Tony was smart, well read, funny, irascible, cantankerous, opinionated, friendly, difficult, charming, honest, and eminently interesting to be around. He loved cars, car people, and words... but most of all, he loved racing. The Car and Driver writer, editor, and racer passed away in 2018 at age 78.
From the September 1997 issue of Car and Driver.Wait a minute. Fun? In a Subaru Impreza? Are they kidding?Strange but true.Despite the televised pronouncements of Paul Hogan, a.k.a. Crocodile Dundee, fun and Subaru are two words that don't form a natural electropsychological bond in the mind of the average enthusiast. Particularly when you attempt to weld the idea of driving pleasure to something as unlikely as a nearly invisible econocar.
Try this test with a high-output multivalve four like the Acura Integra Type R's, and you'll get a festival of jerks, lurches, and general reluctance. Volkswagen's ingenious VR6 generates more peak torque than the Subaru 2.5, thanks in part to its extra displacement , and it has more midrange punch. But for lowdown grunt it's tough to beat Subie's bulletproof pancake motor, particularly in a car that weighs in 249 pounds lighter than the bigger Legacy 2.5GT.
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