You literally have no idea what you’re taking about. Please be quiet.

Maybe. The Highlander and Pilot, which theoretically seat the same number of people as this, are both powered by V-6’s with generally the same output as the Subaru Flat 6 (though they also offer the Highlander with a 4 cylinder). So I don’t think it’d be too unreasonable for them to use it.

I don’t think they use the 3.0 anymore. The current 3.6 is supposed to have a lot of the same tech that the newer FA/FB engines have.

They already make one in Japan. I wonder if they’ll just sell that over here with the bigger 3.6 engine offered in the Outback and Legacy. I can’t imagine trying to power that thing with the gutless 2.5.

It’s complicated. If the islands are in international waters (debatable), then I believe the action of building them up and using them as bases is theoretically legal. Think of them more as stationary aircraft carriers, or even oil platforms.

What about thrust vectoring?

If they’re going to this much trouble to upgrade the F-15 to keep up with modern Gen 5 aircraft, why not add thrust vectoring to the package? If I recall correctly, the F-15 Active tech demonstrator was able to achieve some pretty impressive results, and that was over 20 years ago. The technology has matured…

Just off the top of my head....

China is a teenager picking on toddlers. They will push around small countries (Phillipines, Vietnam, etc), but won’t do anything to someone with a modern military and the ability to fight back (not that the US is much different in that regard). Japan is no Ukraine, and there would definitely be negative repercussions…

This time we happen to have the law and the support of affected countries in that region on our side. Go figure.

Right, because the US is the one illegally laying claim to vast swaths of the South China Sea.

‘Sheriff’ may be the wrong word to use; that implies they’re interested in the rule of law, and their ridiculous claims to the south china sea and atrificial island-building suggest otherwise.

There was an issue with the last gen of WRX’s breaking spot welds around the clutch/brake master cylinder assembly on the firewall, but from what I’ve read that created a squeaking sound, not a clicking one.

I don’t know off the top of my head whether Mitsubishi makes an appropriate engine for WRC. They’re much more of a global company than Subaru, so probably.

WRC requires competitors to use a spec drivetrain, which requires a transversely mounted engine.

Ooooh, shiny.

Not only that, but when the electromagnetic rail guns eventually start coming online, I imagine they’ll also be super effective against even hardened targets.

Define abused though. They sell the STI as essentially a ‘track-ready’ car. It would be more than slightly hypocritical for them to deny the warranty for using a car in its intended manner. “Track tuned suspension”, “hit apexes and exit corners with authority”, “track ready/track-day weapon”, that’s how they describe…

You SJWs are way too quick to throw around the term ‘racist’ when someone happens to challenge your narrow worldview. You want to bring race into the equation because you have nothing else to support your arguments, while we have provided numerous examples of the evidence you requested.