Autoblog reported that Subaru is releasing a Japanese only STi called the S206. The WRX STI S206 comes equipped with an even higher level of go fast equipment than the base STI. Bilstein shocks, a flexible strut tower bar up front as well as a flexible draw stiffener all help the vehicle hustle around your favorite road course, as do the standard Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires on all four corners. Subaru has also taken the time to rework the vehicle's turbocharged 2.5-liter flat four-cylinder engine with a balanced crank, pistons and connecting rods. Combined with a ball bearing turbo and a new ECU, the lump is now good for 316 horsepower. That's a significant nudge over the 305 horsepower available in the standard STI.

The vehicle also offers a range of aesthetic tweaks inside and out. Those looking for even more exclusivity can dive into the NBR Challenge Package, which includes a carbon fiber roof and rear wing among other goodies. The WRX STI S206 with the NBR Challenge Package is designed to pay tribute to the Subaru class win at this year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Unfortunately, that beast has already sold out.

Meanwhile, the North America gets the same old STi, which is a nice car, but no S206. BTW, go to the link and read the comments about how STi's hold their value better than Evos. LOL

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/28/s...s206-to-tokyo/

 

Damn 6-piston fronts and 4-piston rears?!?! Awesome

 

So the upped it from 2.0 to 2.5L ?

 

i saw this on autoblog today. I don't know how adding 11hp to 305 is a "significant nudge" haha.

it's cool, but i want my diesel/electric evo xi already lol

 

Meh, overrated. USA > Japan.

 

I see nobody has read the comments that were left, so I will post a couple:

"Looks pretty, but I'm not dropping $35-40K on one of these...though they do have really good resale value compared to the EVO's."

"Now, you've done it. You're just begging for some EVO-loving moron to brag about how his EVO has better resale than a Corvette..."

 

LOLZ. Evo's do in fact have great resale values.

Take for example my 2005 with about 50K miles. Going by the NADA value (which most businesses go by) it has a clean retail of $21,000. New, this vehicle MSRP'd for 33K.

Take a Corvette of the same year, with exact same mileage, and it is valued at $27,500. New that Corvette was valued at $49,000.

So yes, the EVO can hold it's value better than a Corvette.

 

I was the one who originally said that a week or two ago. Try asking for AWD on Autoblog without being modded down to -5 or lower. I started mentioning facts and got all sorts of hate. So now I really enjoy trolling it up over there and pissing everyone off. They are so closed minded it's not even funny. I'd rather blow the Evo horn loudly until they get sick of hearing from me than be quiet and watch everyone ask "What's an Evo?". I try to humorously bring up something about an Evo when I post. It started out as someone accusing me of doing so, and I took it and ran with it.

Very amusing.

I had a friend tell me that I could buy a 2004 Z06 for 22K when my 2006 IX with 53,000 miles is blue booking for 23K in my zip code. Yet I was modded down to infinity by mentioning that my car lost $8000~ in value over 6years 53K miles while the Z06 lost $20K over 18K miles and 8 years. (in other words proving that even if you don't drive it the value still drops *hard*)

So yeah I'm kind of a jerk over there if you follow my posts

 

yea we have one of those... its call the fq400 u r a bus<mitsubishi

 

Doesn't the JDM STI use the EJ207 2.0 liter?

Also, I don't think anyone will be losing any sleep over missing out on 10 horsepower with an ECU tune.

 

There's isn't a large market for the S20* in the U.S.. The sticker price on the S205 is 58K. Other than a small group of people, most people would rather buy a different car for that amount of money.

 

doesnt' seem anything that i would drool over..... its nice but definetly nothing that will make me jump ship