Archive for July, 2007

Monthly Meet N Greet – 29th July

July 26th, 2007

A few of the members have decided to have monthly meet N greets where we can all meet up, have a chat, and even go for a cruise. The meeting place is at Supercheap North Mackay car park at 12.30pm on the last Sunday of the month.
The next one will be on the 29th of [...]

Mackay WRX Calendar

July 24th, 2007

Ive just added in a calendar, the link is at the top right hand side of the screen here, and in the forum. Any member can make suggestions and additions to it, and they can be viewed by everyone. Ive already added in the Monthly Meet N Greets. Things like Test N Tunes can be [...]

Japan Report: Subaru Developing CVT

July 20th, 2007

According to a leading Japanese business paper, Subaru is planning CVT transmissions for all models after the 2008-09 business year.
The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun says that Subaru will fit CVT to its next-generation Legacy starting in 2009, with other models progressively getting the transmission thereafter.
Subaru soldiers on with its perennial quest to cut the fuel thirst [...]

2008 WRX Pics

July 12th, 2007

I’ve posted up a collection of photos i’ve found on the net of the new 2008 Subaru Impreza Range:
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Impreza WRX STi and Mitsubishi Evo X

July 12th, 2007

While dealers will get the first five-door Imprezas late this summer, the performance STi won’t debut until October’s Tokyo Motor Show. As a result, customers will have to make do with the entry-level car until the flagship arrives in 2008. The STi is powered by a tuned version of the 2.5-litre boxer engine, turbocharged to [...]

The Subaru WRX name – is the beginning of the end here?

July 3rd, 2007

Subaru fans around the world are wondering whether the WRX name is on the way out after Subaru dropped more than a decade’s worth of branding effort by renaming the Impreza WRX in Japan the S-GT. Also, the neither the WRX (or the S-GT) is being offered to Subaru’s third largest overseas market – the [...]