A rare Subaru impreza WRX STI Type RA arrives in Quebec

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Germain Goyer

Tuesday, 13 march 2018, 11:15

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Its page on Facebook, a Subaru dealer in the Laurentian region announced that he had just received an extremely rare WRX STI Type RA.

Limited to only 75 copies for the whole of Canada, this TSI has nothing mundane. Among its features include the control module on the engine exclusive, the pistons STI hardened, the intake manifold is unique, the shock absorbers and coil springs Bilstein, rims BBS 19-inch, golden in color, brake calipers Brembo, and perforated discs, the front skirt, the roof in carbon fiber, steering wheel, sweden, etc

On the plan of the engines, one finds the same four-cylinder flat turbocharged 2.5 L. It develops 5 horsepower more than the WRX STI conventional for a total of 310. As for the torque, it remains 290 lb-ft.

Of course, this mill is mated to a manual transmission with six reports.

If this car has this name, it is for a specific reason. The letters “RA” to mean “Record Attempt”. In effect, this WRX STI could not be more radical now holds the record for the fastest lap cordoned off by a sedan on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

For this dealer, this is the first of two copies which will be supplied to him.

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