The Model Year 2009 Impreza WRX has made the cover of today’s Carsguides in the country’s biggest-selling daily newspapers, The Daily Telegraph in NSW and the Herald Sun in Victoria.
Under the tag, “Rex bites back. Slick sedan puts more mongrel into Subaru’s street car”, journalist Kevin Hepworth writes: “A back-to-back comparison with the superseded model on the Winton track was enough to give credence to Subaru’s claims of getting the attitude back.
“Flatter through the corners, easier to set up and turn-in and quicker to get on the game out of corners, the entire feel of the car was sharper and yet more in control.”
He added: “As dramatic as the track improvements were, it was away from the smooth tarmac that the best of the engineering improvements shone through. On a highly corrugated gravel run the ability to steer through a broken corner without fear that the steering wheel would be torn from your grasp was refreshing.
“Amid all the attitude and performance increases, Subaru has managed to trim combined fuel efficiency figures from 10.7 litres per 100km to 10.4 litres per 100km.
“That’ll do, Rex, that’ll do.”
For the full reports, see the Carsguides in today’s edition of The Daily Telegraph and The Herald Sun.