Comments on: Subaru stand 2008 Geneva Motor Show

By: Chris Parr

Chris Parr — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:00:37 +0000

Its mainly in initial launch of the mark you loose out in
a turbo auto because you have to wait for the turbo to spool up as the revs get higher! Where as in a manual you can either dump the clutch at high revs or slip it a bit to get revs/boost going straight away.. but you will find rolling start figures would be about the same!!

By: Flying High

Flying High — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:51:50 +0000

I would love it if someone could tell me where I could source a spoiler like the one on the STI Rally version

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:25:14 +0000

Interesting stuff Chris. It seems that either the automatic tranny is not all that efficient – I thought the days were gone when opting for the auto meant more than a second’s drop in 0-100 times…

Perhaps it’s just the pairing of turbo motor and torque converter – when it shifts gears it must go slightly off-boost

By: Chris Parr

Chris Parr — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:20:54 +0000

the official times for 07 model are actually 6.0 for
manual and 7.6 for auto. the new 08 australian models times\ are yet to be confirmed! But the new model is slightly heavier and has diffrent gearing so will possibly be very slightly slower on take off, but not in gear
accelaration..

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:45:21 +0000

New 2008 Forester XT slower than the old XT??

This doesn’t seem right, the ’08 XT puts out 169kW and 320Nm at 2800, yet the claimed 0-100km/h is 7.1 and 7.9 for man/auto respectively (source: Subaru website). If I’m not mistaken, the ’07 Forester XT did 0-100 in about 5.9 and 7.0 seconds for man/auto respectively…

I know 0-100 figures are a bit irrelevant in everyday driving compared with say, bottom-end torque and rolling acceleration, but the XT used to be a real sleeper (in a straight line anyway), so what’s happened to it?