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World Rally Champion Tommi Makinen admitted he’d actually prefer if the current generation of STI had the WRX’s variable transmission in it.
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As for Subaru’s decision to go for a CVT in their WRX, well, no-one who loves driving a stick is going to be swayed over to the dark side. However, as this is the sort of transmission you expect to find in a snowmobile, it somehow seems fitting that the first compact performance car to get it is a Subaru.
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World Rally Champion Tommi Makinen admitted he’d actually prefer if the current generation of STI had the WRX’s variable transmission in it.
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As for Subaru’s decision to go for a CVT in their WRX, well, no-one who loves driving a stick is going to be swayed over to the dark side. However, as this is the sort of transmission you expect to find in a snowmobile, it somehow seems fitting that the first compact performance car to get it is a Subaru.