Not sure if this is old news to you guys?
Prodrive have recently being given a contract by Subaru to give the body a re-vamp due to poor sales, every panel on the car is to be changed due to a poor response on the new model.
Maybe why only prodrive versions of the sti are being pushed out first????
J

 

Could it be the 22B treatment that the old Impreza got?

I suspect so. Expect a Phat & wide MY01 soon!

Regards
Kurt

 

Does anyone know if this will be a limited edition or for all new WRXs. Don't fancy going for an STI if it will be an "old" model by this time next year.

 

What they should have done the first time. The old turbo wasnt a gorgeous car but it had character. The Bug eyes model looks fugly hence why most people spend more money changing the front end visually. Hopefully its something that looks more like the P1.

 

Never seen this confirmed, just a story on the net and also autocar (??).

Would also like to know more as it will affect my buying decisions.

greg

 

Chances are that it would only be a special edition, possibly a Tomi Mak' version. It would cost millions to put a new design into production. I have heard that sales of the WRX are higher than for any other Subaru ever. I doubt that Subaru would be pushing the STI if a new model was on the way.

 

Autocar report implied it was a revamp and across the range due to the lack of sales... everything except the glass I think they said Pro Drive could change but not neccessarily going to..
I think they said for 2003... this is all from my memory, I read the article before Xmas... must be on the net somewhere?

ho ho JGM

 

manufacturers seem to have a habit of knocking out a 'special' version of a car thats due to be replaced in the not too distant future...
eg focus rs, new focus due perhaps 2003
225 bhp A3, new one next year (or is it this year?)

what better way of shifting your soon to be outdated/ugly/no one will want one (delete as applicable ) stock, and start afresh with a newer/better looking/more expensive(delete as applicable )in 2003?


i personally will wait for more news on the revamp, 25k is a lot of dough for a car as ugly, IMHO, as the wrx sti. i would be as sick as adog if i bought one, only for 12 months later a much nicer one popped along

am i the only one who's suspicious about the seemingly low price of the standard sti? if they charged 28k, people would have paid it.
so why so cheap in comparison to the standard wrx? i feel sorry for uk300 owners

 

I heard this on IWOC and it could affect if I go for a prodrive stlyee STI or not in the next couple of months.

Andy

 

Thank god though, it'd defo be at the top of most performance car drivers shopping list if it looked better, that current one is awful!!