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Subaru Impreza 2.0D - Test Drive |
 Motomodif: After Legacy, Outback and Forester, the sports model completes the range of diesel cylinders against the House of Pleiades
Subaru Impreza 2.0D - Test Drive. To provide the kind of car diesel engine was certainly a bet that Subaru had to win. A sport that has, to date, 16 years of tradition by road and WRC, demanding a name to be pursued precisely because of this tradition and even more challenging to be equipped with a diesel engine from 2 liters. But times change and, with its third version, Subaru has chosen to take this step on Legacy, Outback and Forester was greeted with enthusiasm including the peculiarities of positive diesel boxer in the typical configuration adopted by the Japanese House. Coupled with this, a manual 6-speed transmission with new gear ratios than the gasoline version, the inevitable wheel drive Symmetrical AWD and a special calibration of the dynamic chassis control. But what a glance out the version gasoil than gasoline, has taken the huge air on the hood that is very "racing". 2-liter boxer we have already spoken extensively on the Impreza seems to have found a special hospitality providing 150 hp, 350 Nm of torque and only 152 g / km of CO2 emitted so that the top ranks of the "green" category.
Two levels of development, 2.0D and 2.0D Sport: the subject of our test, is equipped with aerodynamic appendages and enriched by xenon headlights, retractable lavafari, fog lamps, sound system with 6 CD loader, Driving sports seats and heated, alloy wheels 17 ", access system without key and start button, unloading chromate terminal and multifunction steering wheel with radio controls integrated. The beauty is subjective, we know, but in this version, the Subaru acquires the grit that perhaps lacking in basic development.
Road test
The streets of Palma de Mallorca are certainly a good scenario to enjoy a nice car and fun, so many curves, bell'asfalto and off-season, the priceless advantage of the absence of traffic outside the urban centers. Cockpit welcoming commands at hand, enveloping seats and sports (supplied with the development over): at the level of interior, in short, not missing anything, until leather for the shift knob. The budget also dedicated to security that provides for a predictable level of additions: front airbags, side and curtain, active head restraints (not on the Sport version), ABS with electronic brake distribution. In short, we are talking about a car where the only option (with reference to the Sport version) are metallic paint and leather seats, everything else already there.
Start the engine, the true novelty of this Impreza. The boxer does not disappoint expectations with good performance in an absolute sense but the true qualities that make it unique are others. Reset virtually vibration through the typical dynamics of cylinders opposed but also helped solutions as the system supports the engine filled with fluid which offset fluctuations. The couple was released without tears but so atypical fluid reaching the peak between 1800 and 2400 rpm.
From good Subaru, the Impreza not surrender to the fees typical of the brand. From the symmetrical wheel drive, permanently active and assisted by reduced speeds, which is particularly suitable for those who faces daily funds difficult. In all other funds you can still benefit from a dynamic behavior at the top, complicit a well-designed chassis and a favorable weight distribution. The curves are faced with the guarantee of being on a track and the only price to be paid is, of course, a calibration Regional between the medium and hard.
We must necessarily find a flaw? All right: the engine is so quiet, the carrier you can whisper without losing even a word. We believe for a car racing tradition with the sound of the Impreza is a characteristic not be overlooked.
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