Subiect: Moartea lui super-Salonul japoneză

Mourning the loss of the Mitsubishi Evo and Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Being the time of year to look back as well as forward and all, lets spare a moment to mourn the passing of a pair of performance icons from these shores, the Mitsubishi Evo and Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
Această pereche de saloane de înaltă performanţă japonezi au luptat o rivalitate intens la începutul anilor 1990, multe Îmblânzirea un Italian supercar şi German super-salon a lungul drumului pentru a decide propriile lor luptă individuale.
Au făcut unirea se răcească şi social acceptabil din nou pentru prima dată din epoca Grupa B, a face nume de uz casnic şi eroi din place de Richard Burns, Colin McRae şi Tommi Makinen pe drum. Sport nu a atins aceste maximele de la.
They made Japanese cars desirable, in an era of faceless Toyota Corollas and Nissan Almeras. They amt cost either the earth, offering a serious amount of bang for a moderate enough buck.
Şi au făcut drumul lor, bugetele de dezvoltare pur cheltuite pe maximiza performanţa şi priceperea dinamic, mai degrabă decât pe interioare de lux, de lux asieta sau inutile, gadget-uri.
Perhaps I amt realise how much Id idolised these cars when growing up until I was scanning the photos taken on my iPhone this year on the train last night. If you take a snap of all the desirable metal that arrives in the Autocar car park, the memory would soon fill up, so Im selectiv in what I point and shoot at. After the Ferrari FF, the Evo and Impreza are my most papped cars this year.
But sadly they obiceiul be back next year. V-ar struggle to fill a Tesco Express car park with the amount of Evos and Imprezas that are left new in stock in the UK and neither Mitsubishi nor Subaru will be importing anymore in their current generation.
Yes, the world has moved on: there are better faster and cars than both now, and the interior just nu-t really cut it anymore despite the honesty and integrity of it. And now both cars will be moving on too, with the high-revving, highly-înșirate turbocharged engines replaced with hybrid drivetrains.
Whether the pair can reinvent themselves and renew their rivalry for a new era remains to be seen, but the high-performance Japanese saloon rivalry as we know it is no more. Santa, if youre reading this, Ill have an Impreza P1 or Evo VI Mäkinen Edition in my stocking to cheer me up please.