someone correct me if im wrong but i believe the wrcs are the official subaru rally cars so it would have more in common with the sti, while the wrx is a mid-level comsumer sedan better than the impreza but not as good as the sti
ok here I come to correct all of you.
Subaru WRC is a rally car. It is a Race car. Think what is teh difference between a Pontiac GTo vs a Nascar Pontiac GTO? well duh one is a race car while the other is not.
WRC stands for World Rally Championship.
The WRX is not better than an Imprezza. The WRX is an Imprezza. Imprezza is the model of car. The WRX is a trim level. Like Integra. You have RS, LS, GSR, and Type R.
The WRC has nothing in common with the STI. Everything has been changed on the rally car. Such as Front mounted intercoller, stripped out interior, full frame roll cage. Even the spoiler is different. But yes the STI does have more in common with the WRC than the regular WRX however it is no where close to the Rally car.
Well to a certain level.
The WRX is also Turbo charged vs the Naturally Aspirated engine in the base Impreza RS.
And yes the WRC is a race car not for sale with extreme differences to the street car. The STI is a very finely tuned WRX with more horsepower and a .5 litre engine displacement difference(in the US anyway)
WRC=World Rally Car
WRX= World Rally X (X=inspired or type..no specifics were really named by Subaru)
yay! someone with knowledge! i'm sooooooo happy there are people who know the difference!
dont need to repeat whats been said, but i want to state a STi is just a tuned WRX! (factory support) The world impreza actualy in fact has a 2.0 motor, reasons why the USDM market got the 2.5 was because of efficiency to make more power to not let down the Impreza fans, add to that it is very emmisions friendly.
i get anoyed when people begin talking about how the wrx and the Sti are not the same car and it is seprate, its an Impreza WRX STi you dults! no offense to anyone here just a rather blunt attempt to some ricerboi's
the rx8 one is pretty nifty i remember the vid of it a fe months back, im just waiting for an evo version to compete with my wrc model