2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi — Not quite Real Photos

There’s noth­ing worse than get­ting all giddy and excited, and then have hopes dashed by learn­ing that the pho­tos in Best Car, a pop­u­lar Japan­ese car mag are ren­der­ings (but damn good ones). Some good news pre­vails, with some key spec­i­fi­ca­tions about the STi, though we’ll have to label these as ‘ten­ta­tive’ until it all comes out proper (they aren’t expected to dif­fer much though). Check it out:

• Engine/​Transmission: EJ20 /​ 6MT
• Power: 300PS (295 hp) @ 6500 RPM
• Torque: 45 kgm (325 lb-​​ft) @ 4400 RPM
• Fuel Econ­omy: 10.5 km/​l (24.7 US MPG) in the Japan­ese 10–15 mode test cycle

So a near 300HP (an upgraded air intake away) car with 10.5km/l fuel econ­omy. Sounds good to us! And for the ren­dered pics, check em out here:

[Images from Carscoop]