#Impreza Wagon

[hirocimacruiser]

Tommy kaira

M20b WAGON

Vehicle price (5MT/air conditioner standard equipment)

¥3,390,000

*A/T vehicle costs ¥123,000 more.

AERO PRICE

*Front bumper spoiler ¥100,000

*Rear bumper spoiler ¥80,000

*Rear roof end wing spoiler ¥80,000

(The individual sales price of aero parts does not include installation painting fees.)

TUNED WAGON

Maximum output 245 horsepower! Wagon trained in the rally field

This is a racy wagon with an even more aggressive sedan shape.

Added 3 items: front bumper spoiler, rear bumper spoiler, and roof end wing spoiler. 17-inch tires and wheels are standard. It is finished with an original design that is typical of Tommykaira.

BODY

5dr.Wagon

Length/Width/Height (mm)

:4,340/1,690/1,440

Wheelbase (mm): 2,520

Tread(mm): 1,465/1,455<Front/Rear>

ENGINE

BOXER-4, 4Cam16Valve, turbo, Piston Displacement (cc): 1,994

BorexStroke (mm): 92.0×75.0 Max Output (ps/rpm) : 245/6400 Max torque(kg-m/rpm):30.30/5200

LAYOUT

front engine 4Wheel drive Transmission:5-speed manual (4AT)

Brakes: 2 piston type caliper + ventilated disc Wheel: 7.0J×17

Tire: 215/45ZR17

SPECIFICATION

Maximum output 245 horsepower

Full aero (front bumper spoiler, rear bumper)

・Spoiler, rear roof end wing spoiler)

・Original aluminum wheel (7.0J×17)

17 inch tires (215/45ZR17)

・Engine control unit

・Sports exhaust system

・Sports shock absorber

・Interior (steering wheel, shift knob <5M/T only>)

option

Based on M20b sedan (5MT specification)

・Recaro original sports seats

Other options are based on Subaru genuine products.

[radracer]

TOP 10: Subaru GF8

[things-about-cars-in-posts]

In celebration of me just picking up a Toyota Altezza Gita/Lexus IS300 Sportcross what are some of your favourite wagons or shooting brakes

yOOOOOO!!!!

Okay now I have to ask, is it actually an imported Toyota or did you add that just for potential clarification?

I should give context for folx out there (apparently folx is a 'more friendly' spelling to some? oh the wild wonders of language): y'all know how Lexus is a brand Toyota founded to move upmarket? Yeah, they didn't need to do that at home because Japan is much better protected from too-good-for-Toyotas-itis: I mean, if the emperor can drive (well, be driven in) Toyotas I am pretty sure you can afford to be seen in one. As a result, until 2005 Japan got Lexus models but not the Lexus brand, receiving them with Toyota branding instead (and different model names too, since the two letter acronyms were a Lexus thing).

To get to your question, though:

SEDANS I LIKE THE WAGON VERSION OF TOO

Toyota Altezza Gita/Lexus IS300 Sportcross (:D)

Indeed, I love your car! The JZ (for the folx: a six cylinder inline engine series widely regarded to be Toyota's best, capable of truly monstrous power with the right hands fiddling under the hood), the sporty, timeless styling, Toyota reliability and Lexus build quality, how no matter the market they refused to use a normal word for wagon, the chrome taillights so iconic they spawned an entire trend in 2000s car styling (especially aftermarket - hell, they still call them Altezza taillights!)... and that gauge cluster oh my GAWD

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII Wagon

I don't think the street equivalent of one of the most legendary rally cars (and certainly, with the Subaru Impreza WRX STI, part of the most legendary rally war) needs any introduction. I just wanted to make sure you knew that between '05 and '07 the closest thing to a rally car a dealer would sell you also came in wagon form. In Japan only, of course. Because if Japan can't keep a cool thing to themselves, they'll make a cooler version to keep to themselves. Always.

Morris Mini Traveller/Austin Mini Countryman/Mini Clubman Estate

How do Mini fans do it, man

Who doesn't love the Mini? Who doesn't love the wagon's funky rear doors?

And who doesn't hate the time they tried to modernize its front end for the 70s? Me.

Like come on guys. You need to find within yourselves the intellectual honesty to admit that this fucks.

I rest my case. Let's move on.

Citroën DS Break/Familiale/Safari/Estate/Station Wagon

How do Citroën fans do it, man

Yes, the steering wheel had a single spoke - and by the way, that's it straight. It was angled like that so that, in a crash, it would guide your your body to the right - because there weren't seatbelts yet in 1955. Yeah. This is a 1955 design. The French are always been and likely always will be hellbent on being weird - and the Citroën DS is a distillation of the good that can come from that. It had pillarless windows! variable height suspension so effective you could only tell you had a flat by sound - and could change that flat by just having the suspension lift it for you! It had rear fenders held on by one bolt! Hell, in 1967, it got directional lights that turned with the wheels!!!!

IN 1967!!!! Few cars have them right now today!!!

Oh, and also, most interesting to us right now, it has the greatest vibe gap between sedan and wagon I have ever seen. Allow me to illustrate (and slightly exacerbate by cherry picking examples).

You get out of this with suit and tie and a watch you change the time of with felt tweezers.

You get out of this with a lab coat, plane goggles, a propeller tophat and a concoction that violates a semester's worth of laws of physics. And, potentially, seven of the biggest freaks the planet could muster, because yes, this could seat up to eight, thanks to a front bench, a middle bench, and trunk seats. "You mean a third row?" HAHA. NO.

Honorable mentions:

Mazda 6, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Corolla KE70, Audi RS4, BMW E30, Fiat 500 Giardinetta, most '60s yankee landyachts that got a wagon, and all the ones that escape me at this moment

WAGONS I LIKE MORE THAN THE SEDAN VERSION

Audi RS6 (second generation)

Here's what happened (presumably): Audi had bought Lamborghini. Great! Now Lamborghinis could use Audi interior bits, a very welcome change because Lamborghini were not exactly the interior controls GOATs. (To stick to a representative example and not be here all day, when set to Fahrenheit the Diablo's digital climate controls changed the temperature by two degree increments except between 63F and 64F and 72F and 73F. And at the extremes it said LOF and HIF because the F did not go away. So yeah.) But this also gave Audi access to Lamborghini parts - and, a couple years in, one of the engineers told the others "Jo [German for "Yo"], there's gotta be something cool we can do with Lamborghini parts!" And the other was like "Maybe we can make the new RS6 [Audian for Real Sporty version of the A6 executive sedan] with a Lambo V10! That'd be a fast fucking sedan." And the first one replied "And a fast fucking wagon too!" And their eyes locked, lighting up with villainous thrill.

I mean, I could wax lyrical about the all wheel drive and super expensy carbon ceramic brakes and the flared fenders et al but if this garbage 5 second clip does not convince you that this busts ass how could I.

Toyota Corolla E110

Well that's quite the jump. How could I possibly be interested in a car like this? If cars were meals this would be a plate of warm water. There is only one way to possibly get excited about a car this boring: personal significance. And sure enough, my Yaris-pursuing father was instead upsold a Corolla exactly like this, discounted to empty the lot in preparation for its facelift - and one day he used it to drive my momma to a hospital, they got out of it in two, and some tribulations later they got back in it in three - third being a hot-off-the-press me. This, then, was the car that was in the driveway through my stumbling infancy - and never hinted at letting us down. We then traded it for an Opel that gave us loads of trouble, the recipient traded it for an Audi that gave him loads of trouble, and on the Corolla kept getting passed on right to wherever it rests today, never letting anyone down - loyalty likely rewarded by a crusher turning it to mush. And I want another shot at doing this car right.

Okay, actually, there's another way to get excited about such a car: find out about the inevitable sick-ass Japan-only version. In this case Toyota figured they'd fit the Sprinter Carib (because Corolla wasn't near a silly enough name for the Japanese market) with a 20V 4A-GE Blacktop and a 6 speed manual, or in less technical terms "one of the greatest non-turbo powertrains of its size to ever graze a production car". Presumably just for the sake of keeping it Japan-only for the sake of annoying me personally.

Well, joke's on them, because my idea goes even harder: replicating the powertrain the hatchback version competed in World Rally Championship with - 4WD and all.

This but wagon, essentially. And then bin it in a tree in 15 seconds like I always do on the rally sim.

Honorable mentions:

1970 Dodge Coronet SW, Nissan Stagea, Volvo 940/960 wagon (which I talked about in another post!), and again all the others that I forgot.

The shooting brakes are gonna need their separate post because otherwise it hits the image limit :/

Links in blue are posts of mine explaining the words in question - if you liked this post, you might like those!

[okosen]

[sapphic-schizo]

we're going to pick up our new car tomorrow : )

[hetheyshe-remade]

i want a subaru so bad

[sebastianvictorian]

Subaru Impreza WRX

[dielukedie-subaru]

This did NOT fit the 3rd gen Legacy/Outback glass. So it may only fit the glass that has the spray nozzle on the wiper assembly vs seperate up top over the glass.

Fit perfectly in my 98 LGT glass! Has a very low profile, cleaner look and reduces weight. No leaks since the install. My extended upper wing/spoiler keeps most stuff off the glass and the added rear aero mods seem to help with keeping debris off while in motion.

OEM rear wiper delete! Weighs only 7.3 grams!

PN: 86515AC000

I had an aluminum Torque Solution plug for a Ford Focus before which worked but barely fit and was heavy. This part pops in place and is held to the glass with 3M tape. Added some silicone on the backside to make a better water tight seal.

Looks better than expected! Should be the same part for a multitude of Subaru's.

[japanesecarssince1947]

1993 Subaru Impreza Sports Wagon

My tumblr-blogs:

www.tumblr.com/germancarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/frenchcarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/englishcarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/italiancarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/japanesecarssince1947 & www.tumblr.com/uscarssince1935

[hbnjhgv]

Part 1 Cars Haikyuu Characters would drive (Karasuno)

Daichi: Toyota Aruis Hatchback

Sugawara: 2010 Toyota Corolla

Asahi: 2011 Hyundai Accent

Nishinoya: Toyota Celica 190

Tanaka: 2003 Toyota Hylander passed down from his sister

Ennoshita: 2008 Subaru Impreza

Kinoshita: 2013 Dodge Avenger

Kageyama: 1999 Ford Focus

Hinata: 2004 Honda S2000

Tsukishima: 2010 Volvo XC70

Yamaguchi: 2002 Lexus ES300

Kiyoko: Black BMW Station Wagon

Yachi: Volkswagen Beetle

Ukai: 1981 Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler

Takeda: 2000 Oldsmobile Alero

[radracer]

Subaru Impreza WRX STi Wagon gf8

@marmeladinis

[posercowboy]

kakyoin would drive a 1992 subaru impreza. the wagon not the sedan. sorry

i just know jotaro would drive the fuck out of a bmw

[identifying-cars-in-posts]

Hi! My favourite car is the subaru impreza wrx sti 08, what do you think about it?

they’re fun! i sold my ‘04 wrx wagon to a guy with a built ‘08 sti! i don’t think i personally want to own another wrx but i definitely have a soft spot for them :)

[okosen]

[t-top-apologist]

As I climbed out of my bunker 20 years after the impending presidential victory of one Ralph Nader and the imminent opening of FEMA camps for corvair owners, I was surprised by three things: Firstly, Nader hadn't won and by some fluke that Ivy League texan boy had taken the presidency, using his newfound power to knock down those ugly towers in New York. Secondly, everyone around me was real worried about sneezing, and thirdly: people were mad about the police again. Well, that really wasn't a surprise as much as the fact that they had started forecasting a beautiful future in which there were no cops to pull me over for unleashing the full power of the GM flat six on public roadways like some sort of twisted star spangled Rat-Fink porsche ripoff taking high speed turns without even a hint of flipping over (you hear that Ralph?). Well, no flipping over other than for the normal reasons.

Those same people did end up calling the local constabulary on me as strange lights flickered on in the abandoned house next door and a dark figure began unearthing the many covairs he'd buried two decades ago in the back yard, but that's not the point. The real takeaway from this is that there exists the cultural impetus to create a future in which I do not receive speeding tickets for acceleration above the arbitrary number marked on the school zone sign (efforts by a tyrannical government to shield children from the truth of superior acceleration in rear engined cars).

The doughnut patrol eventually showed up, and did so in a veritable tank of a machine: the Ford Explorer, now optimized for plowing through crowds. This is that militarization of police everyone was talking about. They've ditched the hardworking American sedan in favor of these monstrosities better suited for hunting down and destroying anything rear engine, air cooled. This is why Porsche switched to watercooling in the 911, I just know it.

While the badged imbecile droned at me about my IDs expiring in 2003, I began to zone out, imagining what a properly modern police vehicle for the new decade should look like. None of this Humvee nonsense (though I'm pleased to see they never stopped making them), this would be a practical machine for the hypothetical "good" law enforcement officer not hell bent on stopping my corvair excavations.

Though a euro-styled wagon is an easy answer for police duty cars, there comes a time when we must acknowledge that those are mainly built for apprehending pocketknife-wielding arms dealers and have very little of the built in ego and power complexes required by State Police officers who protect their communities by hassling me about the legality of my high speed "shakedown runs" and the subsequent exhaust parts left scattered on the local highway.

No, what the American policeman needs is something that can tackle roads in any condition, with plenty of storage space for bulk orders of constitutional violations (and the remains of my exhaust), and a reliable powerplant that balances fuel efficiency and the desire to go fast sometimes (Idle in mall parking lots a lot). The answer is an all-wheel drive mid-sized hatchback with enough space to house my rear bumper once that comes off too. Which is to say the cops need an American OEM Impreza Hatchback.

Of course the closest American equivalent I could think of in a pinch was the Ford Pinto, which seemed to put him off. The ensuing chase was brief but not necessarily fast. Turns out the militarization of police extended to vests that don't protect you from sudden drops, but didn't extend so far as to cover standard issue night vision that would've detected the deep holes I'd been digging. Probably a good thing I buried those Corvairs so deep.

[wanderingandfound]

I've only driven a sedan once before, the rental car I took from my brother's friend's place to the cemetery I saw the 2024 total solar eclipse from. Everything else has been a (small) pick up, a hatchback, a minivan, like four station wagons, a pre-SUV Forester and an SUV Forester.

I don't want an SUV.

I loved my offroad station wagon. I want another offroad station wagon. I do not particularly need an offroad station wagon.

My dad wants me to have the newest safety features. Subaru Eyesight was only introduced ~2015, and made standard ~2019.

My beloved Subaru Outback became an SUV in 2005.

So. That means we're looking at sedans and hatchbacks. I'm tempted to go back to the type of car I inherited from my yiayia ‐ a two door hatchback that I also lost to a deer. I'm thinking maybe a Honda Fit, reliable and sometimes come in pretty colors.

My dad says the car needs to weigh at least 3k. Because of Click and Clack. Radio brothers that have been off the air for a dozen years.

I wonder what the Tappet Brothers would have to say about how modern cars are data gathering and surveillance devices. My dad used to he more worried about digital surveillance, until he could be in the other side of it.

So Honda Fit too light. And lacks AWD, which is useful when living somewhere with mountains and snow and little snow infrastructure. Looking at the Subaru Impreza. Nothing is all that endearing about it, except for the shade of blue that some of them come in. I feel so much like a girl (negative), the way I'm susceptible to a pretty color.

I want a pretty color. Yesterday I was looking up how much it would cost to paint a car. $1k for bad quality, $8k minimum for acceptable quality apparently.

Find out that the Impreza doesn't have room for a donut, let alone a spare tire. That ruin's all the shine of pretty colors and getting a good mpg while still being all-wheel drive.

So today I test drive a Subaru Legacy. Red. Wide. But not as wide as the minivan, so maybe it'll be alright.

After we all but say we'll buy the car in a few days, I get in the back seat.

I'm too tall.

I can make it if I slouch. But my brother and father are taller.

So I guess that's a no on sedans.