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other awd cars in same price range as impreza?

vshah

vshah

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gf's dad is looking to buy a car, and is close to deciding on an impreza. i'm just worried he isn't considering other options. he wants to buy new.
 
The Lancer is slightly more expensive than the Impreza, but seems to retain its value a little better.
 
I don't think the regular Lancer is AWD. I'm pretty sure it's FWD until you get to the Ralliart, no?

Either way, Subaru is the way to go IMO. Decent fuel economy, top safety ratings, reliable, and of course AWD. Not to mention one of the few companies that offers manual transmissions on most of its cars.
 
fbrdphreak said:
I don't think the regular Lancer is AWD. I'm pretty sure it's FWD until you get to the Ralliart, no?

Either way, Subaru is the way to go IMO. Decent fuel economy, top safety ratings, reliable, and of course AWD. Not to mention one of the few companies that offers manual transmissions on most of its cars.
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Yes, you are right. I've been out the loop a while, I didn't realise that the Lancer Evo GSR (the cheapest of the Evos) is quite a bit more expensive to buy new than the bottom of the range 2.5l WRX.

Subaru Impreza 2.5l WRX starts at $25k
http://www.subaru.com/vehicles/impreza-wrx/wrx/index.html

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GSR starts at $34k
http://www.mitsubishicars.com/MMNA/jsp/build.do?modelId=100032&loc=en-us
 
The ralliart was late to the game and doesn't really compete performance wise against the WRX. 237 hp vs 265hp...not to mention the fact that the ralliart with Recaro package is 30k, 2k off the MSRP of the new STI SE.
 
Fmr12B said:
Suzuki SX4

Cheapest AWD car out there.
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The Suzuki SX4: what happens when an Aztek f**ks a Rondo without protection.
 
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vshah said:
gf's dad is looking to buy a car, and is close to deciding on an impreza. i'm just worried he isn't considering other options. he wants to buy new.
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you should not be worried. if he wants to buy it , let him. Subaru is king when it comes to AWD, anyways.
 
yeah the sx4 is supposed to be a pretty good choice.

i dont think its as big as a subaru though. its also got like 50 hp less than a base impreza. it would be a much nicer car with say 25 more hp especially dragging the awd system around. i think the awd is only on the hatch too.
 
NutBucket said:
Well, its a bit hard to be so absolute as Subaru uses more than one AWD system in their cars. I doubt every Quattro system is the same anyway.
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truth.

quattro on transverse engines uses a haldex differential (TT, A3)
quattro on longitudinal engines uses a torsen differential (everything else, IIRC)

and then you can get the torque-vectoring sport diff for $$.
 
Jumpem said:
No.
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i wouldnt 100% go with the subaru awd as being better. then again i'm a biased audi owner.

the newer audis at least in regular road driving have a better bias (60% rear). also in the S4/5 etc you get the torque vectoring which subaru doesnt have .

acura has a similar system in sh-awd but its a haldex type system because it is a transverse engine.

the wrx is still a transverse engined car with worse weight balance etc, it does have economy car roots. i'd like to see some sort of road vs off road comparison done but itll never happen since the cars are in totally different price segments.
 
To be fair you can't compare apples and oranges. Just because Subaru doesn't offer torque vectoring doesn't automatically make their system inferior.

btw, how is the wrx a transverse engined car if Subaru hasn't sold a transverse engined car in over 15 years? Just wondering.
 
NutBucket said:
To be fair you can't compare apples and oranges. Just because Subaru doesn't offer torque vectoring doesn't automatically make their system inferior.

btw, how is the wrx a transverse engined car if Subaru hasn't sold a transverse engined car in over 15 years? Just wondering.
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I think it's a matter of interpretation. From a purely cylinder arrangement standpoint, it is longitudinal.
 
NutBucket said:
To be fair you can't compare apples and oranges. Just because Subaru doesn't offer torque vectoring doesn't automatically make their system inferior.

btw, how is the wrx a transverse engined car if Subaru hasn't sold a transverse engined car in over 15 years? Just wondering.
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my bad, for some reason i was thinking about the lancer evo, just sort of grouped the "rally racing" cars in my head forgot subarus used boxers.
 
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