i no the the imports have substantional more bhp from standard but im under the impression the uk turbo is margianlly faster to 60mph how is this so with such a big bhp difference

 

its not so mate a jap wrx is faster to 60 than a uk car buy quite a bit not the other way round .......... chris

 

I think I'll have to disagree, some WRX's will beat a UK to 57, but not 60.
'cause 57 is where you hit the rev limiter in second gear making it a necessity to have two gear changes rather than one to get to 60. This has a big negative impact on 0-60 times.

 

The jap import is definitely quicker than the UK model.

 

Do you own a uk model KevinH?