What else to do on a rainy and cold winters morning? Take out your hot hatch for a drive through some of best roads Victoria has to offer.

Typical Melbourne winters day, cold, wet and horrible. Yet that didn’t stop a fantastic turn out of hot hatches on our cruise through the Yarra Ranges. 20 or so cars came along for the cruise, mainly XR4’s and XR5’s but we were lucky to have a very sexy SRi Turbo and WRX come along as well.

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After a long wait the Subaru World Rally Team (SWRT) finally unleash their new weapon for the 2008 season at the Acropolis rally.

The WRC2008 is based on the road version of the current Impreza STi and it’s the first time the SWRT have ditched using a sedan and instead gone for the hatchback design. In pure WRC style the car gets a much more aggressive look with bigger guards and a massive rear wing. The WRC2008 also loses its famous bonnet scoop, they’ve gone for a front mounted intercooler this time to help with the center of gravity for the car.

It’s a radical change for the team, and one that comes with great expectation as fans across the globe have been awaiting a Subaru revival for quite some time.

The car didn’t disappoint on its debut, Peter Solberg finished in an incredible 2nd place in one of the years roughest rally. A result which earnt the team the Abu Dhabi the spirit of the rally award. It’s a very promising start for Subaru and we look forward to having them back in the pointy end for this championship.

The Mazda has been around for sometime and really proven itself as a genuine screamer. The new kid on the block, the 2008 Subaru WRX is stepping up to the plate in a couple of videos courtesy of YouTube.

2008 Subaru Impreza WRX vs. 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 by Inside Line 

 New Scooby

(not english but you get the point i think) 

I wouldn’t have wanted to be a betting man!

Subaru’s new WRC Concept car will be hitting Frankfurt with Petter Solberg in the coming month providing many a classic Subaru WRC fan a lifesized taste test of the car itself. Taking a gander at the photos above you’ll notice the Impreza WRC car will be yet another departure from recent generations although it’ll still sport a STi grille, bonnet scoop and a rear wing that means business.

 [Source: Autoblog]

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