{"id":47786,"date":"2009-11-24T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/24\/la-preview-subaru-wrx-sti-special-edition-headed-for-u-s-showr\/"},"modified":"2009-11-24T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T17:29:00","slug":"la-preview-subaru-wrx-sti-special-edition-headed-for-u-s-showrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/47786","title":{"rendered":"LA Preview: Subaru WRX STI Special Edition headed for U.S. showrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2010 Subaru WRX STI Special Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nFor U.S. Subaru<\/a> enthusiasts, it has long seemed like the folks at Fuji Heavy forgot that we might be interested in special-edition WRX<\/a> models too. New hotted-up variants of the all-wheel-drive hero car have been released in the UK and elsewhere on what seems like a monthly basis, but here in the States, we’ve largely done without. Thankfully, at last there is just such a U.S. model in the pipeline, and it’s headed for the LA Auto Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The the 2010 WRX STI Special Edition starts by utilizing the suspension package form the JDM WRX STI Spec C (1mm thicker rear antisway bar, stiffer springs and more robust rear subframe bushings), and the model also inherits the charcoal 18 x 8.5-inch 14-spoke alloys from that car as well. <\/p>\n

Interestingly, the Special Edition is decontented somewhat. Unlike the standard U.S. STI, the SE makes do with a downgraded stereo (single-disc CD\/four speakers versus six-disc\/10 speakers), manual HVAC controls, conventional halogen headlamps, and indicator-free side mirrors. It isn’t immediately clear if this change in specification helps shave any weight, but the smaller stereo alone probably helps the car drop a few pounds.<\/p>\n

Subaru says it plans to initially offer the Special Edition in a limited run of 125 units this Spring, all painted Aspen White. Later in 2010, the Special Edition will become a normal production model available in other colors. Pricing has not yet been released, but if you’re at all interested in one of the first 125 examples, we’d suggest getting on a list with your local dealer now. Check out the full press release after the jump and the high-res gallery below.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: 2010 Subaru WRX STI Special Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filed under: LA Auto Show, Performance, Hatchback, Subaru 2010 Subaru WRX STI Special Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery For U.S. Subaru enthusiasts, it has long seemed like the folks at Fuji Heavy forgot that we might be interested in special-edition WRX models too. New hotted-up variants of the all-wheel-drive hero car have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}