First Drive: 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Special Edition is the hatch to have
 

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For the better part of two decades, those of us in the U.S. have looked longingly across the oceans as [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/make/subaru/"]Subaru[/URL] released a slew of special edition [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/model/impreza"]Imprezas[/URL] in Japan and the UK. When the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/model/wrx"]WRX[/URL] finally made the trek to the States in 2002, followed by the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/STI/"]STI[/URL] two years later, our thirst for rally-bred performance was satisfied - to a point.

While the WRX and STI (and by extension, the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/model/lancer+evolution"]Mitsubishi Evolution[/URL]) kept our turbocharged, all-wheel-drive lust at bay, a never-ending string of factory-fettled variants continued to come out of Fuji Heavy Industries. Names like Spec C, Type RA, Type RAR, S202, S203, S204, WR1, Spec D and RB320 all begged the question: Why not here?

Well, ask and ye shall receive. After countless caffeine-fueled late nights at Subaru of America HQ, we've finally got a hyped-up STI of our own. And it's not only better than the standard model, it's less expensive to boot.


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