I own a Subaru Impreza Turbo 02 plate wrx with a prodrive performance pack and to be honest its the best car i have ever owned, performance wise its unbelievable i have put many a porsche to shame and others included, handling is just sublime even with a coating of snow on the ground, comfy interior and practical for kids, on the whole a truly outstanding reasonably priced family car. heavy right foot can be hard on your wallet both service wise and in fuel costs, but if you look after her she will look after you car'nt wait till i can afford a newer one as i will defo be buying another one. unfortunately credit crunch has made me run a small car for the mean time, but she will be back there's no two ways about that.

AWD - in the wet you still feel like your on rails. The Subaru Impreza Turbo is quick, really quick. Momo steering wheel is amazing. Bucket seats great too. Wagon is good for surf boards! Brilliant.

We have had 2 different styles of scooby. 1st was the original 2.0sport wagon (we have dogs). The Subaru Impreza Turbo is great. Pretty quick, reliable and cheap for insurance. Then we opted for the WRX MK3. Bought it in a garage 450 miles from were we stayed. Picked it up and fell in love eith it after that. 1 year on both myself and my wife have 6 points and my mum who is 60 has 3 points, though even after this . Today when we all get in it and drive off, it puts a smile on our faces.

I have had my Subaru Impreza Turbo for 18 months and have had a Prodrive coversion via Subaru themselves - bhp up from 222 to 262!
0-60 in 4.8 secs and mid range acceleration is just bliss! The burble sound track is certainly satisfying.
If you are after Fun and have a family, this is the car.

Subaru Impreza Turbo: You get pushed back into your seat as you pull away and then at 3000 rpm the Turbo kicks in and psshhh......off you go.

This is a seriously fun, fast car for sensible cash. Mine was an import at 225BHP, now 260BHP (officially) 0-60 in 5.6secs and tops out at 155mph (on a track of course).

Drive one and then you'll want to buy it, I was messing about when I said I wanted one. Drove my friends not believing a word she said. The following day I went and collected my own!!!!!!

And you can get one for around £4k-£5k.

Newer EVO's have better acceleration, but are so much more expensive to buy and run.

I have had many cars ranging fro Peugot 106 xsi, 306 xsi, escort rs2000 to the jag i still have and this Subaru Impreza Turbo 1999 is the best car io have driven. sounds like a v8 with the growl. If you have not driven one, you should. It will make you go and buy one.

Just bought a 02 Subaru WRX STI. Now i know what you are thinking, you can't get that car in the states. Well its the only one I know of. Let me just say it cost a pretty penny. I am so amazed at the performance of this car. The handling is awsome. I would have to say this is the fastest stock car for under a hundrad grand.
Magnificant.

Had this car 8 months, cheap servicing, 17mpg regardless of how its driven, handles "like its on rails", no brake fade or faults, leaves everyone else for dead. If you want a rocket ship on wheels this is the car. Have owned many GTi's etc nothing comes close, so much fun, if you don't believe me - drive one !!

Nice car for the money,but its a bit ugly but power wise its a sweet car.Tuning is ok for it but alot of money need to go for big bhp numbers. Rather have the supra rz anyday!

I have owned many cars. Have loved others more (Calibra) than the Subaru Impreza Turbo, but none comes close to the neck snapping performance of this animal of a car. I have NEVER driven a car that can make you believe you are flying, you are also invincible of course!! You can choose your gap in traffic, you can arrive late at a roundabout and be round and gone before anyone else has even noticed you WERE there!! It REALLY IS that fast.
Everyone should be made to own one!! It should be a legal requirement that all drivers should, at least once, experience a real car - the Subaru Impreza Turbo IS that car!!
The Wagon is the most practical

You will never hit the limits of the Subaru Impreza Turbo car on a public road. Hit 3000rpm and ride the massive power/torque rush - but unlike many cars with big power outputs, the stiff chassis can handle it, and the four-wheel-drive grip won't let go.

This car can be economical if the driver keeps the engine
below ~3000rpm and minimises hard acceleration. Difficult, but not impossible!

Only other minor complaints would be the braking (on pre-99 cars with 2-spot front calipers - later cars with the STi "SUBARU" 4-pot fronts are much better), the amount of brake dust on the fronts with the standard pads, and the weak stock headlights. All can be fixed :-)

Well, I used to love my V-Tec CRX but the women in my life ganged-up on me and insisted that I grow up and get a "proper four door family car" ..so what else could it be other than a WRX ('95 five door wagon, silver used import ex Japan). Well I don't think that they've noticed the "funny bumps on the bonnet" yet.
I collected it on Jan 1 2002 and promptly bought a K&N air filter, a pack of MOBIL 1 oil and oil-filter, a turbo boost controller (set to .8 bar approx 12psi) and a low pressure 'triple entry turbo' rear silencer box.

- NOW it goes almost as well as my beloved SiR CRX (!!), but being a wagon the new big-bore exhaust was (still is) very boomy and headache material so I've now added an intermediate expansion box which will hopefully soothe my ears once it gets a bit sooted-up in a week or so :-) .

If you want a "practical" family obligation type car that goes - this has to be it, but think twice before fitting an "open" exhaust .. and be ready to buy shares in your favorite oil company as the best I can get is 23mpg.

It was 3 months ago a total stranger decided to pull out in front of my Honda Integra and wipe the front end out. So, in desperate need of another car I went to a local auction. In the back of my mind I had always wanted a WRX to find out what all the fuss was about and just my luck there was one on offer. It was actually a green '98 wagon. Not the one for the "station wagon" look I got it because of two things, 1. Price, 2. WRX.
Actually I love the wagon, the boot is 100 times more practicle than my friends sedan version. Ok, i'll get to the point. I have owned several other reasonably good cars including '93 Suzuki Swift GTi, '85 Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo and a '97 Honda Prelude VTiR, I can honestly say the WRX leaves these cars FOR DEAD! Even the '97 Porsche Boxster I hired for the weekend didn't rate as high as this weapon. If you appreciate precise handling and fantastic acceleration, get a WRX, you won't be disappointed. For the price (second hand) there is nothing else close (well, at least in Australia). Minimal turbo lag is followed by a extreme rush of power that just seems to go on forever with no wheel spin thanks to constant 4 wheel drive!
The engine produces a v8 like growl with that hair raising turbo whistle. Sorry for sounding too excited. Get one and you'll smile in your sleep!

A frighteningly fast car with handling and road holding to match its performance. Very practical too with 4 doors and a large boot. I used to own a V6 Calibra until my wife ordered me to get a more practical car so I got the Impreza. The only downside of owning the car (besides fuel consumption, which it to be expected) is that the body panels are very thin and pick up parking dints very easily. Apart from that I have been very pleased with the car.