defining car culture 069SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STI
WHAT IS A WRX STI TYPE UK?
The hierarchy of performance Imprezas is, in general, pretty simple to figure out. While there are many, many special editions and spec variants to confuse yourself with, the bare bones of it
are that the WRX is the quite hot one, and the WRX STI is the very hot one. So what makes a WRX STI Type UK unique? Well, for starters you could only get them in the UK – but you’d probably
already guessed that. To complement its 296bhp and 300lb/ft, you also got SI-Drive and a DCCD centre diff, as well as Smartnav, a tracker, and a Type UK badge on the boot. Unlike the myriad
special editions the Impreza enjoyed over the years, the Type UK designation is really just a marker to prove it’s an official UK car rather than a grey import. Simple as that!
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It’ll really irritate the Subaru
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