| It seems like not only Formula One cars are busy | | | | refined Subaru WRX parts. |
| making laps around ‘the Ring’. The | | | | Another change made to the WRX STI is a |
| Nürburgring, found in Nurburg, Germany will not | | | | bigger spoiler on top of its rear hatch. This might |
| only play host to the upcoming European Grand | | | | be revised to give the WRX STI better |
| Prix but it also served as the prowling ground for | | | | aerodynamics. Although larger than the previous |
| the upcoming 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, | | | | version used on the previous WRX STI, the |
| which according to Wikipedia is the “highest | | | | spoiler does not ruin the clean lines of the vehicle |
| standard-edition trim in the Subaru Impreza | | | | nor its proportion. |
| compact car line”. | | | | Four tailpipes can be found on the rear of the |
| According to Edmunds.com, one of the leading | | | | tested vehicle. The quad-tailpipe configuration is |
| online sources of auto information, spy | | | | further confirmation that its engine will be a bigger |
| photographers have taken shots of the latest | | | | one thus the need for a better exhaust system. |
| WRX STI being tested at the Nürburgring test | | | | After all, Subaru is not an automaker which would |
| track. Although the car has been camouflaged, it | | | | use four tailpipes on a car just to make it look |
| is easy to distinguish it as the next WRX STI. The | | | | ‘cooler’. |
| hood scoop which is prominent in almost any | | | | The Japanese automaker though is yet to |
| Subaru auto model gave the pre-production car | | | | announce specifications of any kind for the 2009 |
| away. | | | | WRX STI. After all, the testing is just one of the |
| Changes made to the redesigned WRX STI | | | | steps that a car should go through before it |
| include the revision of the grille. The 2008 WRX | | | | reaches production. The company may have to |
| STI sports a larger grille which, in auto speak, is | | | | tweak the car a bit and put some finishing |
| called the egg-crate design because of its | | | | touches here and there before mass producing it. |
| resemblance. The 2009 model year version of the | | | | Although no word has come out yet from the |
| WRX STI though sports a mesh grille which is | | | | camp of Subaru regarding the specs of the WRX |
| much smaller than its former nose design. | | | | STI, it is speculated that it will be equipped with a |
| The hood scoop which gave the car away as the | | | | turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The said engine |
| new WRX STI is larger than the hood scoop on | | | | is expected to have a power output of about 325 |
| its predecessor. What this means is that the | | | | hp. According to Edmunds, although spy |
| engine under the hood of the car is bigger than its | | | | photographers have provided pictures of the |
| forerunner. After all, more air intake means that | | | | 2009 WRX STI, the official launching of the WRX |
| the hood scoop is feeding a bigger mouth. With a | | | | STI will be at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Show which |
| bigger engine comes the issue of fuel efficiency | | | | is slated to be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba |
| and gas mileage and whatnot. Surely, with the | | | | City from the 26th of October to the 11th of |
| exterior of the WRX STI revised for the 2009 | | | | November. |
| model year, it should be expected that it will sport | | | | |