Com­pli­ance for the 2002+ ST246W (Gen 3) Cal­d­ina Sports wagon has just become avail­able in Aus­tralia, a few short months after the sec­ond gen­er­a­tion became avail­able in August this year. The ST246W runs the same 3S-​​GTE 2.0L 4 cylin­der DOHC turbo and 4WD plat­form as the pre­vi­ous generation.

Pres­tige Motor­sports prices for the Cal­d­ina start at AU$20,000 for a 02/​03 model with ~60,000kms. The 2006/​2007 will set you back around $30,000. Con­sid­er­able value for money for this great turbo fam­ily wagon.

[Source: Pres­tige Motor­sport]

The new Sub­aru Impreza WRX STi has been caught in the flesh by Auto­blog with next to no clothes on (Ok, maybe a bit of black lingerie).

It looks like the nasty rear wing is no more (which is good as it would look a lit­tle astray on the new hatch­back only for­mat) and has been replaced with some­thing a lit­tle neater in line with the more sub­tle design phi­los­o­phy, the scoop seems sleeker, and there’s dainty lit­tle scoops on the front bumper.

Head over to Autoblog’s gallery to see the new high res pics.

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]