newsletter - october 2007

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2008 Subaru Impreza STI launch

At last after all the spy shots, Nuremburg Scoops and Teaser images the new Subaru Impreza STI is finally here. The new MY08 Japanese Domestic market STI promises significant improvements over the outgoing model with the visual attitude to match its huge performance.

The car officially launches at the Tokyo motorshow on the 24th of October and Litchfield Imports has been invited out to Japan for the unveiling and to try our new development car.

You can read more about this exciting new STI on our website now.

     

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NEW MY08 JDM Impreza GT in the Press

This week’s Autocar magazine has a review of our Impreza GT Sports edition which achieved an excellent 4 out of 5 stars. "It's the best indicator yet of how the WRX STi will feel: Great"

MSN's online car review section have also featured our S-GT demonstrator. You can read the full review here.

"Discreet but blistering performance. Add in surprisingly low emissions and all of a sudden the Impreza starts looking a whole lot more interesting."

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2008 Nissan GTR launch

Another important debut at the Tokyo show is the long awaited R35 Nissan Skyline GTR (now simple known as Nissan GTR). The new car drops the legendary RB26 engine and in its place comes a new 480bhp 3.8 V6 co-developed with Cosworth. With our close links with Cosworth we have know about the general specification of this amazing new engine for some time and we look forward to working with it when it arrives. Expect some exciting news soon.

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AST suspension Civic Type-R finishes testing

Our 2007 (FD2) Honda Civic Type-R demonstrator is now fitted with the new AST Sportline suspension system developed for Litchfield imports road going models. The suspension is designed to allow the driver to easily adjust his Civic Type-R from road or track setup.

The suspension was designed using AST’s knowledge of race prepared FD2 Civic Type-Rs and then refined by AST UK to suit our unique road conditions. The standard OEM dampers were found to be extremely firm and offered limited suspension travel. Whilst these were superb for high speed handling and circuit use they could become a little wearing on certain road surfaces and long drives.

Using the AST UKs in-house dynometer the OEM dampers were measured and the new AST rates developed. The new settings allow the car to keep its razor shape handling and excellent body control whilst increasing the suspension travel and ride quality.

Each person will have their own individual preferences for damper settings but we have chosen a default setup. Our default settings maintain a firm but controlled ride, very similar to the OEM setup but removes some of the unpleasant jolts over larger bumpers. It also dramatically improves ride quality at motorway speeds.

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Litchfield Imports make it 5 years in a row with the Civic Type-R

Our Civic Type-R demonstrator is currently away with Evo Magazine as it has been asked to take part in their 2007 Car Of The Year Event. This massive achievement is amazingly the 5th consecutive year Litchfield Imports has been asked to take part and further proof of our commitment of supplying cars that the enthusiast wants.

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Kind Regards
Everyone at Litchfield Imports
www.litchfieldimports.co.uk