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New model starts at £20,000

Subaru has added its 2.0-litre Boxer diesel engine to its five-door Impreza range.

The horizontally opposed common-rail engine has not featured in the Impreza range before due to the exchange rate between the pound and the Japanese yen.

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All UK Subaru models are imported from Japan and it has never been economically viable to put the boxer engine in the Impreza until now.

The boxer diesel produces 148bhp and 258lb ft of torque. It helps power the Impreza from 0-62mph in 9.0secs and reach a top speed of 127mph. Combined fuel economy is 47.9mpg and it has a claimed range of 670 miles on a single tank of diesel. CO2 emissions are 155g/km.

Standard equipment includes 17-inch alloys, HID headlamps with pop-up washers, electrically-folding door mirrors and front projector foglamps.

Inside, it features a six CD player with MP3 capability, cruise control, windscreen wiper de-icer, climate control, front, side and curtain airbags and heated sports seats.

Prices for the new Subaru Impreza 2.0D RC start at £20,000 and it is available to order now.

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docM 21 December 2009

Re: Subaru Impreza gets boxer diesel

Such a shame about this car, indeed all the Impeza range plus, unfortunately, the new Legacy and Outback. I think there are people who would want this car, in fact i'd be one of them as I do a lot of rural driving, don't need the performance or fuel consumption of a WRX. But it's too expensive and, from the front, looks both gawky and fat (quite an achievement, that combination). The rear and rear three quarters are actually not that bad at all; the car looks pretty purposeful. While nothing can be done about the rake of the windsceen (it makes the car look older than it is and emphasises the length of the bonnet), a very light revision at the front could actually make a lot of difference. The front bumper needs to be reduced in bulk and made a little more angular, and the car looks a lot meaner if the lines of the headlights are continued just a few inches into the wings. The STi grille would complete the picture. The interior is another matter, really the car needs a new, higher quality dash - those curves just don't work, they are so steep that they have the effect of narrowing and raising the height of the dash making the interior seem smaller than it is. However, just removing the silver plastics from the dash and door cards and replacing them with some more expensive looking foils and soft touch plastics might do the job and would be very cheap - it's amazing how a little bit of 'rubberised' plastic, which costs very little, can raise perceived quality (just look at what Volkswagen gets away with!). Come on Subaru, please try just a little harder with the UK market before it withers away.

michael knight 4 September 2009

Re: Subaru Impreza gets boxer diesel

ian0 wrote:
Why would a smaller car be slower?They all have the same engine.

Possibly gearing..?

Symanski 4 September 2009

Re: Subaru Impreza gets boxer diesel

chandrew wrote:
Subaru's have always been expensive in the UK.

They dropped the price of the base model by £ 2,500 when it went to hatchback, but kept the WRX price unchanged. Initially the STi was brought in at £ 25,000 but was under specificed with really ugly wheels which you simply had to change (£ 1,800 with tyres). Later they upped the STi price to £ 26,600. Checking the current price is £ 26,040 although I've seen EU imports with 18" wheels for sale as little as £ 22,500.

Checking right now and you can get UK STi models for £ 23,000. But when I bought mine years ago and was using the supermarket cars as leverage the dealer told me "ah, but those car are imports" I replied "the car is made in Japan - they're all imports!"

I got a healthy discount.