WRX vs. 350Z

Subaru's advertising campaign for the last 6 months

and it does seem faster to me

WRX vs. 350Z

Subaru claims 227 HP WRX is faster than a 285 HP 350 Z. It does not sound right. How could that be possible?? Plus, what the hell is a ''Boxer" engine??

where does subaru claims a wrx is faster than a 350z?

A boxer engine is also known as a horizontally opposed engine. In a usual car the pistons go up and down and drive the crankshaft(given you know how a standard engine works), but in a boxer engine the pistons are sideways. two on each side driving the crankshaft horizontally ie the name. it makes a box.

always a pleasure to edumacate.

actually I've heard the Zs are only rated at 267 HP....but u have to remember the WRX is AWD and the Z is RWD. AWD have crazy launches. But maybe they are referring to the WRX STi which is rated at 300 HP, but only puts down like 237 HP because of the massive 25% AWD drivetrain loss. But I like the WRX anyday over the Z.

from looking online it seems their 1/4 times are pretty simliar but the wrx is about 400 pounds ligher and awd so i bet it handles better.

AWD is good for 1/4 mile. Just rev to 6000RPM and clutch-dump that bitch. Pass the 1/4 mile and along the way enjoy your fucked up drivetrain. After the 1/4, the 350Z should start to take over the lead.

I read it in a financial magazine advertisement and it was for the WRX and not the St-i ( by the way, I saw a video of a 1994 Supra twin turbo 6 speed race with a new ST-i off the line, the ST-i smoked the crap out of the Supra Twin Turbo, but once Supra hit the high power band and the bigger turbo, it pretty much walked over the STi). That is why I am surprised. The WRX runs a 0-60 in 5.4 secs and an STi runs a 0-60 in 5.2 secs so that means a 350 Z probably runs a 0-60 in high 5 sec or low 6 sec range. Heck even an Altima V6 is as fast as a 350Z...LOL

As I recall the new STi runs a 0-60 in 4.7 and 1/4 in 13.3...that was from Car & Driver I believe

? proof?

Car and driver tested Altima V6 0-60 in 5.8 secs (they claimed it was fastest 6 clyinder front wheel drive car they ever tested). Now everyone knows that the WRX does a 0-60 in 5.4 secs. The Nissan 350 Z has to be somewhere in between at best.

car & driver claims everything it drives is the fastest

i was reading "speed" magazine- the 350z there-and this was a special "nismo" version, got around 6.9-7 sec, rather odd i must say! but like the others said- i would totally put my money down on the impreza any day...

The testers at speed magazine were taking speed at the time they tested the 350z. It is impossible...LOL

well i know i have been in both cars and i think the wrx is faster.

You are joking right?? NSX is a joke compared to the 350Z when you factor in the price difference between the two cars. Let's see stock on stock, they both have the same 0-60. In a quarter mile race, NSX might be a tad faster, but if you put a greddy twin turbo on 350 Z ( still 350 Z would be atleast $30K cheaper), it will blow the doors off of the NSX.

Price issue aside, the NSX > 350Z. NSX is faster 0-60 and would own the 350Z on a track.

the Forrester XT IS faster than a 350Z, but a regular WRX? I don't think so. I haven't seen any advertising in my area that claims this either.

i thought the message in those ads was that subaru really really likes lance armstrong.

I was watching a top gear movie the other day... A 2005 vette against a 911 porsche, Some TVR and a Acura NSX... the NSX got fastest off the start... the TVR won with the NSX second, vette 3rd and 911 4th... I would take the NSX over the 350z...

umm for the price difference i think u could own 3 350z's. and if not i would buy an sti and build the hell out of it.

good for you, guess you never want any supercar (even if you could afford it), cuz most of them you add on 200 grand for the name.

200grand for the name? I like to believe that supercars cost so much money becuase most of them are hand made. designed the same way f1 cars are. i.e. carbon fiber body. exclusivity. race bred engine. so on and so forth.

If you want to buy something overpriced for the name go buy some shoes especially jordans.

In the video I posted of 350z vs s2000, the 350z owned the s2000 in the 60 - 110 mph race, but in the 0-60 race, the s2000 was a little bit ahead. What I was really surprsied about was that the S2000 has only 160 foot pounds (weight:3000 lbs) of torque as opposed to a monstrous 274 foot pounds of torque (weight:3500 lbs) in the 350z. Yet, the 350z never got ahead of the s2000 off the line.