Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo i-Subaru yasungula uhlelo olukhethekileyo lwe-WRX STI, i-S207. Emva kwale minyaka, i-brand yaseJapan yagqiba ekubeni iyinonge i-saloon yayo yezemidlalo eqhutywa ngamavili kunye nencasa ye "Mundial de Ralis" kwakhona.
I-S208 entsha iya kulinganiselwa kwiiyunithi ze-450 kwaye iya kuthengiswa kuphela eJapan - kungekhona ukuba yenza umehluko omkhulu kwisiPutukezi, kuba njengoko uyazi, i-Subaru ayizange ibe nommeli ePortugal ixesha elide.
Andazi, masiqhathwe ngumphandle owahluke kancinane kwiinguqulelo eziqhelekileyo. Kukho umlingo ongaphezulu ofihliweyo kule Subaru WRX STI S208. Oko kukuthi phantsi kwe-hood. Siyakhumbula ukuba i-S207 yangaphambili, ixhotyiswe nge I-2.5 ye-turbo boxer injini yazisa i-325 hp kunye ne-431 Nm ye-torque. Okunokwenzeka kukuba kule nguqulo ezi (sele zinomdla) amaxabiso afumana intetho entsha.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuba amandla ayiyonto yonke, kwaye ukukhanya kubaluleke kakhulu - njengoko sibonile kwi-Opel Insignia GSi esanda kutyhilwa - uphahla kolu guqulelo luba yikhabhoni. Hayi nje ukunciphisa ubunzima kodwa kunye neziko lomxhuzulane.
Kukho okungakumbi. I-Subaru icele i-STI ukuba itshintshe ukumiswa kunye ne-elektroniki ukuze iphucule ngakumbi ukuphatha okuguquguqukayo. Oko kuthetha, sasisele sinomona osempilweni wabahlobo bethu kwilizwe “lokuphuma kwelanga”.