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Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4WD - Nippon rocket for all days

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Created on May 28, 2023

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Freude am Fahren mit Boxer

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - nur 173 cm breit

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - 238 km/h schnell kann er maximal werden

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - vergleichsweise unauffällig mit dem kleinen Spoiler und der silberfarbenen Lackierung

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - kompakt und unauffällig schnell

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - ein richtiger Wolf im Schafspelz

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - die Aerodynamik ist nicht überragend

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - fühlt sich gerade auf Landstrassen gut an

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - unbedingt verbrauchssparend ist er nicht

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - das Ziel war nicht maximale Leistung auf der Geraden ...

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - die stärkste Version ist u.a. an der Lufthutze und am Heckspoiler zu erkenen

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - kompakter Viertürer mit reichlich Power

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - 440,5 cm lang

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - relativ kurze Überhänge, 252,5 cm Radstand

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - bereit für den nächsten Einsatz

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - mattschwarze Grundfärbung mit Blauakzenten beim Interieur

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Stoffbezüge bei den Sitzen

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Cockpit mit Momo-Lederlenkrad mit Airbag, man beachte die "Water Spray"-Taste, die Wasser in den Ladeluftkühler spritzt

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - einfache, aber gut ablesbare Instrumente

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - eine Leuchte im Drehzahlmesser mahnt ans Hochschalten

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Mittelkonsole mit Unterhaltungselektronik und Klimaeinstellungen

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - alles vorhanden, von der Kompaktkassette bis zum CD-Laufwerk

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Sechsganggetriebe, Sicherungsring für den Rückwärtsgang

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - eine klassische mechanisch auf die Hinterräder wirkende Handbremse ist Ehrensache

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Sitze im Sportlook

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - für die damalige Zeit waren 265 PS aus zwei Litern Hubraum üppig

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Blick unter die Motorhaube

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - 265 PS leistet der turbo-beatmete Boxermotor bei 6000 Umdrehungen

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - vom Motor sieht man wenig, von den Hilfsaggregaten und vom Ladeluftkühler umso mehr

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - gut gefüllter Motorraum

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Ladeluftkühler

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Chassis-Plakette

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Gewichtsangaben

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Informationen unter der Kühlerhaube

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Luft für den Motor und den Ladeluftkühler

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - die Frontscheinwerfer gefielen nicht allen

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - die Nebelscheinwerfer fehlen, dafür gibt's stilvolle STi-Abdeckungen

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - goldene Aluräder und Brembo-Bremsen

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - rahmenlose Seitenscheiben vorne und hinten

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - auf dem Heckdeckel ist der Wagen komplett beschriftet

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - sozusagen die Basis für das Rallye-Auto

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - "WRX" steht für World Rallye Experimental, das WRC-Programm von Subaru

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - etwas kleiner ist der "4WD"-Schriftzug gehalten, er kennzeichnet den Allradantrieb

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - "STi" steht für "Subaru Tecnica international", das Subaru-Motorsportprogramm

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - schlichte Heckleuchten in einem Gehäuse vereinigt

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Subaru Impreza GT Turbo (2000) - 0 bis 100 km/h schafft er in rund 6,5 Sekunden

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Subaru Impreza McRae (1995) – Auf 200 Exemplare limitiertes Sondermodell

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Subaru Impreza WRC S 6 (2000) – Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022

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Subaru Impreza WRX (2000) - Werbung für den schwächeren WRX (218 PS)

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Prodrive-Version und Normalversion vereinigt

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Prodrive-Version mit grossem Heckspoiler

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Prodrive-Version mit grossem Heckspoiler

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - in Silbermétallic und ohne (!) Heckspoiler

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Normalversion ohne grossen Heckspoiler

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Motor und Getriebe

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - Fahrwerk und Vorderradaufhängung

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2001) - bei der San Remo Rallye

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2003) - bei der Deutschland Rallye

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2004) - Prodrive-Version mit grossen Flügelwerk

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2004) - Interieur

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2004) - Motor in der Durchsicht

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2004) - Fahrwerk

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2004) - auf Sicherheit ausgelegte Karosserie

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2006) - Rallye Wales

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Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2006) - neue Frontgestaltung

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Subaru Impreza (2003) - World Rallye Championship

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Summary

The fastest Subaru after the turn of the millennium offered driving performance that was otherwise only achieved by super sports cars, as well as manners suitable for everyday use and transport capacity for four people for comparatively little money. Successes in rally sport made it a cult object and it still has a large fan base today. This driving report is about an early Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4WD from 2001 and shows it in many pictures, historical material and in the sales literature from back then.

This article contains the following chapters

More spacious and safer
WRX initially as top-of-the-range model
The WRX STitrump card
A lot of technology for the money
Extensively equipped
"Rocket on wheels"
Rally successes
In the footsteps of Richard Burns

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Fun to drive, comfortable, safe and, above all, fast: the Subaru Impreza WRX STi, built after the turn of the millennium, wanted to be all this and more. And indeed: where else could you get such sporty driving performance for less money and the aura of a rally winner to boot? After the first edition of the Subaru Impreza had been built from October 1992 to the summer of 2000, which also enjoyed numerous rally successes from the mid-nineties onwards, the Japanese company presented a second generation of the Impreza in August 2000. While technically based on its predecessor, the new Impreza had grown slightly in all dimensions. The wheelbase was now 252.5 cm, the length 440.5 cm, the width 173 cm and the height 144 cm.

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