what does WRX stand for?

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Apr 27, 2004 | 09:17 PM

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Eternal-E

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Downshift: you explained exactly what I was trying to say :P

Apr 28, 2004 | 12:37 AM

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Christian

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wasnt the xr4ti rwd?

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Apr 28, 2004 | 05:44 AM

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wasnt the xr4ti rwd?

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there are a lot of cars out there that have an x in the them and aren't awd. only the eclipse and bmws use the x to clasify awd

Apr 28, 2004 | 04:42 PM

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In the case for the GSXR, X stands for 4 valves per cylinder

Apr 28, 2004 | 04:56 PM

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WRX = We're Really eXcited
STi = Stop Talking Insanity

J/k, actually from what I've read:
WRX = World Rally Cross ("X" for cross)
STi = Subaru Technica International (most everyone knows this one

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Apr 28, 2004 | 07:37 PM

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There is a good chance it's strictly a marketing deal. back in the early/mid '70s almost every model of japanese made 35mm camera sold had some combination of the 3 letters S-E-X used in it. Sometimes to LOOK like the word sex from a distance or to SOUND like it vaguely. And the Japanese are/were very aware of different marketing strategies in the US than in japan. I used to own a Datsun SRL311 - the direct ancestor to the 240Z - called Fairlady in japan and most of the rest of the world - just not 'macho' enough for the US. Going the other way, Victor Kiam ("I liked it so much I bought the company!") couldn't give razors away in japan til he switched the package color to mostly metallic gold. Walk down the soap aisle in a store here and you see red.orange yellow maybe lime green. Gold sells in Asia. I don't know if WRX was a simple suggestion by one guy or the result of a dozen 'focus groups' conducted by a high paid ad agaency - but it's quite likely to NOT stand for anything all that significant. George Eastman kinda liked the letter K and wanted a name for his company that would likely be easy to pronounce in most languages - that's where KODAK came from.