Scotty Boy

Hi All,

Just got back from Japan

And i managed to pay a visit to the local scooby dealer

Here is the latest STI just release 4th Nov 2002.

280bhp for the grand sum of 18K inc tax

One_Lung

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any interior shots?

Scotty Boy

OMG i totally forgot, too happy snapping the outside

The interior was identical to the S202 actually, just without the limited edition number plaque.

sorry

jameswrx

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Nice work!
£18,000?! blinkin eck!
That intercooler looks a fair size.

Did you check out any second hand prices over there?

James

One_Lung

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I'm still not sold on that scoop. Looks tooooo prominent.

D6ale

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yeah i agree the car is brilliant looking all round but that scoop is way over the top.

bluto22b

Why don't they put the Subaru lettering on the boot?

mutant_matt

Because it looks better without?

clarence

Y3m is the list price for STis, & if u're going to get a new car, u can get very low-interest finance & freebies thrown into the deal.
2nd hand prices are lower than in UK, cos of the big depreciation.
No Subaru letters on the bootlid cos JDM cars put the emphasis on model names rather than brand name (JDM Subarus doesn't have large Subaru letters on the bootlid, be it Impreza, Legacy or Forester). Remember the models names are foreign words, whereas the brandname is Japanese, foreign things are always considered to be 'higher-class' in Japan.

TheScooby

Wow, it gets better every time i see it. So Scotty, what's the verdict? Does it look better in the metal??

TheScooby

Scotty Boy

I thought it looked awsome and the scoop was much better in the flesh

I forgot to say, i was out in Japan with my Japanese friend and he got the sales man to take us out for a test drive. The sales man was more than happy and got rather heavy footed

One of the coolest gizmos is a red light on the rev counter that can be set to a certain rev value - when you hit that value e.g. 7.5 it beeps and flashes at you !!!! The demo car had it set to 8.0 and he hit it 3 times on the test drive !!!

if only i had the spare cash around

andyng

Is that £18,000 including tax ,vat shipping on the road in UK price?And is that new Sti 7 or is it a 8.



[Edited by andyng - 11/25/2002 11:45:39 AM]

mista weava

that scoop is brutal!
coming round to it though
weava

MATTeL

Wasn't the shift warning light intoduced in the MY02 Sti?

UKType

I have the rev warning light on my MY02

Floyd

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Have I missed something here I thought everyone has seen this at the motorshow and on here already?

BTW the scoop is ridiculous!

F

clarence

Yes, this car was launched in the Paris show some time ago (& also shown in NEC), but Japan is the only place so far where u can actually buy & take delivery of the MY03 now.

beryllium

BBS ARE VERY NICE

turbo wrx

What did it go like, must be slow if you want to watch the red light coming on.

Has it lost the flat 4 burble due to new manifold/twin scroll turbo setup?

Are those wheels standard on the JDM?

Styx

Next time bring one back 4 me

Scotty Boy

<burble> - IMO still there

<slow and rev light> - no way, i have just never seen the rev light warning light, so it caught my eye

<bring one back> - me first mate

<18k> - that is to buy in Japan

<scoop> - i loved it !!!

MarkO

Erm, because it's an STI, not a Subaru? No JDM STI has ever had the Subaru badging across the rear of the car.

clarence

In fact, no JDM Subarus ever put 'S U B A R U' on the back, be it an Impreza, Forester, Legacy, Pleo, Vivio, or a SVX.

Glenn Coombs

Am I seeing things or has it got 2 rear wiper blades ?

CLANDER

I've also recently returned from a visit to the Land of the Rising Sun. Went to the Subaru Building in Tokyo and they had a new MY03 STi in their showroom. Have an interior shot for one_lung.

First time for adding pics, hope they work!

Chris.