Why The WRX Dominated for 30 Years... And Then Died

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The evolution of the Subaru WRX is incredible! From the GC8 WRX STi, to the planned 2023 WRX that might be a... hybrid?, the Subaru Impreza WRX is one of the most fun and best value cars of ALL TIME. We run you through the evolution of the Subaru Impreza WRX and each of it's generations. From the GC to the GK and beyond!
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[@IdealMediaChannel]

Find out what your check engine light means and how bad it is before going to the repair shop. Go to bit.ly/3ua2amc to get FIXD 67% off (only $19.99)! *Also, what generation WRX is your favorite?!*

[@snek3870]

Easily the first gen. Those cars are incredible!

[@dj1283]

You know that those first generation Imprezas whitch are 50k-150k are 22B models you can easily get an first generation STI for under 10k.

[@dj1283]

@@snek3870 Yeah especially the 2 door models.

[@madixchea4110]

@Ideal Cars my brother has a 06 WRX and his daily driver

[@sahil3259]

1st thing that comes to mind when I think of Subaru is rally racing and the gorgeous blue paint.

[@sahil3259]

Tqu for ur offer but I'm not interested. sorry

[@paceywilson6193]

I was quite surprised when I found out subaru hasn't been in the WRC since 2008 and changed to the 24 hours of the nurburgring.

[@gob7116]

Don’t forget the gold rims, hood scoop and big wing! Iconic as hell

[@StevenLamkin-yz2rd]

I'm interested in getting the beast from the rising sun the 22b and I'm keeping it blue 👍😎🇺🇸

[@fuzzpunks3639]

I can't watch videos about WRXs because then I spend all night searching for them on FB Marketplace.

[@juliuspaolocabarles9941]

You're not the only one dealing with that kind of insomnia brother...

[@yurrr4338]

I feel you 😪

[@lisandroserna7385]

I feel you 😭🤷🏽‍♂️ i ended up buying an impreza 🙃

[@MrBeruni]

subi:_vroom!!!_ subtitles: *music* truth

[@Wiseguy248]

Dreamed of owning one as a kid, obsessed seeing them drive by while driving in a clunker, searched them on facebook market place, dealer websites, or equivalent website and having to virtually drive nothing but a WRX in games. Now as an adult I am a proud owner of one. Christ it was a journey, great car and tons of fun.

[@DanSim93]

That is me currently, I've always dreamed of owning one. At the end of June I finally completed my childhood dream of getting myself a Subaru WRX and it was worth the wait!

[@mazespinwastaken.]

My neighbor has a hawk eye wrx and he rb26 swapt it, it's all wheel drive, manual and has 700hp. He thinks he made it reliable but if you ask me that's a sin.

[@IdealMediaChannel]

That sounds like a lot of work.

[@clsoutdoors5430]

I NEEDED THIS VIDEO.Cause I am probally going to get a bug eye or a stink face

[@YTRINX]

@Ideal Cars trash scam

[@commanderasshole8308]

I suggest you get 04-05 blob eye wrx sti, 300 hp stock, and by far it is probably the most hardcore car subaru has come up with

[@YTRINX]

@@commanderasshole8308 06-07 are just as good

[@zeropm92]

I have a modded 08 I spent about 9k in mods including internal components and left the stock look and it is a V8 smasher at about 350+ hp it also kills off the line and sounds amazing

[@commanderasshole8308]

@@zeropm92 nice, I spent around 29k on my 04 with no regrets, EJ20 swapped it and it now makes around 504HP, going to install a Cosworth dry sump oil system and a twin turbo kit soon

[@bosself6126]

My boy back at it again. 😉

[@Veneno2911]

My dad had a 1995 impreza in dark green and was so cool listening to down the motorway

[@Dazai_Ren]

My dad left me

[@elonmuskgaming9746]

@@Dazai_Ren At least you had a dad, my mom had an immaculate conception

[@worldly8429]

@@elonmuskgaming9746 jesus?

[@TheMilkman04]

Ahh my favorite videos are watching people who don’t really know anything about a vehicle and talk like they do because they have pages to read off of and some things they looked up online.

[@jasonsoto612]

Exactly. A lot of wrong information in this video. 🤦

[@billy6500]

I bet you’re fun at parties

[@TheMilkman04]

@@billy6500 Actually just got home from my co workers bday party, we had a blast lol

[@mattguerra895]

Can you link me to the WRX video you've produced? I'd love to see it.

[@davidbranch9584]

dude I'm bashing my forehead over here with all this wrong info. I thought I would like the vid just cuz of the topic, but this just hurts.

[@Atem_S.]

The model you've shown is the 22B the rarest of them all... AS for the best 04 to 07 are the best looking ones! Yeah, the mechanical of the new ones are better, they look like shit imo!

[@jonathonbarnes3582]

Make a video why concepts are never brought through the design process to become a reality....please. Thanks.

[@AMERICANMONSTERWR]

My favorite car. I have a 2016 sti prem unmolested. I absolutely loved it for years. But I still want a blob eye

[@mcanthonyojwang6415]

I love the WRX but I can't Subscribe unfortunately... Because I already did!😂

[@evoevannismo8141]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha 🤣🤣

[@Brad1758]

I love my 2020 wrx. 15,000 miles since last august.

[@evoevannismo8141]

Good for you man, I kind of want one👍

[@conorcarroll6362]

yeah dude 20.000 on my 2020 sti

[@jonathandelacruz9773]

The hawkeye WRX got the EJ255 not EJ225. There were some other mistakes in this video but it was ok to watch.

[@YTRINX]

Always love a good video about wrx/sti considering I finally got my first sti which is an 06 2 weeks ago

[@IdealMediaChannel]

Congrats!

[@YTRINX]

@@IdealMediaChannel thanks! It has 127k miles but did some compression tests and checked for any leaks and the engine is still strong and healthy!

[@Allwayzworkin]

I just got a 2013 3rd gen ONE OWNER impeccably maintained WRX hatch and I LOVE IT. I genuinely found a diamond.

[@evoevannismo8141]

The "Well Grown Up" Subaru Impreza WRX is kind of not that bad. I personally like the Hawkeye ('06-'07) and the 22B STI or the 2.5 R.s Coupe. If I own one of those cars, I would literally want to widebody it 'cause why not?😂😎

[@BotPlayz9123]

Who likes blob eyed Subaru Impreza?

[@Raven-uu7lb]

My uncle own a Blobeye WRX STi equipped with Subaru Rally livery and also a clean white Evo 9 both have around 400hp though 🤤😩

[@IdealMediaChannel]

Best of both worlds!

[@Raven-uu7lb]

@@IdealMediaChannel yes it is!

[@jonlipton9079]

So as a person who fell in love with subarus when they where little I have a little knowdlage on subarus. Stateside subarus are not that great especially the 02-07 ones. The the big eye wasn’t bad bc the EJ205. But the EJ255 and the 257 are not even close to as good as the 207. 255 and 257 suffer from oil starvation, ringland failures way to often. Also no one knows how to take care of a boxer engine at all

[@kellingtonlink956]

Arguably the best Subaru videos out there. Great educational lesson. Fantastic job, Squidd.

[@IdealMediaChannel]

Thanks Kellington! Now I just need to actually buy one...

[@slowattougeracingteam69]

I finally got a 1999 WRX GC8, a dream came true!

[@MiguelSevilla]

Yessssir 🙌🏽 STI version please 🤙🏽

[@nmlearnerforever]

My dream car that I want to own someday 3:25 along with a S2000/S15 :D

[@graves5696]

I’m on my third Subaru and my second wrx ... started with a 98 obs then got a bugeye wagon wrx and now have and love my 2015 WRX .. im hooked .

[@FortInTheWoods]

I had a 2004 wrx wagon. Sold it when my son was born... miss the car and will return to the wrx soon.😂

[@dailydriven2356]

Blob eye owner here and modded to about 300 whp

[@siddharth1822]

**Bunta Fujiwara intensifies**

[@IdealMediaChannel]

DEJA VU

[@venom760518]

How about a video on the final edition STI? I read something about it last year...is it true? Please don't hate me Btw my favorite is the 22B the holy grial of subies...

[@IdealMediaChannel]

They're making more WRX's and STi's, It's just the final edition of that generation.

[@venom760518]

Did I mention that I'm from México? 🇲🇽 I'll try to reach him out on WA

[@andrewslattery2145]

Great video. Would love a STI specific video

[@maryselix]

I've always been a loyal Chevy girl. But after my 11' MaliBoo had to have 2 transmissions due to wave plate shattering and still under 100k; Im exhausted at how they have turned. My daughter had a BA 16' WRX I enjoyed cruising in and fell in love. She found a 12' Impreza Sedan all stock 52k clean title at her lot and I bought it that day sight unseen. Im now a Subi loyalist. About 6 more payments and may motivate to the wrx, but my Impreza 2.0i all stock crazy as it seems has taken a dozen expensive mod ricers. Man Im so glad I bought Medusa.

[@IdealMediaChannel]

They are fantastic cars! I've owned a couple and my moms been driving an old Forester for like a zillion years now and it runs like new.

[@ecraig6887]

Lancer evo next

[@kb0x]

Make an evolution about the Lancer Evo.

[@dineoizzah2927]

Plz make an sti video. It's my dream car

[@Omair_Murshed]

Sti evolution please + i own a 08 Impreza hatch

[@rudranshchandraker7526]

East or West ideal car is the best

[@rudranshchandraker7526]

@Ideal Cars I love but can't understand

[@alaaalshanti2530]

The gc8 sti you've shown was a 22b which is a limited edition version and a valuable one, but if you search for a normal gc8 sti you can find for around 20k-30k.....even with this prices it is a masterpiece

[@NY_Pro27]

Plssss do a video of its rival Mitsubishi EVO.

[@Veneno2911]

Gotta love that subaru rummble

[@danielsale8998]

Make an evolution of the sti video please

[@TheAp0calyps3]

I actualy bought 1 month ago in Portugal the 1st model Impreza, mean eye (gc8), only 94k km (yes km, not miles) although not a WRX, but and Impreza GT AWD, with the engine EJ20, all completely stock which is rare to see for 24.500€, being 26 years and their price going up in value, modifying Its almost a "crime" 😅, anyway, love It, and dont wanna sell it for anything for sure haha.....btw great vid, and ty for the info and curiosities! 😁

[@BigDarkie8506]

Do Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution evolution next.

[@IdealMediaChannel]

Agreed.

[@MrJerdin]

The blobeye came 2003. Not 2004

[@Holmesson]

I can appreciate the video, but it's riddled with mistakes. For instance, when discussing the Hawk Eye WRX that began with MY2006, you used the wrong engine codes. The 2.0 liter that was replaced by the 2.5 liter engine was the EJ205. The new for '06 2.5 liter engine was the EJ255. *EDIT no.1:* You also claimed that the 2015 WRX came with 286 horsepower, which is false. It came with 268.

[@djblc2201]

Does FIXD ship to Australia ? The sensor alone costs $100 over here !

[@Kodazot]

2004 Mustang gt 260hp 5.5 seconds 2004 Subaru wrx 227hp 5.5 seconds 20 years mustang gain 200hp wrx only gain 44hp game over Subaru wrx should at least 320hp There is no more new generation.

[@RudeE9]

I live in the city, I just bought a new 2021 WRX with a CVT, I love it. No manual shifts faster than this.. but having a manual transmission is way more fun, unless there is a lot of traffic or trying to drive while holding something else.

[@calkelpdiver]

I'll get shit for this, but... I have a 2015 Imprezza Limited w/CVT (split gate & paddle shifters) and it is fun when I put it into "manual" mode and use the steering wheel paddle shifters. It isn't as fast as WRX/STI, but I still have fun with it. The 2.0l engine has a lot of pep to it for a non-rally type car. So I like my Subaru. And yes, if I could have afforded the WRX or STI I would have done it. But my spouse can't drive a stick, so... But she drives our 2009 Outback Premium wagon (2.5l engine), and I have fun it as well. Basically the Boxer engine is a lot of fun to rev up and rip around with.

[@ezequielmontanez1083]

Hey can you please do a video on the Dodge Charger and the different types please🥺🥺

[@No_effs_given]

If you don’t like the STI wing, then you’re not a real fan, that’s not some bullshit APC aluminum wing. Also, I think dyslexia is something you might have I’m not sure, FA20F is rated at 268hp not 286hp like you said

[@PotentialEn3rgy]

Technically yes in 2014 the recent changes to the WRX/ STi took place, but it was the 2015 year model which was produced in late 2014.

[@daegan00]

Absolutely loving my 2017 limited 😁

[@beamng321]

I subbed u know why , the work with the green screen has improved hugely , keep it up guys

[@davidhanson719]

Picked up a 2004 WRX with 174k that was stock and had a subaru dealership rebuild 2k miles ago for 9800. Stoked!

[@funnykenji]

I think the true sleeper is the legacys line-up until the 4th generation, in the states you get the spec B, something as close as STI is gonna get but much tamer, WRX young car guy while the legacy is for old car guy, they should bring back the Spec B trim for the current gen legacy XT, and the STI wagon Levorg

[@dxzsart1747]

I’m here bois

[@ronnieroosta]

WRX type-ra STi and the type-r STi. Both are very simular but have different attributes. The type-ra is a raw drivers car as opposed to the very desirable type-r which has more comfort options.

[@producahjay4272]

I wanna see more history on other Brand of Cars, Thank You.

[@bacontube-9640]

Evo>subi

[@ibuprofen17]

Luckily in the UK, STIs aren't that expensive. Somewhere between 5000 to 40000 quid.

[@moonman_8935]

Eight more days until I take delivery of my new 2021 STI Limited. I am trading my 2019 STI for it.

[@nudehunter8057]

The gc8 is the best one coming from bugeye owner even though I got both

[@alexmatiaslostak]

Pleeeasaas IMPREZA VIDEOU, btw 1 gen wrx is best

[@jennyhoffmann3054]

elo, does anyone know where the first clip with the silver bugeye comes from?:) cause it looks just like minee

[@Cold_PHcpm]

I wish all the new JDM cars will be not be a frickin hybrid on the future huhuhuhu

[@MrSirjud01]

I want a Rally Blue Hawk Eye in the worst way!

[@IdealMediaChannel]

Me too!

[@d31zzz_]

RIP You can get a mint 1st gen WRX STi for £10k-£13k ($14k-$18k) in England

[@leejohnson3742]

Considering they just got fatter & uglier since 2000 it's definitely more of a devolution...

[@flat_life750]

when he says it reached its peak with that blobeye and the hawkeyes of the early 2000's then show the 15 and up model holy shit balls batman thats a fucking disgusting ugly car. hahahaha

[@MrClydeclyde]

Would you guys do a video on the 2.5 RS?

[@anthonyhoang203]

The Subaru VA WRX is the one I buy. The new gen 2022 and 23 is a Honda Civic 🤣

[@graves5696]

Impreza videos please

[@krisbatz4803]

My dumbass has totalled 3 pristine fully modded 02 WRX. Going for a 4th

[@joshuapowell1129]

Ayyy that’s my/my dads red bugeye! Follow us on ig@thethiings to see all of our subarus!

[@thatoneguy454c]

I ignore the check engine light because I put it there myself lol. Full turboback exhaust.

[@stevenlamkin551]

There's my baby the Subaru wrx sti hatchback 😊 I loved it since dirt 2

[@luismaldonado9092]

The subaru that really put up to save the company was the 1996 legacy outback.

[@Jose-wo2lp]

Make an evo video next

[@tgmrdpr8594]

Wrx shredded at rally

[@PelleBleu]

Do it on the sti damnit

[@anf2029]

shamelessly aggressive

[@hanzkachnicka1562]

2.gen is best with some upgrates and safety removes you can have a proper sports car and because it's light

[@zietbukuel]

I just got a 2017 WRX with only 9k miles on it for 23k USD :D

[@butterflyeffect2411]

you're prices are what people buying their first wrx and don't know better would pay

[@jesslove8723]

Bro u need to buy your cars from the Caribbean bro I live in Trinidad UDS to TTD is 7 to 1

[@ravenous6894]

Do you remember me from the video about the cars from many countries that are prototypes like the Polish car the russian car and so on

[@Seb2404]

Well now all wrx sti are going to go up because there’s no more gas Subaru stis as they are discontinued

[@vladbej959]

Subaru messed up with these in that a wrx, sti (top model) is still the same chassis as a plain Jane impreza.

[@DustinB855]

Ppl hate on new gens but when replacement comes out ppl gonna miss it

[@huyra8019]

The Subaru wrx needs a rival.....I'm sorry but the evo made them better

[@Miclt131]

I'm 23 and I just brought an 03 blobeye. Just a bit happy

[@matheusferrocosta4743]

An hybrid rally car is fun too. There was a hybrid Citroen C4 rally car

[@amondavis]

I really want to hear your guy's story about the STI Subaru!

[@gtrplayz3819]

bro, my dad crashed my friend's bug-eye so bad the car was nothing after that

[@sawandcalentertainment7280]

2001-07 bug eye

[@chrispadilla5296]

do the sti video

[@jamesdebonair2353]

22B STI. The halo car you can steer with 2 fingers!

[@jakeb383]

Friend got an 05 sti for 9k with 90k miles and daily for months

[@plymouth3011]

"Paying way too much to get an STi" Okay, that came out wrong.