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"Want to make a sporty car even sportier? Do as Colin Chapman did by adding lightness. That&amp;#039;s exactly what Subaru has done with the Impreza WRX STI A-Line. Armed with a lightweight carbon-fiber roof that lowers this lightweight car&amp;#039;s center of gravity, this really is the ultimate WRX for the street.   The WRX STI Carbon is based on the Japan-market Impreza WRX STI A-Line, the &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; in its name standing for &amp;quot;automatic transmission.&amp;quot; And while all other WRX STIs in Japan come equipped with a turbocharged 2.0-liter flat-4, the A-Line gets the same turbocharged 2.5-liter flat-4 that powers U.S.-spec cars. The Japan version has been detuned slightly to 296 bhp to accommodate the company&amp;#039;s slick E-5AT (5-speed) gearbox, the same transmission used in the Legacy. And although it&amp;#039;s not a twin-clutch system as in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, the torque-converter-equipped E-5AT exhibits fast up- and downshifts via paddles behind the steering wheel, and can keep pace with its counterparts on the racetrack. And now, with the lightweight Carbon version, the WRX STI is even more potent.   In addition to the black carbon-fiber roof on the 5-door hatchback, the Carbon model has special suede interior fabric. There are no reports that the WRX STI Carbon will make its way to the U.S., but if it does, it would probably cost around $40,000. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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