Is it true that the 2.5 will be UK supplied next year??

 

For the moment, it is at the US.

 

where did u hear that?

 

Just something I heard, not from any particular source, just asking on here if people know it it will be UK supplied or futhermore right hand drive.

 

Not heard anything to substantiate that one, and commercial realities would tend to work against it.

Are you sure your non-specific source hadn't become confused by Litchfield Imports' Type 25?

 

Is it unlikely we would ever see a 2.5 due to Group N homoglomation (sp?) rules etc. ?

 

That's a non-issue Graz. What we get or don't get in the UK means absolutely nothing as far as homologation (either for Group N or the WRC) rules are concerned.

The only concerns are commercial ones, and the only thing I can see making a difference in this area would be if the Type 25 (and any similar efforts) start stealing sales from IM and the dealer network to any noticeable degree.

 

Ta

 

I'm sure IM will be watching the T25 with great intrest. They get somebody else to do some nice market research for them for nothing!

 

For nothing? More like, for the cost of a WR1 for each and every car sold. (What would your second choice be after a T25?)

 

That's only an issue for IM if they fail to sell all 500 WR1's Andy, and right now it doesn't seem as though they're having any problem at all shifting them. The second batch of 500, on the other hand...

 

The WR1 (and other STI models) may well sell over time - but it's probably fair to say that for every import (T25 or otherwise), a UK-spec scooby remains unsold. Of course, that's exactly how it should be - healthy competition is a good thing. Why else did we get the P1, if not to compete with imports of STIs? Does anyone else reckon we wouldn't have the Euro-STI at all if it weren't for the huge market for imports?

 

I've heard of dealers with 4/5 or their allocation unsold ....... my local dealer has 2 left!
- Is it going to be a flop?

 

£30k is an [i]awful[i] lot of money for a Japanese tin box... even a really fast one. You'd have thought they learned that when the P1 sat in showrooms for months

 

this might sound dumb but what would be the point in 2.5 turbo as we seem to be able to tune the 2.0 turbo up to mega power! just wondering

 

I think you might find that IM would love to bring in the 2.5 if they could get it through EU regs. You'll also find they would like to of imported the Legacy Turbo.

The truth in most of this is that our European friends are to blame. They dont want what we want. As usual the Germans and French win.

Anyone with half a brain at IM knows that a 2.5 Scooby, Legacy and and Forester will move off the showroom floor. It doesnt take a whole load of market resarch data from Litchfield sales.

Ive also heard that WR1 sales are slow.

Jonathan