An Isis AM01 Super Car powered by an STi motor

Now this Dutch manufacturer has put together this racing prototype vehicle for homologation and it’s powered by an EJ20 STi motor on a 5 speed (we’re suspecting that it’s either the RA gears or a custom transmission – we would have opted for 6 speed) and it only weighs a dainty 1,875 lbs.

It can apparently go 0-60 at around 4.2 seconds and has a top speed of 160mph (again, which backs up the RA Spec Gears theory). This can be yours for a banging $175,000.00!

Power to weight ratio is just about right but I don’t think it’s quite a super car with the weight. What’s your feedback?

Source: Autoblog

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Freeze Frame: Stephan Verdier cleans up after Global Rally Cross

I love seeing the privateers do what they can to stay competitive and even after the event, they have to clean up. Seattle was a wet, muddy, and dirty and he has to clean up. Here’s Stephan’s snapshot of him cleaning up his Subaru in his driveway.

Video Highlights of Dave Mirra and the Subaru Rally Team at GRC!

Dave Mirra had an interesting weekend. Seemingly driving his 2011 Subaru STi like a pissed off teenager and being as aggressive as he could. It was amazing to see how hard he was driving and how he was able to really battle it out with the others. Subaru has released this video of his performance and you can see how close some of these battles really were.

Photo by Kyle Lewis

2012 hatch at NY auto show

A pic shared on Car and Driver’s blog of the new 2012 hatch at the NY auto show.

Subaru of America releases multiple images of the 2012 Impreza

Check out what Subaru of America put on their facebook fan page! I think we can dig it!

Subaru of America teases the official debut of the new Impreza for New York Auto Show

This is what Subaruof America posted on their Facebook Fan page. They’re teasing us. We can’t wait to see these cars in the flesh.

Speedhunters gives us an inside look at the STi tS in Japan!

We sometimes get a little upset that Japan get their “JDM” Versions of vehicles and us Stateside or everywhere else in the world gets to sit and watch Japan have their fun. Our friends at Speedhunters had a up close and personal shoot with the STi tS in Japan which really made some of here, quite jealous.

The tS has a few features that the regular STi doesn’t have including some tS specific exterior features.

The tS has a few other special features including suspension upgrades.

How does a factory twin scroll turbo set up sound? Nice huh? Wish we had this!

The interior jumped out to me. It was seriously a sports car like design. Red stitching, engine start button, and a very cockpit like design was really interesting!

I’ve seen multiple threads on forums begging Subaru of America making these seats as an option in USDM cars. I now see why.

Carbon roof anyone? Lower center of gravity, looks great, and well, it’s limited!

I always liked the lip wings on STi’s and the wheels have to be the best ones so far for the STi. I’m officially jealous. Check out the rest of the images at Speedhunters!

From Global Rally Cross Round 2: Mirra won’t quit… litterally

We saw some epic stuff from Global Rally Cross Round 2 in Seattle. With the rain, new ‘track’, and guys getting aggressive so they can make it to the Xgames finale we saw some intense competition.

Photo by Kyle Lewis

So Check out this video that we found on Youtube with Dave Mirra with his destroyed rear end doing what he can to finish the heat! Enjoy!

Subie vs. EVO on forum wars and well, guess who wins?

Check out this video with the Royal Purple’s Forum Wars with NASIOC vs. EvolutionM!

We get a sneak peak of the 2012 Impreza on the streets

So the last week we saw that the new Impreza got a bit of a sneak peak. Now here are the full view of the new Impreza.

Check out more images here: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/08/spy-shots-2012-subaru-impreza-shows-its-face/

Maybe with some nice wheels, lowered, exhaust, and an STi wing, this Impreza will look great! We’ll wait for the WRX / STi versions to come out to fully judge the new Impreza!