics.

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Would You Pay $370,000 for a Subaru? The Impreza 22B Complicates Things

Like any good enthusiast car to come out of Japan, the Subaru WRX has so many variants it takes some real study to get all the permutations down. But if you ask a Subaru nut what the greatest road-going Impreza of all time is, you’re likely to get a humble-sounding model as the answer: 22B. And you’ll likely get that answer very, very quickly.

The reason for the 22B’s hold on Subie fans? A combination of extreme rarity, WRC rally car looks, and hints that it might be even more formidable than Subaru claims. For one, only 424 were built—400 for Japan, 16 for the U.K., five for Australia, and three prototypes. That’s it. And those looks, sure, Subaru has the WRC cred to back them up. The 22B was built to celebrate three consecutive FIA World Championship titles. That earned the economy car the right to pair gold wheels with a huge hood scoop and an even larger rear wing.

And then there’s the issue of performance. Subaru claimed 280 horsepower—at the time, there was an unspoken agreement between Japanese automakers to limit horsepower to around that number. Few believe that Subaru took this limit seriously for the 22B. Most presume the real figure to be closer to 300, maybe slightly above that. Its engine, enlarged to 2.2-liters from a regular WRX’s 2.0, was filled with internals to handle increased output. Sodium-filled exhaust valves, for instance.

Elsewhere, the 22B incorporated all the company’s knowledge about traction, aerodynamics, and handling: A wider track, more tire, an adjustable rear wing, upgraded clutch, and a short-ratio gearbox. And the 22B is light, at a bit over 2,800 lbs.

You’d expect all that stuff to add up. But the 22B also accelerates like a contemporary supercar, hitting 60 mph in the low- to mid-4-second range. Some say it could dip into the high 3s. Raw acceleration numbers are a very limited measure of overall performance, but it highlights just how outrageous the 22B really is. Essentially, it’s a little supercar built around the humble Impreza.

And pricing reflects that. Just a few years ago, a legitimate 22B prototype could only command $142,559. And a year before that, we were putting the high end of valuation for a regular 22B at around $100,000. Brace yourself for what Appreciating Classics wants for this example: $370,000. It has low miles, just 271 shown, having been purchased by a collector as an investment. It’s in as-new shape, with the window sticker, the original plastic over the rear seats, the whole nine yards. There aren’t going to be any more 22Bs made, so finding one in this condition—if that’s truly what you want—might never happen again. Even so, this price is aggressive, to say the least.

This 22B is in the U.K., and remember that it’ll be a few years before the 25 year rule allows you to legally import something like this. There might be another way to get it into the country, but do your homework. It’d be an unforgivable sin if this were crushed for being here illegally.

Photos used by permission of Appreciating Classics.

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1/64 Figure Diecast CMs RALLY Racing CAR S10 SUBARU IMPREZA 2006 Prototype Press

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Subaru Impreza WRC Prototype, 2003. The result of an integrated design process between Prodrive in the UK and Subaru in Japan, the GD series Impreza WRC was presented first at the 2002 Paris Motor show prior to competing in the 2003 World Rally Championship in which the Subaru team came third overall. 

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We Drive the Wicked WRX STI S209 as Subaru Celebrates 30 Years of STI

Very few brands can claim to be synonymous with the field in which they excel. For a generation of fans, though, the World Rally Championship (WRC) was synonymous with Subaru Technica International, better known as STI. In the first year after its establishment on April 2, 1988, Subaru’s motorsports division broke the 100,000-km average-speed record with a special Legacy Turbo, averaging 138 mph in the course of 20 days. It then went on to win three WRC championships in the 1990s, notch five Nürburgring 24 Hour SP3T-class victories in the 2000s, and remain a competitor in Japan’s Super GT series for more than a decade.

To celebrate its 30th anniversary—it was really the 31st, but the Japanese fiscal year starts in April so we’ll forgive them—STI held a Motorsports Day at Fuji Speedway and we were there. The event was a way for STI to share the milestone with fans and to thank them for their support, and also to announce plans, vehicle updates, and the driver lineup for the upcoming racing calendar to partners, sponsors, and media.

STI doesn’t normally hold a Motorsports Day, instead leaving them to the likes of Toyota Gazoo, NISMO, Mazda, and Honda. But STI fans were clearly hungry for such an event, and they came I droves, with around 3000 loyalists in attendance. Fuji Speedway’s various parking lots were packed with Subarus; from higher vantage points it was like looking down at an ocean of World Rally Blue, with most of the cars being lightly modified in some way.

The S209 Is Special

STI had a special treat at the Fuji Short Track, where we had a chance to try out some JDM-only models such as the STI S208, Levorg STI Sport, and BRZ STI Sport, plus get a quick drive in a prototype of the new, U.S.-only STI S209. We’d get a few laps in each car around the half-mile circuit.

Before going out on our own, however, we got a ride with Toshihiro ‘Toshi’ Arai in the S209 to get familiar with the track and to see how this car could perform with a pro behind the wheel. Arai-san is a proper WRC driver, having raced for Subaru in the Group N World Rally Championship from 1997–2000 and again in 2002–2003. In an instant I was hanging on for dear life as he pushed the S209 around corners in a way that surely violated the laws of physics somehow. The car just gripped and gripped, and then gripped some more—just as I’d assume the car was about to lose its connection to the tarmac, it somehow found a way to bite down even harder. Then we’d blast out of a corner and rocket on to the next one. It was exhilarating.

Just after, I was the first to drive the camouflaged S209, and while I don’t know how many more times I can use the word “grip,” but that’s the keyword here. The wider tires (265/35 versus 245/35 on the standard STI) are specially developed by Dunlop for the S209, and they clawed the track with a tenacity rare in Subarus driven on pavement. There was a lot of talk about how confidence-inspiring the S209 is before we drove it, and that’s certainly the case. Bolstering the car’s approachable nature is a clever flexible strut-tower brace with a spherical joint in the middle to help the tires maintain maximum possible contact with the road.

This absolute beast of a car was also my first opportunity to sample the 2.5-liter EJ25 engine used in U.S.-market STIs, as Japanese versions only get the 2.0-liter EJ20. Given its America-exclusive status, the S209 is very much a development of the U.S. STI than one of the JDM car. Masuo Takatsu, chief engineer at STI, said “the larger engine was better suited for American tastes,” and with 341 horsepower—31 more than the regular car—the S209 is the most powerful street model to wear an STI badge. The first S-series STI to cross the Pacific, it’s a more compliant yet more capable weapon than the rawer S208 shown here in white. Just 200 units planned, and like everyone else in Japan I’m already very, very jealous.

Driving the JDM Models

It was almost cruel to go from the S209 and into the less powerful BRZ STI Sport. It’s more or less the same car as the BRZ tS you get in North America but with chassis bracing and a smaller rear wing, because Americans love big, flashy aero, apparently. After all these years the BRZ still proves to be fun, though, and while it doesn’t have the same level of roadholding and confidence as its all-wheel-drive siblings, it was still a very controllable and manageable car to steer around the tight and technical Fuji Short Course.

The Levorg STI Sport came last, and it’s worthwhile to note that—like the BRZ ST Sport—it isn’t a full-fat STI product. The STI Sport cars are all developed by the Subaru mothership with a few STI add-ons. In this way, they’re analogous to AMG’s 43 and 53 models as a sort of stepping stone between regular workaday models and their higher-performing halos. The Levorg STI Sport comes dressed with STI goodies such as a front spoiler, RAYS wheels, and STI-tuned adjustable Bilstein dampers. It’s also only available with CVT.

But essentially, it’s a WRX wagon. It has the same FA20F engine as the U.S.-spec WRX but upped to 300 horsepower. It’s a very competent car, and you can really turn into corners aggressively and hammer on the throttle coming out of them without too much fuss or drama as the car sorts out your vector. It deals with sudden changes in direction well, too, impressively managing the transfer of mass. Of course, with a CVT it’s never going to be as exciting as it would be with a manual. At the moment the Levorg is only sold in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and a few European markets. There are no plans to bring it Stateside, even though it would be a compelling offering with few natural competitors outside of perhaps the VW Golf SportWagen, which offers no performance variant here.

WRC Car, Ahoy!

Of course, an STI Motorsports Day wouldn’t be complete without the appearance of a WRC car, and Subaru organized rides in an Impreza WRC 98 car from the Rally of San Marino. With the names Colin McRae and Nicky Grist plastered on its sides, this was a proper pinch-myself moment. What made it even better was we would be driven by Arai-san.

It’s an understatement to say the first generation of the Impreza defined Subaru in terms of WRC. These were the cars that gave Subaru its three manufacturer’s WRC wins in 1995, 1996, and 1997. Growing up in New Zealand, where Subaru dominated rally stages in the late ’90s, Subaru and WRC was cooler and more iconic to me than Ferrari and Formula 1. To many, including myself, the Impreza WRC is the Subaru and the WRC car, and I was about to have a ride in one with an actual factory driver behind the wheel. As this was all in fun, the grip thing went out the door and Arai-san slid the car around the track as if it her were back on a rally stage. It was visceral, it was very cool, and it left a lasting impression.

And that’s the core of STI. The performance and racing arm seeks to both deliver fun to owners and foster a connection to its machines even in those simply watching them compete. That it has largely succeeded over its three decades in existence was made clear during every moment I spent behind a steering wheel or in a passenger seat.

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We Drive the Wicked WRX STI S209 as Subaru Celebrates 30 Years of STI

Very few brands can claim to be synonymous with the field in which they excel. For a generation of fans, though, the World Rally Championship (WRC) was synonymous with Subaru Technica International, better known as STI. In the first year after its establishment on April 2, 1988, Subaru’s motorsports division broke the 100,000-km average-speed record with a special Legacy Turbo, averaging 138 mph in the course of 20 days. It then went on to win three WRC championships in the 1990s, notch five Nürburgring 24 Hour SP3T-class victories in the 2000s, and remain a competitor in Japan’s Super GT series for more than a decade.

To celebrate its 30th anniversary—it was really the 31st, but the Japanese fiscal year starts in April so we’ll forgive them—STI held a Motorsports Day at Fuji Speedway and we were there. The event was a way for STI to share the milestone with fans and to thank them for their support, and also to announce plans, vehicle updates, and the driver lineup for the upcoming racing calendar to partners, sponsors, and media.

STI doesn’t normally hold a Motorsports Day, instead leaving them to the likes of Toyota Gazoo, NISMO, Mazda, and Honda. But STI fans were clearly hungry for such an event, and they came I droves, with around 3000 loyalists in attendance. Fuji Speedway’s various parking lots were packed with Subarus; from higher vantage points it was like looking down at an ocean of World Rally Blue, with most of the cars being lightly modified in some way.

The S209 Is Special

STI had a special treat at the Fuji Short Track, where we had a chance to try out some JDM-only models such as the STI S208, Levorg STI Sport, and BRZ STI Sport, plus get a quick drive in a prototype of the new, U.S.-only STI S209. We’d get a few laps in each car around the half-mile circuit.

Before going out on our own, however, we got a ride with Toshihiro ‘Toshi’ Arai in the S209 to get familiar with the track and to see how this car could perform with a pro behind the wheel. Arai-san is a proper WRC driver, having raced for Subaru in the Group N World Rally Championship from 1997–2000 and again in 2002–2003. In an instant I was hanging on for dear life as he pushed the S209 around corners in a way that surely violated the laws of physics somehow. The car just gripped and gripped, and then gripped some more—just as I’d assume the car was about to lose its connection to the tarmac, it somehow found a way to bite down even harder. Then we’d blast out of a corner and rocket on to the next one. It was exhilarating.

Just after, I was the first to drive the camouflaged S209, and while I don’t know how many more times I can use the word “grip,” but that’s the keyword here. The wider tires (265/35 versus 245/35 on the standard STI) are specially developed by Dunlop for the S209, and they clawed the track with a tenacity rare in Subarus driven on pavement. There was a lot of talk about how confidence-inspiring the S209 is before we drove it, and that’s certainly the case. Bolstering the car’s approachable nature is a clever flexible strut-tower brace with a spherical joint in the middle to help the tires maintain maximum possible contact with the road.

This absolute beast of a car was also my first opportunity to sample the 2.5-liter EJ25 engine used in U.S.-market STIs, as Japanese versions only get the 2.0-liter EJ20. Given its America-exclusive status, the S209 is very much a development of the U.S. STI than one of the JDM car. Masuo Takatsu, chief engineer at STI, said “the larger engine was better suited for American tastes,” and with 341 horsepower—31 more than the regular car—the S209 is the most powerful street model to wear an STI badge. The first S-series STI to cross the Pacific, it’s a more compliant yet more capable weapon than the rawer S208 shown here in white. Just 200 units planned, and like everyone else in Japan I’m already very, very jealous.

Driving the JDM Models

It was almost cruel to go from the S209 and into the less powerful BRZ STI Sport. It’s more or less the same car as the BRZ tS you get in North America but with chassis bracing and a smaller rear wing, because Americans love big, flashy aero, apparently. After all these years the BRZ still proves to be fun, though, and while it doesn’t have the same level of roadholding and confidence as its all-wheel-drive siblings, it was still a very controllable and manageable car to steer around the tight and technical Fuji Short Course.

The Levorg STI Sport came last, and it’s worthwhile to note that—like the BRZ ST Sport—it isn’t a full-fat STI product. The STI Sport cars are all developed by the Subaru mothership with a few STI add-ons. In this way, they’re analogous to AMG’s 43 and 53 models as a sort of stepping stone between regular workaday models and their higher-performing halos. The Levorg STI Sport comes dressed with STI goodies such as a front spoiler, RAYS wheels, and STI-tuned adjustable Bilstein dampers. It’s also only available with CVT.

But essentially, it’s a WRX wagon. It has the same FA20F engine as the U.S.-spec WRX but upped to 300 horsepower. It’s a very competent car, and you can really turn into corners aggressively and hammer on the throttle coming out of them without too much fuss or drama as the car sorts out your vector. It deals with sudden changes in direction well, too, impressively managing the transfer of mass. Of course, with a CVT it’s never going to be as exciting as it would be with a manual. At the moment the Levorg is only sold in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and a few European markets. There are no plans to bring it Stateside, even though it would be a compelling offering with few natural competitors outside of perhaps the VW Golf SportWagen, which offers no performance variant here.

WRC Car, Ahoy!

Of course, an STI Motorsports Day wouldn’t be complete without the appearance of a WRC car, and Subaru organized rides in an Impreza WRC 98 car from the Rally of San Marino. With the names Colin McRae and Nicky Grist plastered on its sides, this was a proper pinch-myself moment. What made it even better was we would be driven by Arai-san.

It’s an understatement to say the first generation of the Impreza defined Subaru in terms of WRC. These were the cars that gave Subaru its three manufacturer’s WRC wins in 1995, 1996, and 1997. Growing up in New Zealand, where Subaru dominated rally stages in the late ’90s, Subaru and WRC was cooler and more iconic to me than Ferrari and Formula 1. To many, including myself, the Impreza WRC is the Subaru and the WRC car, and I was about to have a ride in one with an actual factory driver behind the wheel. As this was all in fun, the grip thing went out the door and Arai-san slid the car around the track as if it her were back on a rally stage. It was visceral, it was very cool, and it left a lasting impression.

And that’s the core of STI. The performance and racing arm seeks to both deliver fun to owners and foster a connection to its machines even in those simply watching them compete. That it has largely succeeded over its three decades in existence was made clear during every moment I spent behind a steering wheel or in a passenger seat.

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5 Things You Need to Know About the New Subaru Levorg

If you think you know the new, second-generation Subaru Levorg just unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, you are either a Subaru savant, or you don’t really understand it. That’s because the car, sold in the Japanese Domestic Market since 2014, doesn’t quite fit anywhere into the North American Subaru lineup.

That’s nothing new for a niche car from a Japanese automaker. Since the Subaru Levorg, described as a “prototype,” was unveiled at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, we’ve come to have a better understanding of it. The Levorg has no practical chance of becoming a North American import, but it does offer some hints about the long-awaited next generation Subaru WRX and the STI. Let’s start with this:

The Subaru Levorg is a “tweener” car

It’s larger than an Impreza hatchback or Crosstrek CUV, but it’s not as large as an Outback wagon. It looks like a next-generation WRX, but with a midsize wagon cargo body grafted on to the back.

It’s not a hard-edged WRX, and certainly not an STI

Subaru will offer the new Levorg only with a continuously variable transmission. There will be no manual option like for a WRX or STI, or even a Crosstrek or Impreza. Kazuhiro Abe, corporate vice president and chief general manager for Subaru’s product & portfolio planning division, describes Levorg as a “high-speed tourer with a high level of safety. It is very different from a WRX.”

It marks the end of Subaru’s EJ20 engine family

The Levorg’s 1.8-liter lean-burn turbocharged H-4 is the first of a new engine family. Subaru has not released horsepower or torque numbers, and has yet to give the engine an alpha-numeric designation, though variations of the engine will undoubtedly make their way into such U.S.-spec models as the Legacy/Outback and Impreza, Crosstrek, and Forester. “Displacement and turbo pressure would be different in the WRX,” Abe says. Subaru also displayed its WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition at the Tokyo show, but that car is to commemorate the end of the EJ engine series for the JDM, and has none of the extensive chassis and suspension upgrades used to make the North American S209 model a more serious, hard-edged sports-rally sedan. The JDM STI’s 2.0-liter engine will almost certainly be replaced with a new 2.0 turbo H-4 and the North American model might get that engine or a 2.5 H-4, with a turbo 2.5-liter H-4 probably saved for our STI.

Levorg’s enhanced, next-generation EyeSight automated safety will likely make its way to the U.S. rather quickly

The new version of Subaru’s EyeSight includes updated stereo camera scanning with a wider viewing angle, four radars in the front and rear bumpers, expanded range of pre-collision braking, and a high-definition map and vehicle locater. With enhanced mapping, the advanced cruise control slows down automatically for corners and turns. Drivers will be able to take their hands off the wheels as EyeSight keeps the Levorg in its lane, as long as long as the driver keeps his or her eyes on the road.

Best guess is a new WRX for very late 2020, STI in ‘21

Subaru says the new Levorg goes on sale in the JDM in the second half of next year. It’s a performance touring station wagon with absolutely no crossover pretentions, so American enthusiasts might beg for its import here. But any realistic sales projections will not support it, and the manual gearbox model that enthusiasts would demand would double the car’s $1 million U.S. certification costs here. With the Subaru WRX STI S209 Final Edition on sale in North America, and the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition ready for the JDM market, we’d guess an all-new base WRX will launch some time after the Levorg’s vague, second-half of 2020 on-sale date in the JDM. Let’s say December ’20 for the new WRX and the next STI following it at least six months later.

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5 Things You Need to Know About the New Subaru Levorg

If you think you know the new, second-generation Subaru Levorg just unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, you are either a Subaru savant, or you don’t really understand it. That’s because the car, sold in the Japanese Domestic Market since 2014, doesn’t quite fit anywhere into the North American Subaru lineup.

That’s nothing new for a niche car from a Japanese automaker. Since the Subaru Levorg, described as a “prototype,” was unveiled at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, we’ve come to have a better understanding of it. The Levorg has no practical chance of becoming a North American import, but it does offer some hints about the long-awaited next generation Subaru WRX and the STI. Let’s start with this:

The Subaru Levorg is a “tweener” car

It’s larger than an Impreza hatchback or Crosstrek CUV, but it’s not as large as an Outback wagon. It looks like a next-generation WRX, but with a midsize wagon cargo body grafted on to the back.

It’s not a hard-edged WRX, and certainly not an STI

Subaru will offer the new Levorg only with a continuously variable transmission. There will be no manual option like for a WRX or STI, or even a Crosstrek or Impreza. Kazuhiro Abe, corporate vice president and chief general manager for Subaru’s product & portfolio planning division, describes Levorg as a “high-speed tourer with a high level of safety. It is very different from a WRX.”

It marks the end of Subaru’s EJ20 engine family

The Levorg’s 1.8-liter lean-burn turbocharged H-4 is the first of a new engine family. Subaru has not released horsepower or torque numbers, and has yet to give the engine an alpha-numeric designation, though variations of the engine will undoubtedly make their way into such U.S.-spec models as the Legacy/Outback and Impreza, Crosstrek, and Forester. “Displacement and turbo pressure would be different in the WRX,” Abe says. Subaru also displayed its WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition at the Tokyo show, but that car is to commemorate the end of the EJ engine series for the JDM, and has none of the extensive chassis and suspension upgrades used to make the North American S209 model a more serious, hard-edged sports-rally sedan. The JDM STI’s 2.0-liter engine will almost certainly be replaced with a new 2.0 turbo H-4 and the North American model might get that engine or a 2.5 H-4, with a turbo 2.5-liter H-4 probably saved for our STI.

Levorg’s enhanced, next-generation EyeSight automated safety will likely make its way to the U.S. rather quickly

The new version of Subaru’s EyeSight includes updated stereo camera scanning with a wider viewing angle, four radars in the front and rear bumpers, expanded range of pre-collision braking, and a high-definition map and vehicle locater. With enhanced mapping, the advanced cruise control slows down automatically for corners and turns. Drivers will be able to take their hands off the wheels as EyeSight keeps the Levorg in its lane, as long as long as the driver keeps his or her eyes on the road.

Best guess is a new WRX for very late 2020, STI in ‘21

Subaru says the new Levorg goes on sale in the JDM in the second half of next year. It’s a performance touring station wagon with absolutely no crossover pretentions, so American enthusiasts might beg for its import here. But any realistic sales projections will not support it, and the manual gearbox model that enthusiasts would demand would double the car’s $1 million U.S. certification costs here. With the Subaru WRX STI S209 Final Edition on sale in North America, and the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition ready for the JDM market, we’d guess an all-new base WRX will launch some time after the Levorg’s vague, second-half of 2020 on-sale date in the JDM. Let’s say December ’20 for the new WRX and the next STI following it at least six months later.

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We Drive the Wicked WRX STI S209 as Subaru Celebrates 30 Years of STI

Very few brands can claim to be synonymous with the field in which they excel. For a generation of fans, though, the World Rally Championship (WRC) was synonymous with Subaru Technica International, better known as STI. In the first year after its establishment on April 2, 1988, Subaru’s motorsports division broke the 100,000-km average-speed record with a special Legacy Turbo, averaging 138 mph in the course of 20 days. It then went on to win three WRC championships in the 1990s, notch five Nürburgring 24 Hour SP3T-class victories in the 2000s, and remain a competitor in Japan’s Super GT series for more than a decade.

To celebrate its 30th anniversary—it was really the 31st, but the Japanese fiscal year starts in April so we’ll forgive them—STI held a Motorsports Day at Fuji Speedway and we were there. The event was a way for STI to share the milestone with fans and to thank them for their support, and also to announce plans, vehicle updates, and the driver lineup for the upcoming racing calendar to partners, sponsors, and media.

STI doesn’t normally hold a Motorsports Day, instead leaving them to the likes of Toyota Gazoo, NISMO, Mazda, and Honda. But STI fans were clearly hungry for such an event, and they came I droves, with around 3000 loyalists in attendance. Fuji Speedway’s various parking lots were packed with Subarus; from higher vantage points it was like looking down at an ocean of World Rally Blue, with most of the cars being lightly modified in some way.

The S209 Is Special

STI had a special treat at the Fuji Short Track, where we had a chance to try out some JDM-only models such as the STI S208, Levorg STI Sport, and BRZ STI Sport, plus get a quick drive in a prototype of the new, U.S.-only STI S209. We’d get a few laps in each car around the half-mile circuit.

Before going out on our own, however, we got a ride with Toshihiro ‘Toshi’ Arai in the S209 to get familiar with the track and to see how this car could perform with a pro behind the wheel. Arai-san is a proper WRC driver, having raced for Subaru in the Group N World Rally Championship from 1997–2000 and again in 2002–2003. In an instant I was hanging on for dear life as he pushed the S209 around corners in a way that surely violated the laws of physics somehow. The car just gripped and gripped, and then gripped some more—just as I’d assume the car was about to lose its connection to the tarmac, it somehow found a way to bite down even harder. Then we’d blast out of a corner and rocket on to the next one. It was exhilarating.

Just after, I was the first to drive the camouflaged S209, and while I don’t know how many more times I can use the word “grip,” but that’s the keyword here. The wider tires (265/35 versus 245/35 on the standard STI) are specially developed by Dunlop for the S209, and they clawed the track with a tenacity rare in Subarus driven on pavement. There was a lot of talk about how confidence-inspiring the S209 is before we drove it, and that’s certainly the case. Bolstering the car’s approachable nature is a clever flexible strut-tower brace with a spherical joint in the middle to help the tires maintain maximum possible contact with the road.

This absolute beast of a car was also my first opportunity to sample the 2.5-liter EJ25 engine used in U.S.-market STIs, as Japanese versions only get the 2.0-liter EJ20. Given its America-exclusive status, the S209 is very much a development of the U.S. STI than one of the JDM car. Masuo Takatsu, chief engineer at STI, said “the larger engine was better suited for American tastes,” and with 341 horsepower—31 more than the regular car—the S209 is the most powerful street model to wear an STI badge. The first S-series STI to cross the Pacific, it’s a more compliant yet more capable weapon than the rawer S208 shown here in white. Just 200 units planned, and like everyone else in Japan I’m already very, very jealous.

Driving the JDM Models

It was almost cruel to go from the S209 and into the less powerful BRZ STI Sport. It’s more or less the same car as the BRZ tS you get in North America but with chassis bracing and a smaller rear wing, because Americans love big, flashy aero, apparently. After all these years the BRZ still proves to be fun, though, and while it doesn’t have the same level of roadholding and confidence as its all-wheel-drive siblings, it was still a very controllable and manageable car to steer around the tight and technical Fuji Short Course.

The Levorg STI Sport came last, and it’s worthwhile to note that—like the BRZ ST Sport—it isn’t a full-fat STI product. The STI Sport cars are all developed by the Subaru mothership with a few STI add-ons. In this way, they’re analogous to AMG’s 43 and 53 models as a sort of stepping stone between regular workaday models and their higher-performing halos. The Levorg STI Sport comes dressed with STI goodies such as a front spoiler, RAYS wheels, and STI-tuned adjustable Bilstein dampers. It’s also only available with CVT.

But essentially, it’s a WRX wagon. It has the same FA20F engine as the U.S.-spec WRX but upped to 300 horsepower. It’s a very competent car, and you can really turn into corners aggressively and hammer on the throttle coming out of them without too much fuss or drama as the car sorts out your vector. It deals with sudden changes in direction well, too, impressively managing the transfer of mass. Of course, with a CVT it’s never going to be as exciting as it would be with a manual. At the moment the Levorg is only sold in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and a few European markets. There are no plans to bring it Stateside, even though it would be a compelling offering with few natural competitors outside of perhaps the VW Golf SportWagen, which offers no performance variant here.

WRC Car, Ahoy!

Of course, an STI Motorsports Day wouldn’t be complete without the appearance of a WRC car, and Subaru organized rides in an Impreza WRC 98 car from the Rally of San Marino. With the names Colin McRae and Nicky Grist plastered on its sides, this was a proper pinch-myself moment. What made it even better was we would be driven by Arai-san.

It’s an understatement to say the first generation of the Impreza defined Subaru in terms of WRC. These were the cars that gave Subaru its three manufacturer’s WRC wins in 1995, 1996, and 1997. Growing up in New Zealand, where Subaru dominated rally stages in the late ’90s, Subaru and WRC was cooler and more iconic to me than Ferrari and Formula 1. To many, including myself, the Impreza WRC is the Subaru and the WRC car, and I was about to have a ride in one with an actual factory driver behind the wheel. As this was all in fun, the grip thing went out the door and Arai-san slid the car around the track as if it her were back on a rally stage. It was visceral, it was very cool, and it left a lasting impression.

And that’s the core of STI. The performance and racing arm seeks to both deliver fun to owners and foster a connection to its machines even in those simply watching them compete. That it has largely succeeded over its three decades in existence was made clear during every moment I spent behind a steering wheel or in a passenger seat.

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Gran Turismo 5 cheats & more for PlayStation 3 (PS3)

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Genre: Racing, Sports Car Auto Racing Developer: Polyphony Digital Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ESRB Rating: Everyone Release Date: November 24, 2010

Hints

36,000cr. IN JUST 3 MINS!!!

Just like in GT5 prolouge, you can redo races for extra cash. For GT5, all you have to do is have a decent, fast car *WITH TURBO*. If your already at level 17 just go to the EXPERT SERIES and do the HIGH SPEED RING race, in the TURBO RACE OF TURBO SPORTS section. Its easy (with a fast car) and would give you a easy 36, 000Cr. In just 3 mins. But if you havent got that far in A-spec then you can just redo whatever race you can thats easy and quick. So you do the math, just 5 quick races (15 mins) will get you 180,000Cr. ! *I would use a supercar like a R8, GT-R, 360-SPIDER.

Finding The Formula GT Car In The UCD

The Formula GT car sometimes shows up in the Used Car Dealership, but it is only there randomly – not all the time. The cars for sale at the UCD are changed every single day (game time – not real time). With every “day” that passes, six new vehicles show up in the UCD. A day passes when you complete a race or finish a license test. However, you can go through days quickest by loading up a license test and skipping to the next test, without ever actually racing the test. As long as the load screen shows up between tests, one day has passed. It takes five game days to completely refresh the Used Car Dealership’s current stock, giving you another chance to find the Formula GT car.

Bugatti Power!

When You reach level 14 in either A-spec or B-spec, You will unlock the Gran Turismo World Championship, in the Professional Series. Place 1st in the championship, and you will win the worlds fastest production car, the Bugatti Veyron 16. 4 ’09 (Hint: I competed in a fully tuned Ferrari 458 Italia ’08, and that was quite easy, though it took some time due to the many laps).

Quick Refresh Of Used Car Dealership (Find The Formula GT Car)

Because the Used Car Dealership inventory refreshes after each day, you can skip through days quickly to find the car you want (including the Formula GT car). To skip a day quickly, you can go to a license test, then skip the next test without actually racing in the test (as long as the screen show up between the tests). That way you can recycle the UCD’s whole inventory in a few days and check for the Formula GT car.

Cars With Racing Mods Available

Chevrolet Camaro Z28 ’69 Chevrolet Camaro SS ’10 Acura NSX ’91 Lotus Elise ’96 Lotus Elise 111R ’04 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 　GSR ’05 Nissan SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) ’02 TVR Tuscan Speed 6 ’00 Subaru IMPREZA Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA ’05 Suzuki Cappuccino (EA21R) ’95 Volkswagen Golf IV GTI ’01 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) ’06 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) ’09 Dodge Challenger R/T ’70 Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) ’97 Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC5) ’04 Lexus IS F ’07

Corvette C7 Prototype

At the main menu of the game where you can select between GT Mode and Arcade Mode, press Circle to start a demo video. It will show a random car then a ramdom race replay. If you do this enough times you see a Corvette C7 Prototype. Its covered in body camo but it has a liscense plat that says CORVETTE. Its not available in game but it could be a teaser as to a future DLC.

More Horses

When you buy a car, win a car, in gran turimo 5 before you do anything to it you take it to gt auto and give it an oil change and car wash. When you do this you it makes your car clean but gives the car 5%more horse power.

Hidden Trophies

Endurance: Complete the Endurance series of Race event Red Bull X1 Challenge: Complete Red Bull X1 Challenge special event Watch Falling Objects: Intentionally make a part of your car fall off while driving. This is done alot easier with the rally cars where the doors come of alot easier. Rollover: Rollover a car by flipping a car totally. Done by driving on trial mountain and hitting the S curve before the starts finish line in a fast car Honda: Take a picture of Honda at Honda head office in Tokyo on R246 track. Take a photo of any honda car driving past the building on your left hand side at the end of the pit exit. Picture Exclusive: Take a picture of someone special as he stands in Kyoto’s Gion district. There is a guy standing on the left on the bridge zoom onto his face and use Auto Focus,when he turns and looks at you take a pic and you will recieve this trophy. Portraitist: Take a picture of a solitary lady. This is on the second photo location. There is a lady sitting on a bench with a cellphone zoom onto her face use auto focus and when you have a clear shot take the picture and you recive this trophy. Grand Finale: Reach the long version of the ending movie

Get Out Of The Track

On the track “Cote de Azur”, you can get out of the track. After the tunnel, there is a sharp turn. Instead of turning there, drift sideways into it by holding your handbrake. I did this with the gran turismo formula 1 car. I’m not sure if you can do it with another car but it worked with the formula 1 car. You can find that in the online used car lot or the regular used car lot.

Easy “Flip A Car Over And Total It” Achievement

Go to the Trial mountain circuit and get to the final chicane as fast as you can (full throttle) in the McLaren F1. If you hit the curbs just right, BOOM!

Get 2700+ Level Points A Pop!

Get to Level 14, get into a “Fully Juiced” GT-R SpecV’09, go to Professional Series, enter GRAN TURISMO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP and then enter the CIRCUIT DELA SARTHE 2009. Finish 1st and get 18, 400 Cr. And get rewarded with 2700+ Level points. (Set “Top Speed” setting @ 420; use Racing Tires (Soft, Med. Or Hard)Continue to come in 1st, and increase your Levels faster!

More Power

Do not forget to change your oil, you can get up to 34HP more!

Cheats

Great Trophy Tips For Hidden Trophies

Endurance: Complete the Endurance series of Race event Red Bull X1 Challenge: Complete Red Bull X1 Challenge special event Watch Falling Objects: Intentionally make a part of your car fall off while driving. This is done alot easier with the rally cars where the doors come of alot easier. Rollover: Rollover a car by flipping a car totally. Done by driving on trial mountain and hitting the S curve before the starts finish line in a fast car Honda: Take a picture of Honda at Honda head office in Tokyo on R246 track. Take a photo of any honda car driving past the building on your left hand side at the end of the pit exit. Picture Exclusive: Take a picture of someone special as he stands in Kyoto’s Gion district. There is a guy standing on the left on the bridge zoom onto his face and use Auto Focus,when he turns and looks at you take a pic and you will recieve this trophy. Portraitist: Take a picture of a solitary lady. This is on the second photo location. There is a lady sitting on a bench with a cellphone zoom onto her face use auto focus and when you have a clear shot take the picture and you recive this trophy. Grand Finale: Reach the long version of the ending movie.

How To Get The XJ13 Race Car

Simply make a new playstation network account and put your date of birth at todays date in 1966.

Happy Birthday

Get an online PSN connection for this exploit and create a NEW account and sign into the PlayStation Network. When you set up your account, set up your birth date for the current calendar date. You will be awarded a car on the MM/DD of your “birthday,” and the year actually determines what sort of car you will get (so set it to whatever year you want a random car from). Enter GT Mode to receive your online B-day reward/coupon for your free car. Give the free car to your actual account as a gift. You can repeat this endlessly for free cars! Note: They may patch this in a post-release update, so try it quickly!

Unlockables

License Reward Cars!

B License Gold – TommyKaira ZZ-S ’00 (Standard) B License Silver – Daihatsu OFC-1 Concept ’07 (Premium) B License Bronze – Mazda Demio Sport ’03 (Standard) A License Gold – Isuzu 4200R ’89 Concept (Premium) A License Silver – Mazda Atenza Concept ’01 (Standard) A License Bronze – Nissan mm-R Cup Car ’01 (Standard) IC License Gold – Nissan GT-R Concept ’01 (Standard) IC License Silver – Autobacs Garaiya ’02 (Standard) IC License Bronze – Acura DN-X Concept ’02 (Standard) IB License Gold – Honda S800 RSC Race Car ’68 (Standard) IB License Silver – Mitsubishi HSR-II Concept ’89 (Standard) IB License Bronze – Mazda Eunos Roadster J-LIMITED (NA) ’91 (Premium) IA License Gold – Ford GT (No Stripe) ’05 (Standard) IA License Silver – Land Rover Range Stormer Concept ’04 (Standard) IA License Bronze – Dodge RAM 1500 LARAMIE Hemi Quad Cab ’04 (Standard) S License Gold – Nissan GT-R Spec-V (GT Academy Version) ’09 (Premium) S License Silver – Mazda MX-Crossport Concept ’05 (Premium) S License Bronze – Opera Honda S2000 ’04 (Premium)

Tickets For Cars

Collect tickets, and then you can redeem them for free cars. Rally Car Ticket – Get Gran Turismo Rally Special Event / Easy WRC Car Ticket – Get Gran Turismo Rally Special Event / Intermediate Classic Rally Car Ticket – Get Gran Turismo Rally Special Event / Advanced Classic Muscle Car Ticket – Get Bronze Trophy in all Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Events Level 12 Ticket – Get Bronze Trophy in all Professional Series events / A-Spec or B-Spec Level 21 Ticket – Get Bronze Trophy in all Extreme Series events / A-Spec or B-Spec Level 24 Ticket – Get Bronze Trophy in all Endurance Series events / A-Spec or B-Spec Level 5 Ticket – Get Bronze Trophy in all Beginner Series events / A-Spec or B-Spec Level 9 Ticket – Get Bronze Trophy in all Amateur Series events / A-Spec or B-Spec Modern Muscle Car Ticket – Get Silver Trophy in all Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Events NASCAR Ticket – Get Gold Trophy in all Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Events

Unlockable Events

Gran Turismo Karting Experience : Unlocked at Level 0 Jeff Gordon NASCAR School : Unlocked at Level 0 Top Gear Test Track : Unlocked at Level 0 AMG Driving Academy : Unlocked at Level 0 Gran Turismo Rally : Unlocked at Level 1 Sébastien Loeb Rally Challenge : Unlocked at Level 1 Grand Tour : Unlocked at Level 1 Endurance Series : Unlocked at Level 2 Sebastian Vettel Challenge : Unlocked at Level 3

B-spec Beginner Reward Cars

Sunday Cup – Toyota Yaris U Euro Sport Edition (J) ’00 (Standard) FF Cup – Honda Civic TYPE R (EK) 97 (Premium) FR challenge – Toyota FT-86 G Concept’10 SPORTS (Premium) European Classic Car Championship – Fiat 500 F ’65 (Premium) World Classic Car Series – Volkswagen Beetle 1100 Standard (Type-11) ’49 (Standard) Light weight cup – Daihatsu Move SR-XX 4WD’97 (Standard) Vitz race – Toyota Prius G ’09 (Premium) World Compact Car Race – Autobianchi A112 Abarth ’79 (Standard) Japanese Classics – Isuzu 117 Coupe ’68 (Standard) All Gold Beginner – Gift Car Ticket Level 5 (Premium/Standard)

B-spec Amateur Reward Cars

Clubman Cup – TRD Celica TRD Sports M (ZZT231) ‘00 (Standard) European Hot Hatch Championship – Volkswagen Lupo Cup Car ‘00 (Standard) NR-A Roadster Cup – Mazda Furai Concept’08 (Standard) Sport Truck – Raceaihatsu Midget II D type ’98 (Standard) Japanese 90’s Challenge – Mazda 323F ‘93 (Standard) Classic Muscle Car Championship – Shelby AC Cobra 427 ‘66 (Premium) Festival Italia – Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Spéciale ‘63 (Standard) Supercar Nostalgia Cup – DMC DeLorean S2 ‘04 (Standard) Tous France – Alpine A110 1600 ‘73 (Standard) All Gold Amateur – Gift Car Ticket Level 9 (Premium/Standard)

B-spec Reward Professional Cars

Mini Challenge – MARCOS Mini Marcos’70 (Standard) Muscle Car Championship – Ford Mustang GT ’05 (Premium) Supercar Festival – Hyundai Clix Concept ’01 (Standard) Lupo GTI Cup – Volkswagen Lupo GTI ’01(Standard) Sports car Cup 80’s Festival – Isuzu PIAZZA XE ’81(Standard) la Festa Cavillino – Ferrari F40 ’92 (Premium) British Lightweight – Lotus Elan S1 ’62 (Premium) Lamborghini Exclusive – Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary ’88 (Standard) GT World Championship – Pagani Zonda R ’09 (Premium) All Gold Professional – Gift Car Ticket Level 12 (Premium/Standard)

B-spec Expert Reward Cars

Tuning Car Grand Prix – AEM S2000 (Premium) Schwarzwald League A – Historic Racing Car Cup – Trofeo Gallardo – MR Sports Cup – Turbo Race – Mitsubishi Japanese Championship – Opera Performance 350Z (Premium) Gran Turismo All Stars – Polyphony Digital Cup – All Gold Expert – Gift Car Ticket Level 17 (Premium/Standard)

B-spec Extreme Reward Cars

Like The Wind – Schwarzwald League B – Audi Nuvolari Quattro (Standard) Like The Wind – Toyota 7 Race Car ’70 (Standard) Super GT – Toyota Castrol TOM’s Supra ’97 (Premium)

Endurance Rewards For Leveling

Level 25 – Grand Valley 300km Level 26 – Roadster 4 hours Level 27 – Laguna Seca 200 miles Level 28 – Indianapolis 500 miles Level 30 – Suzuka 1000km Level 32 – Nurburgring 4h Level 33 – Tsukuba 9h Level 35 – Le Mans 24h Level 40 – Nurburgring 24h

A-spec Beginner Reward Cars

Sunday Cup – Toyota Vitz U euro Sport Edition’00 (Standard) FF Cup – Honda Honda Civic SiR-II (EG) ‘91 (Premium) FR challenge – Toyota FT-86 Concept’09 (Premium) European Classic Car Championship – Volkswagen Kubelwagen typ82 ‘44 (Premium) World Classic Car Series – Subaru 360 ‘58 (Standard) Light weight cup – Suzuki Wagon R RR ‘98 (Standard) Vitz race – Toyota Prius G Touring Selection (J) ‘03 (Standard) World Compact – Hommell Berlinette R/S Coupe ‘99 (Standard) Japanese Classics – Honda Z ACT ’78 (Standard) All Gold Beginner – Gift Car Ticket Level 5 (Premium/Standard)

A-spec Amateur Reward Cars

Clubman Cup – Honda Mugen Motul Civic Si Race ‘87 (Standard) European Hot Hatch Championship – Volkswagen Lupo GTI Cup Car (J) ‘03 (Standard) NR-A Roadster Cup – Mazda KUSABI CONCEPT’03 (Standard) Sport Truck Race – Daihatsu Midget II D type ‘98 (Standard) Japanese 90’s Challenge – Nissan SILEIGHTY ‘98 (Standard) Tous France Championship – Citroën 2 CV Type A ‘54 (Standard) Festival Italia – Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA 1600 ‘65 (Standard) Classic Muscle Car Championship – Buick Special 62 (Standard) Supercar Nostalgia Cup – DOME DOME-ZERO CONCEPT ’78 (Standard) All Gold Amateur – Gift Car Ticket Level 9 (Premium/Standard)

A-spec Professional Reward Cars

Mini Challenge – Mini Cooper 1,3i ‘98 (Standard) Muscle Car Championship – Dodge Challenger SRT8 ‘08 (Premium) Supercar Festival – Maserati Gran Turismo S ’08 (Premium) la Festa Cavillino – Ferrari California ‘08 (Premium) Pickup Truck Challenge – Daihatsu Midget (Standard) British Lightweight – Triumph Spitfire 1500 ‘74 (Standard) Lamborghini Exclusive – Lamborghini Countach LP400 ‘74 (Standard) GT World Championship – Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ‘09 (Standard) Lupo GTi Cup – Volkswagen Lupo 1,4 ‘02 (Standard) Sports Car Cup 80’s Festival – Toyota Celica XX 2800GT ’81 (Standard) All Gold Professional – Gift Car Ticket Level 12 (Premium/Standard)

A-spec Expert Reward Cars

Tuning Car Grand Prix – HPA Motorsport Stage II R32 (Standard) Schwarzwald League A – Opel Speedster Turbo ‘00 (Standard) Historic Racing Car Cup – Lancia STRATOS Rally Car ’77 (Standard) Trofeo Gallardo – Lancia Delta S4 Rally Car ’85 (Standard) MR Sports Cup – Cizeta V16T ’94 (Standard) Turbo Race – Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1800GSR IC Turbo ’83 (Standard) Japanese Championship – Gran Turismo 350Z RS (Premium) Gran Turismo All Stars – AMUSE Carbon R (R34) ’04 (Premium) Polyphony Digital Cup – Nissan 350Z Gran Turismo 4 Ltd (Z33) ’05 (Standard) All Gold Expert – Gift Car Ticket Level 17 (Premium/Standard)

A-spec Extreme Reward Cars

NASCAR Series – Pontiac Tempest Le Mans GTO (Standard) Schwarzwald League B – Audi Pikes Peak Quattro Concept (Standard) Like The Wind – Minolta 88C-V (Standard) American Championship – Jay Leno Tank Car (Standard) GT Series – Calsonic skyline GT-R race car 93′ (Standard) DTM Series – BMW 2002 Turbo 73′ (Standard) Dream Car Championship – Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II (Premium)

Special Events Reward Cards

Karting Gran Turismo Easy – Horn No 138 Karting Gran Turismo Intermediate – Paint Color Karting Gran Turismo Advanced – Paint Color Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Easy – The oval at Indianapolis and Daytona are available in Arcade Mode and Training. Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Intermediate – None Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Advanced – None Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Gold – NASCAR (Premium) Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Silver – Modern Muscle Car (Premium/Standard) Jeff Gordon NASCAR School Bronze – Classic Muscle Car (Premium/Standard) Top Gear Test Track Easy – You can find the track Top Gear Test Track in arcade mode and drive. Top Gear Test Track Intermediate – Lotus Elise Type 72 ’01 (Standard) Top Gear Test Track Advanced – Jaguar XFR ’10 (Standard) Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Easy Gold – Winter Ahrweiler In Photomode Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Easy Silver – fortified walls of Ahrweiler In Photomode Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Easy Bronze – Ahrweiler Street In Photomode Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Intermediate Gold – Nürburgring 24hrs available in Config arcade and endurance training Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Intermediate Silver – Nürburgring available in Config 4h endurance training and arcade Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Intermediate Bronze – Nurburgring Nordschleife in arcade and training available Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Advanced Gold – Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ’10 (Premium) Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Advanced Silver – Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG ’08 (Premium) Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Advanced Bronze – Mercedes-Benz A 160 Avangarde ’98 (Standard) Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Expert Gold – Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren ’03 (Standard) Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Expert Silver – Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG ’04 (Standard) Flight Academy Mercedes-Benz AMG Expert Bronze – Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 KOmpressor ’02 (Standard) Rally Gran Turismo Easy – Roadgoing Rally Car (Premium/Standard) Rally Gran Turismo Intermediate – WRC Style Rally Car (Premium/Standard) Rally Gran Turismo Advanced – Historic Rally Car (Premium/Standard) Grand Tour, Complete 2 events – Photo Location – Siena, Piazza del Campo In Photomode Grand Tour, Complete 3 events – Photo Location – Main Square of San Gimignano In Photomode Grand Tour, Complete 4 events – Photo Location – Abbey of San Galgano In Photomode Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge Gold – Citroën C4 WRC ’08 (Premium) Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge Silver – Citroën C4 Coupe 2.0 VTS ’05 (Premium) Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge Bronze – Citroën C3 1.6 ’02 (Standard)

License Tests

B – Buy a car A – Attain level 3 and complete the B license tests International C – Attain level 6 and complete A license tests International B – Attain level 9 and complete International C license tests International A – Attain level 12 and complete International B license tests S – Attain level 15 and complete International A license tests

Easter eggs

Easter Egg: 007’s Lotus Esprit From For Your Eyes Only

When you’re racing against a Lotus Esprit, sometimes the driver is listed as “J. Bond”. He drove a red Esprit in the movie “For Your Eyes Only.”

Glitches

Currently we have no glitches for Gran Turismo 5 yet. If you have any unlockables please feel free to submit. We will include them in the next post update and help the fellow gamers. Remeber to mention game name while submiting new codes.

Guides

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Trophies

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Subaru WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition Bids Adieu to EJ Engine Family

At the 2019 Tokyo auto show, Subaru unveiled the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition as a farewell to the EJ engine family, which will be discontinued at the end of the year. The car is based on the Japanese-spec WRX STI Type S painted in World Rally Blue Pearl and sporting gold 19-inch BBS alloy wheels, paying tribute to Subaru’s rally heritage. Other distinguishing cues include red exterior accents on the front grille and rear bumper and Ultra suede inserts in the cabin.

Subaru will only make 555 units of the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition and they’re all reserved exclusively for Japan. The automaker will also hold a lottery if it receives more orders than the number of vehicles being produced. Subaru has been using the EJ engine family since 1989. In the U.S., it was found in nearly every Subaru vehicle until the arrival of the FB family in 2010. Subaru’s rally cars and race cars also used modified versions of the EJ engine. The WRX was one of the most well-known vehicles to use an EJ engine, with turbocharged versions that made upwards of 300 hp.

In the U.S., the only vehicle powered currently by the EJ engine is the Subaru WRX STI, which uses a 2.5-liter turbocharged flat-four with 310 hp and 290 lb-ft of torque paired to a six-speed manual. The limited edition STI S209 is currently the most powerful Subaru sold in the U.S. with 341 hp and 330 lb-ft. Only 209 examples of the STI S209 will be built and all are coming to the U.S.

The end of the EJ20 also means the end of the WRX and STI as we know them. Both cars continue to be based on the last-generation Impreza instead of the new Subaru Global Platform, and are thus long overdue for retirement. But don’t worry: a next-gen Subaru WRX is in the works, previewed by the Subaru Levorg prototype that also debuted in Tokyo.

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Subaru WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition Bids Adieu to EJ Engine Family

At the 2019 Tokyo auto show, Subaru unveiled the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition as a farewell to the EJ engine family, which will be discontinued at the end of the year. The car is based on the Japanese-spec WRX STI Type S painted in World Rally Blue Pearl and sporting gold 19-inch BBS alloy wheels, paying tribute to Subaru’s rally heritage. Other distinguishing cues include red exterior accents on the front grille and rear bumper and Ultra suede inserts in the cabin.

Subaru will only make 555 units of the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition and they’re all reserved exclusively for Japan. The automaker will also hold a lottery if it receives more orders than the number of vehicles being produced. Subaru has been using the EJ engine family since 1989. In the U.S., it was found in nearly every Subaru vehicle until the arrival of the FB family in 2010. Subaru’s rally cars and race cars also used modified versions of the EJ engine. The WRX was one of the most well-known vehicles to use an EJ engine, with turbocharged versions that made upwards of 300 hp.

In the U.S., the only vehicle powered currently by the EJ engine is the Subaru WRX STI, which uses a 2.5-liter turbocharged flat-four with 310 hp and 290 lb-ft of torque paired to a six-speed manual. The limited edition STI S209 is currently the most powerful Subaru sold in the U.S. with 341 hp and 330 lb-ft. Only 209 examples of the STI S209 will be built and all are coming to the U.S.

The end of the EJ20 also means the end of the WRX and STI as we know them. Both cars continue to be based on the last-generation Impreza instead of the new Subaru Global Platform, and are thus long overdue for retirement. But don’t worry: a next-gen Subaru WRX is in the works, previewed by the Subaru Levorg prototype that also debuted in Tokyo.

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Subaru WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition Bids Adieu to EJ Engine Family

At the 2019 Tokyo auto show, Subaru unveiled the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition as a farewell to the EJ engine family, which will be discontinued at the end of the year. The car is based on the Japanese-spec WRX STI Type S painted in World Rally Blue Pearl and sporting gold 19-inch BBS alloy wheels, paying tribute to Subaru’s rally heritage. Other distinguishing cues include red exterior accents on the front grille and rear bumper and Ultra suede inserts in the cabin.

Subaru will only make 555 units of the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition and they’re all reserved exclusively for Japan. The automaker will also hold a lottery if it receives more orders than the number of vehicles being produced. Subaru has been using the EJ engine family since 1989. In the U.S., it was found in nearly every Subaru vehicle until the arrival of the FB family in 2010. Subaru’s rally cars and race cars also used modified versions of the EJ engine. The WRX was one of the most well-known vehicles to use an EJ engine, with turbocharged versions that made upwards of 300 hp.

In the U.S., the only vehicle powered currently by the EJ engine is the Subaru WRX STI, which uses a 2.5-liter turbocharged flat-four with 310 hp and 290 lb-ft of torque paired to a six-speed manual. The limited edition STI S209 is currently the most powerful Subaru sold in the U.S. with 341 hp and 330 lb-ft. Only 209 examples of the STI S209 will be built and all are coming to the U.S.

The end of the EJ20 also means the end of the WRX and STI as we know them. Both cars continue to be based on the last-generation Impreza instead of the new Subaru Global Platform, and are thus long overdue for retirement. But don’t worry: a next-gen Subaru WRX is in the works, previewed by the Subaru Levorg prototype that also debuted in Tokyo.

Source: Subaru

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