>Good luck getting a Subaru like that in the U.S.
>though!  In New Zealand they must be like the European
>versions - really hot.  In the U.S. they're not sold
>as performance cars.

These are Jap-only, and hotter than any sold outside Japan. In fact the
factory brochure or specsheet I saw gives a higher output than I have seen
listed for this model anywhere in the popular press (the max I've seen is
206kW,  ~178hp, fot the latest models). However used Subaru engines ARE
being imported to the US, so these should be available (at a price, also
very rare even in Japan).

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)