Does anyone know if US will be getting a special ed. Impreza any time in the near future? Like the ones Britain and Europe have been getting in the past...

 

wasn't the impreza WR (weight reduction) coming to the US?

 

There never has been a "weight reduction", that's what Spec C is. WR stands more like world rally.

06 USDM gets a WRX TR "Tuner-Ready" version, but nothing that special.

 

easy street came out with a 425 hp sti thats for sale @ select dealers. Serial numbered to, I think 500....not sure.

 

Oh, come on... that thing is so overpriced, looks tacky, and it's not factory-endowed (unless it is, in which case I am wrong and sad). I mean a real Subaru special! This, actually, prompts another question - if a special model is sold at a dealer, does that make it any more "official" or special? I guess if it still comes with the standard warranty, then that says something about the manufacturer's faith in it.

 

i dont think the dealership puts a warrenty on those. i read that in a old superstreet mag

 

Sorry, just the TR which deletes a lot of nice features from the WRX except for the new 2.5L powerplant...

 

But that's just JDM, right?

 

no, USDM as well

 

With the '06 model year there will also be available a WRX Limited, it comes with heated leather seats, sunroof, heated mirrors, and windshield wiper de-icer. Now that isn't necessarily a "special edition", but still cool. IMHO, the leather seats will make the interior look even nicer.

As far as the real special edition Impreza's go, I don't think we will see any here in the U.S. I think Subaru would be afraid to try and sell a $38K Impreza in the states, even though it would be worth every penny. Like the STi Type UK, it has a PPP (Prodrive Performance Package), and is fully covered under warranty.

 

i heard the wrx tr wasn't that great. doesn't it have just a few basic updates?

 

The esx signature has a factory warranty