WRX STi wagon
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WRX STi wagon
OK, I'm new to this forum today. So please don't flame me if I'm (a) posting in the wrong place, or (b) asking questions I should know the answers to.
I did run a search on this topic but came up with nothing.
My question is: what, if anything, is known or rumored about the launch of a WRX STi wagon in the US?
A while ago (on Cobb's board) I read a rumor that Subaru was looking into doing an STi wagon for the 2005 model year. For me, this would be an ideal stealth-car with some practicality thrown in, and I'd sell my stock WRX wagon for one without hesitation (so would several other people, according to the responses). But then things went quiet and I've only seen confirmation of a Legacy wagon with a de-tuned version of the STi motor, which is interesting but not that interesting.
If it isn't going to happen, or even if it won't happen until the 2006 model year, then I want to make some modest performance mods to my WRX wagon - maybe just a reflash, maybe a downpipe too. But that would be cash down the drain if there's any chance an 05 STi wagon could happen.
Does anyone know if there's a date when the entire Subaru line-up is announced?
All comments appreciated.
I did run a search on this topic but came up with nothing.
My question is: what, if anything, is known or rumored about the launch of a WRX STi wagon in the US?
A while ago (on Cobb's board) I read a rumor that Subaru was looking into doing an STi wagon for the 2005 model year. For me, this would be an ideal stealth-car with some practicality thrown in, and I'd sell my stock WRX wagon for one without hesitation (so would several other people, according to the responses). But then things went quiet and I've only seen confirmation of a Legacy wagon with a de-tuned version of the STi motor, which is interesting but not that interesting.
If it isn't going to happen, or even if it won't happen until the 2006 model year, then I want to make some modest performance mods to my WRX wagon - maybe just a reflash, maybe a downpipe too. But that would be cash down the drain if there's any chance an 05 STi wagon could happen.
Does anyone know if there's a date when the entire Subaru line-up is announced?
All comments appreciated.
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It seems logical to me (and hopefully to SOA) that they would have similar success with an STi wagon as with the WRX wagon at launch. I don't know the exact figures, but I'm guessing sales of the wagon are roughly 35-45% of the total for the WRX? I would expect that 25% of STi buyers would take a wagon, which is about 1000 cars (for now) of the STi production. I know, Subaru says that there will be 3k STis made, but come on- they said there would be 5000 '02 WRXs and there ended up being 14,000. And small production runs are not new to Subaru- they made only a handful of the RS each year.
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Hey goatboy, search for my old thread in the STi countdown section for idle chatter regarding the STi wagon 
EDIT: Oh wait, the STi countdown section got taken down... well just run a generalized search for my thread
EDIT: Oh wait, the STi countdown section got taken down... well just run a generalized search for my thread
Last edited by Choku Dori; Dec 16, 2003 at 10:11 AM.
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