Will the new Impreza be a dismal failure?

Enough of the fancy talk.
Time to see how this beauty rips!

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Originally Posted by Nenukknak

On SWRT website they say they are still working hard with BOS to find the best solution, in other words BOS needs to come up with something better.

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richards believes they've isolated (only last week) the damper problem.

he reckons it's the fluid reconstituting itself at a molecular level, which explains why they've had a hard time pinning it down.

at least, that's what he told me on the weekend.

would explain why the subaru usually puts in a good friday performance then goes to bits, as the damper fluid breaks down. surely damper fluid has been fairly well sorted over the years?

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Originally Posted by Mickey T

richards believes they've isolated (only last week) the damper problem.

he reckons it's the fluid reconstituting itself at a molecular level, which explains why they've had a hard time pinning it down.

at least, that's what he told me on the weekend.

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Interesting how the damper problem being resolved co-incides with the launch of the new car.
Blame diversion to get Mr Subaru off his back?... or a genuine technical screw-up of biblical proportions on BOS's side?

If thats true it doesnt say a lot about BOS's quality control... a problem at molecular level?.. thats very difficult to believe unless they were being supplied by a Ford or Citroen owned brake fluid company. ;)

Cynical, who me? :D

That's all well and good, but what does Atko really think of the new car? Come on Mike, spill it.

It's not a dismal failure until now, but not great great neither :mark:

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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc

It's not a dismal failure until now, but not great great neither :mark:

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For the moment S14 has not shown any sign of being faster than the old Impreza. You can watch from last year where Petter and Chris after first day.

sort of where I expected. petter gets slight too emotional about things. he is just after saying on WRR preview interview, that is was maybe possible he could win with Acropolis, or at least setting fastest times. OK, give it time, but I expected it to be at least slightly quicker that the old car out of the box.

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Originally Posted by Buzz Lightyear

sort of where I expected. petter gets slight too emotional about things. he is just after saying on WRR preview interview, that is was maybe possible he could win with Acropolis, or at least setting fastest times. OK, give it time, but I expected it to be at least slightly quicker that the old car out of the box.

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What I have seen recently good cars are very fast out of the box. For instance C4, Focus. Also previous Impreza won its first race.

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Originally Posted by Finni

What I have seen recently good cars are very fast out of the box. For instance C4, Focus. Also previous Impreza won its first race.

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Out of box? C4 was developed over a year before first event...would not call that out of box performance.