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The Car That Terrorized An Entire Continent💀 | Explained Ep.38

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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
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    100 pursuits over a 2 year period, and not a single one was caught. This was the reality of a single police agency who was plagued by skilled drivers using Subaru’s unassuming but razor sharp tool known as the World Rally Experimental or WRX.
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  • @kaighSea
    @kaighSea 28 дней назад +2704

    The eastern hemispheres 90s version of the hellcat 😂😂

    • @retrocompaq5212
      @retrocompaq5212 28 дней назад +24

      poor eastern hemisphere

    • @aftrnoon_ac
      @aftrnoon_ac 28 дней назад

      @@retrocompaq5212 Mann shut up

    • @NerdTouchingGrass
      @NerdTouchingGrass 28 дней назад +177

      but these actually got away Hellcats weight 5000lbs and get caught as soon as it has to turn even slightly

    • @Norkeys
      @Norkeys 28 дней назад +177

      @@NerdTouchingGrass Well, different roads in different places. The Hellcat excels on wide American expressways, while the WRX will always conquer on twisty tight mountain roads. Ultimately it's like comparing a surgical scalpel to an axe, you wouldn't chop wood with a scalpel and you aren't going to do surgery with an axe. Personal preference from there, personally I've always preferred the WRX but they are different cars for different environments.

    • @TvBoxHead
      @TvBoxHead 28 дней назад +45

      ​​@@NerdTouchingGrassnope. Keiichi Tsuchiya took the hellcat on the gunsai touge and had no problems. They actually handle as well as an m5 or rs7. The only problem is that people still believe the eastern lie of american cars not being able to handle. The next time Daigo drifts a hellcat or camaro all the jdm dik riders will claim they "always liked american cars". Only the real car guys know the real ones from fake ones.

  • @EATPANT420
    @EATPANT420 28 дней назад +1724

    It's insane how people blame a CAR for people doing armed robbers and being reckless, its an inanimate object, its not the car's idea to go out and commit crimes, its the person behind the wheel. Governments think that by just banning everything they don't like it will solve the issues, it wont.

    • @reformedartist8528
      @reformedartist8528 28 дней назад +59

      Yep people just find another way to do it😅

    • @Tornado2409
      @Tornado2409 28 дней назад +52

      "Haha, boxer go brrr."
      -the WRX moments after getting snatched

    • @dev-9962
      @dev-9962 28 дней назад +103

      Fr, same with guns too

    • @NotKimiRaikkonen
      @NotKimiRaikkonen 28 дней назад +53

      And after it's already been released, banning it only hurts the people who used it legally. The criminals would have just modified them to look like other cars...

    • @willymcbilly635
      @willymcbilly635 28 дней назад +6

      It's not *blaming* the car, they're just trying to remove the tools used for crime.

  • @tylerkellems3612
    @tylerkellems3612 28 дней назад +1498

    “Narrow city streets” proceeds to drive through the mall😭

    • @tiagobelo4965
      @tiagobelo4965 28 дней назад +36

      Also the mention of "souped up imprezas" when that's clearly an NA (prob 1.6 or 1.8) wagon

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodjinx
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodjinx 28 дней назад +16

      Well it was definitely narrow lmao

    • @wolfgangbergstrom6224
      @wolfgangbergstrom6224 28 дней назад +1

      Twisted metal tv show says high

    • @stephanematis
      @stephanematis 27 дней назад +2

      Blues Brother's set a standard :)

    • @rockzs74r
      @rockzs74r 26 дней назад +5

      That's not even the first floor

  • @OfficerDanger
    @OfficerDanger 28 дней назад +2568

    Now you gotta complete the Holy Trinity of cop terrorizers by doing videos on the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton and the Sierra Cosworth RS500

    • @tobiasflou6196
      @tobiasflou6196 28 дней назад +38

      The Carlton video exists already
      ruclips.net/video/VNe1gwtHL-M/видео.html

    • @gesh418
      @gesh418 28 дней назад

      He has done one on the Carlton:
      ruclips.net/video/VNe1gwtHL-M/видео.htmlsi=fZNLp0J3K-IdtJB6

    • @clab21
      @clab21 28 дней назад +200

      He already did one on the Lotus Carlton

    • @GraysonKroeker
      @GraysonKroeker 28 дней назад +118

      Ford: "hey, we've got the ultimate hot hatch rally car, people are gonna want to steal it. What locks should we give it?" "Shed locks"

    • @mthobisisibiya6902
      @mthobisisibiya6902 28 дней назад +11

      And the undefeated Charger

  • @jesseallan3886
    @jesseallan3886 28 дней назад +493

    The Australian police got 100 Subaru WRX police cars. 99 of them were destroyed in crashes, and the last 1 is in a museum. Australian police can't drive for sh!t. Lol

    • @sop1311
      @sop1311 24 дня назад +35

      They can't shoot for shit either. I've been to a gun range at a police station for a visit and bullet holes and marks were everywhere. I know they do special drills but I wouldn't expect bullet marks 1 metre away from the start of the range

    • @tinyrodent2821
      @tinyrodent2821 23 дня назад +37

      @@sop1311 The Emu war speaks volumes of the capability of the Aussies with a gun.

    • @theinternetlilbro
      @theinternetlilbro 23 дня назад +18

      bit hard to drive when youre upside down eh?

    • @gcraw79
      @gcraw79 23 дня назад +13

      They also destroyed them by not filling the correct fuel, blowing the engines

    • @daexion
      @daexion 23 дня назад +11

      @@tinyrodent2821 No, it speaks volumes for how hard it is to deal with Emus.

  • @lolza-qh2xw
    @lolza-qh2xw 28 дней назад +532

    This and the cosworth Ford escorts/sierras were always in newspapers as a kid in the UK, being used for robberies as getaway vehicles because they were just obscenely fast. As a teen, it just made me want them even more. As an adult, I still want one but can't afford one!

    • @baoquoc3710
      @baoquoc3710 28 дней назад +24

      Don't forget Lotus Carlton, the 90s BMW M3 CS as well

    • @ristekostadinov2820
      @ristekostadinov2820 28 дней назад

      @@baoquoc3710 the thing is there were not that many Carltons (i don't think long term you could survive with that thing doing criminal activities), the escort/sierra were more dangerous because they were not rare and can easily blend in traffic after police chase. Even today if you watch "traffic swimmers" on the internet they drive relatively common sport sedans (Q50/m2/m3/m4 or anything with the turbo b58).

    • @hakology
      @hakology 28 дней назад +9

      you can buy a subaru for about £1000 (a wrx for £2500+) ... but its the modifications / restoration you need deep pockets for

    • @robi1483
      @robi1483 28 дней назад +9

      Just bought a wrx, the lowest price I saw was £3700, and that was a cat S. Most were around £7000+ (this was for the Saloon - maybe the wagon is a bit cheaper).
      I think the days of "cheap" wrx's is over.

    • @hakology
      @hakology 28 дней назад

      @@robi1483 (i was looking at a wrx for my son a few months ago but needed a lot of tlc £2500) ... i always wanted a subaru too but instead of the impreza i went for the forester, got a mk1 sturbo 2l, bought for £3k, spent easy £4k on mods and fixes, just spent another £4k on welding and restoration and nowhere near finished, so owning one is cheapish but keeping one on the road and modifying is where you can easily sink £25k ... that said though you could get a mk2 for £500-£1000 ... which will need a lot of work, good ones £6k-£10k, sti £10k+ depending on the model

  • @MahadShahzad08
    @MahadShahzad08 28 дней назад +289

    Whenever i see a Impreza WRX i always remember the rivalry between Colin McRae and Tommi Makinen. Those were legendary times. R.I.P to the legend Colin McRae and R.I.P to the legendary Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.

    • @r32guy85
      @r32guy85 27 дней назад +14

      not just them two, carlos sainz as well

    • @evoman44
      @evoman44 23 дня назад +4

      What made Colin McRae one of the best rally drivers was also his Achilles heel. He could only drive at 120% all the time.

    • @Freakashoni
      @Freakashoni 10 дней назад

      I wish they would have done that to the impala line up from chevorlet or the Malibu line up. Both had lots of potential to become street monsters. The engine bays could have up to an inline 6 sized engine or a v8 for the impalas. The exaust tunnel could have easily had a rwd system in the impala and the malibu could share a similar configuration to a wrx. and they look like normal cars. But I’ve seen some builds that look insane with them. Wasted potential from the early 2000s. For the 04 impala they could literally swap in a manual Camaro rear end and trans front my the 80s and still keep the 3.8l v6 if they wanted to. Chevy really didn’t like that kind of car

    • @evoman44
      @evoman44 10 дней назад

      @@Freakashoni That would had been a good alternative. One of the few GM cars that has interested me has been the Pontiac G8/Chevy SS because I like the idea of a high performance family sedan with a manual transmission.

    • @Freakashoni
      @Freakashoni 10 дней назад

      @@evoman44 I guess though it would have its draw backs lol. any sedan by Chevy isn’t going to be ss anymore because of reasons like they used to be lol. They were dirt cheap and had tons of power perfect get away vehicles. Oh and electric stuff. They literally evolved a muscle car beast from the 60s to a modern shit box. I mean even for modifications though they are dirt cheap. Mid 2000s impalas and Malibus had solid engine and when pared with transmissions from junk yards and a couple grand in parts they could be pushing past 300 hp more than most low end sports cars. Compared to modern cars lol. they could make about the same for less Chevy didn’t care that much he thought.

  • @mrmister5729
    @mrmister5729 28 дней назад +368

    being from australia, i never thought this would get covered on automotive youtube, so thank you! how cool did those police gc8's look! also.... still gotta cover the barra 😅

    • @lional6291
      @lional6291 28 дней назад +10

      the all mighty F6 ford police special wrx killer

    • @MarioGoatse
      @MarioGoatse 28 дней назад +12

      @@lional6291Only on highways. The WRX was the king on Sydney streets

    • @gamingsuperun
      @gamingsuperun 27 дней назад +5

      Only crimes the barra is present for is power pole damage and domestic abuse charges 😂

    • @mrmister5729
      @mrmister5729 27 дней назад

      @@gamingsuperun 😂 classy fg turbo enjoyer vs bogan na ba wife beater

    • @deathtoming2201
      @deathtoming2201 26 дней назад +2

      @@lional6291to bad those turboed xr6 weighed a ton and couldn’t keep up with a mad man foot flat around corners on the open highways they get the rexies all day .. but normally police back off chases they ain’t risking their lives aswell but you always got that one cop waiting their whole lives for the chance

  • @allu2681
    @allu2681 28 дней назад +296

    as a WRX owner i can confirm this is very accurate

    • @AverageMDChannel
      @AverageMDChannel 28 дней назад +8

      i can also confirm this to

    • @rafaelrodriguesdasilva7305
      @rafaelrodriguesdasilva7305 28 дней назад +22

      me too, even the GF, I allegedly may or may not heard about someone with a car allegedly and apparently like mine, who allegedly evaded some guys in badges who were allegedly playing car tag with them, but only rumors obviously lol

    • @obeseufo3707
      @obeseufo3707 28 дней назад

      yes

    • @nostrummotorsport2869
      @nostrummotorsport2869 28 дней назад +1

      This is the reason I love this channel. He does his research and digs deep. I verified one of his videos as I was involved at the time in history but was not mainstream so only few people knew.

    • @evapor1a
      @evapor1a 27 дней назад +1

      Can also confirm

  • @justv7536
    @justv7536 26 дней назад +122

    Telling the story of the Impreza's getaway by spending 3 minutes telling us all the specifics of the Evo's struggle before its inevitable downfall, just to then say "and the Impreza? Well, it was never caught," is probably one of my favourite bits of writing for something like this.

    • @tim9680
      @tim9680 23 дня назад +3

      This must have been the hook in writing my english teacher told me about 😂

    • @justv7536
      @justv7536 23 дня назад +1

      @@tim9680 REAL

    • @NagyMedia
      @NagyMedia 20 дней назад +1

      Pretty funny also when you consider the EVO had to stop for gas and still got away before the spike strips 😂

  • @JuKeyy7
    @JuKeyy7 28 дней назад +81

    This is cool and all but we can’t deny that Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

    • @theGovernmentHatesYou
      @theGovernmentHatesYou 26 дней назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jozshuasims5742
      @jozshuasims5742 23 дня назад +4

      lol "pop the hood jesse"

    • @MrOtistetrax
      @MrOtistetrax 23 дня назад +2

      What do you think Lance, forty weight? fifty weight?

    • @JuKeyy7
      @JuKeyy7 23 дня назад +3

      @@MrOtistetrax Forty weight sounds nice.

    • @kradikt666
      @kradikt666 11 дней назад

      I almost had you

  • @sophdog1678
    @sophdog1678 26 дней назад +28

    Prior to the Subie era, in the early to mid-80's in Sydney, there was a joyrider known as the "Porsche Kid". He only stole 911's and used them to bait cops into chases. I was passed by him one night driving near, I think, Five Dock. He went flying by. Twenty seconds later, a gazillion cop cars came past, tyres protesting, lights and sirens ablaze. Don't know if they ever caught him, but he was a thing for a short while back then.

    • @dawggonevidz9140
      @dawggonevidz9140 23 дня назад +2

      there was more than one. Only real difference between a porsche 911 and a TX5 turbo was instead of a flat head screwdriver you used long nose pliers.
      and the porsche sounds better at 6500 RPM. good times.

  • @DanSim93
    @DanSim93 28 дней назад +38

    I sold my 2001 Impreza WRX last month and ive never regretted anything so much in my life. What a car.

    • @OPEK.
      @OPEK. 28 дней назад

      Just curious. How many other cars have you owned and sold that you regret?

    • @DanSim93
      @DanSim93 28 дней назад +4

      @@OPEK. There isn't any other regrets surrounding cars I've owned, I think I sold them without any attachment. I love Subaru's though and I put alot of money into the bugeye I had, the guy who bought it from me got a fantastic car.

    • @gazk9424
      @gazk9424 25 дней назад +1

      Same here, selling my Black Beauty STi is the biggest mistake of my life.

    • @DanSim93
      @DanSim93 25 дней назад

      @@gazk9424 I've just got back from scoobfest on the Isle of wight and instantly felt like I wanted to own another!

    • @evoman44
      @evoman44 23 дня назад

      I still have a 2005 WRX. Once in awhile I get former WRX owners tell me they regret selling theirs.

  • @toddp9286
    @toddp9286 28 дней назад +144

    God that Brandt keypad alarm was such a piece of crap. I had 2 WRXs with it, it would stop working every now and then for no reason, leaving you stranded. The best mod to do for any Subaru with it is to rip it out and install an aftermarket alarm/immobilizer system.

    • @Owensti
      @Owensti 28 дней назад

      Yep

    • @jackmiller7667
      @jackmiller7667 28 дней назад +3

      Had my 02 sti for 9 years now and hated the keypad, until it stopped the car being stolen

    • @toddp9286
      @toddp9286 27 дней назад +6

      @@jackmiller7667 Oh it's very effective at stopping thieves, problem is it's also effective at stopping the owner driving it too. Got a mongoose m80 and never looked back.

    • @Lplaterwrx
      @Lplaterwrx 20 дней назад

      100% man I’ve removed heaps, lucky my gc8 come with a half decent monguse alarm

  • @feelincrispy7053
    @feelincrispy7053 28 дней назад +37

    Aussie cops actually figured out that wrx front radiators were a ridiculously weak point after they field tested them to possibly use them as highway patrol chasers. Due to the big wide open front bumper grills for big airflow meant a little front end hit usually meant the radiator would crack, the engine would over heat within minutes and the chase was over.

    • @mixalisstathis274
      @mixalisstathis274 27 дней назад

      And Howie did it?

    • @oddursigurdsson9637
      @oddursigurdsson9637 27 дней назад +4

      A front bumper guard should honestly come standard for any police vehicle. It's a weird hill to die on

    • @ohnaw223
      @ohnaw223 25 дней назад +1

      Lol its how the killdozer died, radiator fucked, coolant leaked and chase over

    • @contentioushackery
      @contentioushackery 25 дней назад +2

      The way I remember it, Killdozer got high-centered and stuck before it overheated. Not remotely the same thing.

    • @45johngalt
      @45johngalt 25 дней назад +8

      ​@@ohnaw223no, it got stuck. One of the tracks broke into the basement of a building.

  • @Madenewhope
    @Madenewhope 28 дней назад +573

    The Toyota Corolla with a boxer engine that gave police hell. 🤣🤣👌👌

    • @retrocompaq5212
      @retrocompaq5212 28 дней назад +15

      garbage engine*

    • @marciamartins2447
      @marciamartins2447 28 дней назад +54

      ​@@retrocompaq5212**with a Subaru engine

    • @glareicebutts1423
      @glareicebutts1423 28 дней назад

      @@retrocompaq5212 bros going around shouting “subaru bad” in all the comment threads 🤨

    • @AverageMDChannel
      @AverageMDChannel 28 дней назад +20

      @retrocompaq5212 not garbage***

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 28 дней назад +24

      That would be your mother​@@retrocompaq5212

  • @SiY11
    @SiY11 28 дней назад +59

    Every time I watch 337 SPEED videos, I think this guy was born to do this!

  • @k1rb0i
    @k1rb0i 28 дней назад +31

    I wasn’t expecting a story to be put upon the loved Impreza.
    However seeing the Lancer Evo there just bolsters how lethal
    these two cars are in all kinds of scenarios… love the content as always !

  • @TheSimStig
    @TheSimStig 28 дней назад +37

    Parents are ex coppa's from NSW and they always used to say that they could never catch the WRX's. After seeing this I had to ask them more questions and tell them, "there's a documentary about who you couldn't catch 🤣".

  • @wildpurple005
    @wildpurple005 26 дней назад +36

    “It’s what makes a Subaru a Subaru”

  • @nightninja8128
    @nightninja8128 28 дней назад +74

    2:16 Just gonna slide in some Gran Turismo 3 menu music, eh?

    • @337speed
      @337speed  28 дней назад +23

      Gave me my daily fix for nostalgia😀

    • @nightninja8128
      @nightninja8128 28 дней назад +2

      @@337speed Yessir!

    • @a1steaksauce895
      @a1steaksauce895 24 дня назад +1

      I caught that 2. Darn that brings me back

  • @highvibegardens
    @highvibegardens 28 дней назад +40

    Crazy the fast and the furious 1 vibes here, just with a wrx instead of a civic. I love it 🎉

    • @longtailgt
      @longtailgt 25 дней назад +1

      I'd say more more like 2 Fast 2 Furious vibes. Cause it actually had an Evo, used as a getaway car to transport drug money (and funnily enough the Eclipse had a WRX's engine sound dubbed over). The only difference being of course that Brian and Roman were ultimately in league with the police, not the criminals.

  • @GTRLMLimted
    @GTRLMLimted 28 дней назад +15

    The cops here in Sydney hated them so bad.
    I remember back in 2000 in the peak of the ram raids my mate was driving home in his MY2000 and had blown pretty much the whole gearbox and only had 5th so was putting with hazards on got pulled over cops came out with guns drawn and pulled him out of the car. (Quite rare in Aust for cops to draw guns).
    After some questioning while cuffed and a few phone calls. They apologised. Their reason was theat they saw the car going so slow with hazards flashing and thought it was stolen and the shitty factory immobiliser was trying to do its thing.

    • @Snarf_Le_Wombat
      @Snarf_Le_Wombat 23 дня назад +1

      Classic police jumping to conclusions with their unacceptable actions and behavior, like bullets stop vehicles...

    • @alloyedpersonality
      @alloyedpersonality 4 часа назад

      idk i feel like they were perfectly justified here man 😭​@@Snarf_Le_Wombat

  • @goofymcadams
    @goofymcadams 28 дней назад +17

    AUSTRALIA - Eastlakes (my area) and most of the suburbs mentioned are sourouning suburbs. I remember as a kid watching WRX get chased through Maroubra Junction. I remember the ramraids on Oshkosh and atms... Man this brings back news report and paper clipping memories of this model WRX. Things tamed down by BugEye literally none were chased.. What a hectic video to bring up all these things. Over 20 years later I now own one of these GC8s... Crazy.... Great vid!

    • @MarioGoatse
      @MarioGoatse 28 дней назад

      Knew I'd find a few Sydney boys in these comments lol. Grew up in the inner city, and Rexxies were *The Car* to steal. A lot of boys from Glebe, Redfern, etc were ripping ATMs, banks, ram raids, and doing smash n grabs with them. My mate got shot in one and almost died.

    • @goofymcadams
      @goofymcadams 22 дня назад

      @@MarioGoatse Damn man thats heavy about your mate! Im guessing car jack or mistaken identity? And yep, most came from the inner city. It was the Wild West!

  • @UR_UB3R_DRIVER
    @UR_UB3R_DRIVER 28 дней назад +13

    that explains why my insurance is so darn high on my subie

  • @TSM3095
    @TSM3095 28 дней назад +33

    Knew about the wrx's being used in australia, but the Evo 6 being used in a robbery was pretty surprising, since they were much rarer than subarus

    • @Hythe01
      @Hythe01 28 дней назад +9

      Love that the Evo ran out of fuel - they combined remarkable thirst with a tiny fuel tank!

    • @MarioGoatse
      @MarioGoatse 28 дней назад +5

      I knew through boys that were using them here in Sydney. It started with RS Turbos, then when the WRX hit Australia it was massively popular to steal them. Any 4wd turbo was good, but they loved the WRX. A mate of mine got shot in a stolen WRX in Sydney. Survived, but still with a bullet in his chest

  • @misterevan
    @misterevan 28 дней назад +16

    As someone who lives and breathes the GC/GM/GF Chassis. I can tell you they are amazing to drive and addictive, super easy to mod and if you are realistic with power goals they will treat you well. Thanks for this one.

    • @obeseufo3707
      @obeseufo3707 28 дней назад

      I've got a GG, and absolutely adore it. what I wouldn't do for a clean GG tho...

    • @Lplaterwrx
      @Lplaterwrx 20 дней назад

      There great cars, just sad there isn’t many good ones left anymore

  • @MarioGoatse
    @MarioGoatse 28 дней назад +10

    Real talk, my mate was one of the guys that were doing ATMs and Smash N Grabs with these WRXs here in the inner city of Sydney. He ended up being shot by the police in a stolen WRX after doing a Ram Raid. The officer was charged with 4 charges, but wasn't convicted, if I remember correctly. The entire reason why NSW police bought the WRX police car was because of his crew. It was a great time growing up in Sydney back then. There were hotties (stolen or "hot" cars) in the area all the time. WRXs, RS Turbos, GTRs, Porsches, you name it. What's left unsaid in this story, is that it was all because of how hard heroin Sydney. The Viet boys in Cabramatta were making millions, and every inner city crim was out there terrorising the city. It never stopped in the early GC8 Ram Raid days though. They ended up moving on to Armaguards. My cousin got arrested in a $6 million dollar armed robbery. Sydney was off tap back then.

    • @endjfcar
      @endjfcar 22 дня назад

      Man I hope they all learned their lessons. Life is short but you don't have to make it shorter or harder...

    • @MarioGoatse
      @MarioGoatse 21 день назад

      @@endjfcar Honestly, most of them are doing long sentences in jail these days. Sydney had a massive crime wave back then. Some of them were “good kids” that got dragged into it by a worse group, but most were already petty criminals that got much worse once they were addicted. Google “Sydney Armaguard $6 million” and you’ll see what they ended up doing. My cousin was arrested in the sweep they did, but everyone beat the charges. The crew ended up getting arrested one by one for other charges. The cops weren’t going to let it slide.

  • @totsuit7518
    @totsuit7518 27 дней назад +12

    It would be really cool if you could make a video about the frequent use of the Audi RS6 as a getaway car for blowing up ATMs in Germany and the Netherlands

  • @Volvo_EG
    @Volvo_EG 25 дней назад +4

    I can only imagine being one of the officers trying to catch them and you just hear that car blast by at full speed. Probably getting shivers down your back just from the amazing sound. They are so damn goodsounding.

  • @worldofnateg
    @worldofnateg 25 дней назад +5

    Nice piece on the WRX. I find it pretty cool that the WRX in Baby Driver was a nod to the car's criminal history.

  • @BGRUBBIN
    @BGRUBBIN 28 дней назад +15

    You remember that one clip in Top Gear? They destroyed a Lancer Evo that was used for running drugs. Fuck that thing was zippy, even on gravel.

  • @BestTechnoMixes
    @BestTechnoMixes 24 дня назад +7

    the gran turismo music was a perfect touch

  • @thekeemstar27
    @thekeemstar27 27 дней назад +4

    9:10 they should of went right for the nearest airport when they heard the chopper lmao 😭

  • @zero11010
    @zero11010 28 дней назад +10

    For the first several years the WRX was available in the US (before the STi was brought over) it was insured as a little two liter four door commuter car.
    It took years for insurance companies in there US, and the public, to realize what these were capable of.
    The WRX wasn’t the first “rally car” to be sold. But, it did blow up in a way most others didn’t.
    There sure wasn’t a lot of fuss over the GT Four Celica from Toyota a few years earlier (an all wheel drive little monster).

  • @bnd_
    @bnd_ 26 дней назад +5

    This is a good ad for the WRX 🤣

  • @freezingjazzy
    @freezingjazzy 28 дней назад +4

    Now I understand why you can use WRXs on the finale of the Diamond Heist in GTA.

  • @swilleh_
    @swilleh_ 28 дней назад +30

    "can't outrun radio" "can't outrun helicopters" 😂

  • @vCuda
    @vCuda 28 дней назад +6

    I don't support criminal activity, but this and 40RA are LEGENDARY! Dudes took the cops on one of the longest chases in history, buddy gets caught and they ran it back THE NEXT NIGHT.
    The sudden urge to buy a tiny super sedan is palpable

  • @LockieNZ
    @LockieNZ 27 дней назад +7

    Used to be the top most stolen car in New Zealand. Now it's the Toyota Aqua. No joke. The price to insure an Aqua over here is $3000NZD! I thought my turbo Aristo was bad at $1000NZD!

    • @SuperWesty177
      @SuperWesty177 23 дня назад

      Its good because my first gen legacy turbo's insurance is finally coming down a bit haha.

    • @kradikt666
      @kradikt666 11 дней назад

      Do you have to argue with the value over the aristo? Fuck every year I have to have it valued

    • @LockieNZ
      @LockieNZ 11 дней назад

      @@kradikt666 Hah. Yeah. "The market value is $6000". Find me one at that price. I'll snap-buy it.

  • @fluffypuppy1040
    @fluffypuppy1040 24 дня назад +4

    In Australia the police called the GC8 WRX the "stolen generation".

  • @TuffNess7
    @TuffNess7 28 дней назад +41

    Any chance we will get an explained for ecu??👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

  • @JerzeyBoy
    @JerzeyBoy 28 дней назад +5

    The ford V8 of the roaring 20s and great depression? And the supped up Model A's of the moonshine runners and robber's?

  • @Harry_Gersack
    @Harry_Gersack 28 дней назад +46

    Seriously?
    World Rally Cross??
    WRC is the World Rally Championship dude 💀

    • @Vincent_Cherron
      @Vincent_Cherron 28 дней назад +1

      they mean the same thing; racing on the dirt around the world

    • @enzSa
      @enzSa 28 дней назад +20

      @@Vincent_Cherronrally cross and stage rally very different things

    • @Harry_Gersack
      @Harry_Gersack 27 дней назад +9

      @@Vincent_Cherron definitely not. Rally cross are multiple cars all at once on a small circle track that was purposely built.
      WRC is stage rally on public roads of different surfaces (asphalt, gravel, ...) and they are racing point to point. Also it's timed and not head to head racing

    • @longtailgt
      @longtailgt 25 дней назад +2

      @@Vincent_Cherron Absolutely not. Rally Cross is a multi-lap circuit race on half tarmac/ half mixed-surface arenas, with all cars racing at the same time and the first one to cross the line is the winner. WRC events are held on point to point courses set on public roads, all cars do their runs separately and the car that finishes in the quickest time is the winner.

    • @ThaDutchDK1989
      @ThaDutchDK1989 13 дней назад

      Such a fail Indeed😂. And all the Subaru owners don’t even notice that 🤣 says enough how not smart they are 🤦‍♂️

  • @steffenm558
    @steffenm558 28 дней назад +15

    Dude how much work are those videos💁🏽‍♂️😘😘

    • @337speed
      @337speed  28 дней назад +12

      Couple days on research and script and solid week of editing, pulling newspaper clippings and footage😅 I enjoy the process

    • @steffenm558
      @steffenm558 28 дней назад

      @@337speed yeah the videos are like movies🙂for me who cutted a few clips of gaming content and i know much work even that was, your editing and content is mind blowing. Good work😊

    • @dyaanahmad5079
      @dyaanahmad5079 28 дней назад +1

      @@337speed Lotus Carlton got some serious competition now. BTW, Can you do a video, where you tune your own car and rip it on the streets
      An LS build
      With something like a C5 Corvette. They are affordable(Cheap is a strong word tbh) nowadays.

  • @dyls2702
    @dyls2702 27 дней назад +4

    We had a crew of young black fellas in Sydney called the WRX boys theys honk the horn out front of police stations to get chasers. The police ended up shooting some of the boys.

  • @deviantarsenal
    @deviantarsenal 28 дней назад

    This channel just keeps getting better and better! I look forward to each new video dropping. You do excellent research, your editing is on point, and your narration adds the finishing touch! 💪🏻😎

  • @Jlockjammers217
    @Jlockjammers217 28 дней назад +2

    I friggin love this channel not gonna lie please my friend keep making this content I know it’s a lot of work and I really appreciate it and you’re so knowledgeable and I’ve learned a lot from you I already watched about the coyote the Camaro the ford gt and the mustang I love how you give detailed information on the engines and it’s amazing the way you put these videos together idk why you don’t have millions of subscribers 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @GoomyB
    @GoomyB 28 дней назад +23

    the hellcat american's brain would implode upon hearing this information

    • @wombat5534
      @wombat5534 24 дня назад +1

      Im Canadian where everything we hear about is American, but I always stood out as the black sheep in the room when I would say as a kid, my favorite car chase ever, was "Getaway in Stockholm" with the Supra and Cosworth! 🤘

    • @MrBuzzman21
      @MrBuzzman21 21 день назад +1

      Especially since a Hellcat would leave any Subaru in the dust, just like most other V8's including trucks...until you have to turn LOL

  • @maninthemiddleground2316
    @maninthemiddleground2316 28 дней назад +11

    Let me get this straight… robbers using STi and Evo 6was part of 200 Km police chase and only Evo 6 got caught? 😅 subbie for life 👍👍👍

    • @daexion
      @daexion 23 дня назад +3

      they probably only caught it because of the spike strip.

  • @doonecarguy
    @doonecarguy 28 дней назад +30

    I knew Baby Driver was real

  • @arcayenne
    @arcayenne 28 дней назад +1

    Great video once again dude! Keep it up!

  • @tomrowland6141
    @tomrowland6141 28 дней назад +5

    I had one of these try me in my Genesis 5.0 Rspec, he didn't like the result. In all honesty, it is never the car, but the driver that wins in evasion.

    • @transient442
      @transient442 7 дней назад

      wow who would've thought, a much newer sports car won over the significantly older one. You really showed him..

  • @Emitremmus29
    @Emitremmus29 28 дней назад +21

    The English cop car in the outro CG being a Rover SD1 deserves special praise. The subbie might have been faster but I'd take the style and sound of the SD1 any day.

    • @337speed
      @337speed  28 дней назад

      That car has such great body lines, I wish we got them in the states😣

    • @OwenWellsp-wz5hg
      @OwenWellsp-wz5hg 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@337speedyou did actually get the rover 3500 (sd1) in the usa

  • @user-it1yd4zd8l
    @user-it1yd4zd8l 28 дней назад +2

    love what you do man ima keep up with the speed 337 podcast aswell

  • @gmarinelarena8675
    @gmarinelarena8675 28 дней назад +2

    You have a Gift to tell stories. Thanks for the great content!

  • @SilverC8andDroppedC10
    @SilverC8andDroppedC10 28 дней назад +4

    I can’t believe there hasn’t been a movie made about this. I would make a better story than the last Fast n Furious movie.

    • @evoman44
      @evoman44 23 дня назад

      The closest movie that has depicted a WRX as a getaway car has been Baby Driver.

  • @timothytuannguyen
    @timothytuannguyen 28 дней назад +20

    3 minutes gahd I don’t even that last like that

  • @AlexanderOrtiz-y7i
    @AlexanderOrtiz-y7i 25 дней назад

    337 your channel is awesome I’ve watched you grow so much. Thanks for your time and effort. Again thank you .

  • @alistairhughes2054
    @alistairhughes2054 20 дней назад

    Love your channel, followed for a couple of years because it's always a slick video with great technical descriptions, keep up the good work. The late 90s in the UK there were loads of shagged out wrx's under tarps laid up, they had such a rep,, another lost hero from a few years from a bit earlier was the VW Corrado G60, high performance bad ass hatch that was almost an exclusive d£££ dealer car. Good work

  • @badgermetal
    @badgermetal 28 дней назад +7

    My first car was a 93 1.8L wagon awd 5 speed. I didn't realize the potential they had until finding the rs25 forums while doing research about what car to buy. I read through a lot of the build threads there where people were building the normal impreza into what they call an RSTI. I slowly built mine to look like a version 1 STI clone but never had the money to actually swap it. Set it up for autocross and it did that surprisingly good. Got it with 93k miles and sold it due to it rusting out floorboards at 290k.
    I figured it would be used for parts but i just saw it driving through town yesterday.

    • @Tornado2409
      @Tornado2409 28 дней назад

      Sweet ending

    • @KevBacon6
      @KevBacon6 28 дней назад

      How long ago did you sell it? If it's been awhile that's cool that you got to see it again still running.
      I'm currently preparing for one of those swaps myself. I bought a 95 1.8 coupe specifically to do the swap. I have a V8 EJ207 with the 6 speed DCCD to put into it. The plan is to participate in my local rallycross and eventually be able to do at least one ARA rally each year.

    • @evoman44
      @evoman44 23 дня назад +1

      Just about any of those older Imprezas have become a sought after car by Subaru car enthusiast. Even the rusty ones are being fix and restored with welding skills because they are becoming rare.

  • @WigneyR
    @WigneyR 25 дней назад +15

    Bro baby driver was not influential in any of this, it’s a new ass movie 😂

    • @SeguroOffroad
      @SeguroOffroad 23 дня назад +3

      haa, if this foo wanted to shoehorn something in he could have used Initial D!

    • @daexion
      @daexion 23 дня назад

      He actually never said it was. I believe he said before the movie ever came out. He might have reference the movie because of some of the similarities.

    • @WigneyR
      @WigneyR 23 дня назад +2

      @@daexion watch again, he said it helped inspire their actions. Its a less than 10 year old movie

    • @supernintendo182
      @supernintendo182 21 день назад

      @@WigneyR He said BEFORE Baby Driver.
      "Before the Baby Driver movie would put the WRX in the spotlight amongst popular culture, [...] the WRX was more sinister and played a major role in the underground workings of the black market."

  • @emdfilms5785
    @emdfilms5785 28 дней назад

    Good stuff man. Love your channel. You are a master storyteller. Keep it up!

  • @Davo_enchilada
    @Davo_enchilada 25 дней назад

    This just popped up on my feed. Subscribed! After almost three years of coveting a Rex. I got mine in December 1997. Shortly after was when all the ramraiding stuff was hitting the news in Perth. I didn't have a lock up garage, so there were a few stressful months. That car was my faithful daily for the next 24 years

  • @gengiz
    @gengiz 27 дней назад +6

    I’m still terrorising in Sydney Australia , cold starts at 7am and breaking hearts at every light in my stage 2.5 pro tuned 2019 sti.

    • @Retro-Iron11
      @Retro-Iron11 27 дней назад +1

      Have a good run by my 2003 blob that I put together and tuned myself with true flex fuel. Well it would if you were in qld. :D My satisfaction win or loose is I did it all by myself. They can be both fun and a pain in the butt being daily drivers.

    • @warmage247
      @warmage247 25 дней назад

      Ahh the pure wanker subie owner, sadly not a rare animal.

  • @dyaanahmad5079
    @dyaanahmad5079 28 дней назад +3

    Never clicked on a video this fast

  • @Loadedgoods
    @Loadedgoods 24 дня назад +1

    the 2 door Impreza wrx sti is still to this day the best looking one.

  • @dennisglodoski6365
    @dennisglodoski6365 28 дней назад +1

    Thank you for the upload!

  • @brewcewillis8328
    @brewcewillis8328 28 дней назад +7

    I bought a WRX in 2017 to see if Subarus were even worth a shit. It was a $27,000 base model. I bought this because I wasn't even sure if the STI was worth the money. At the time I believe they were around $40,000. One of my regrets in life is that I didn't just buy the STI. I live where it snows heavy occasionally. One day, just to see if the WRX was actually a rally car, I drove the car down a dirt road that runs parallel with the freeway. I had ws80 blizzaks on the car at the time, and it had recently snowed- so there was snow covering mud. This was a graded and Flat Road, but the traction was awful for any car. I sat in the dirt and waited for a car to pass me that was on the freeway. I dumped the clutch and let her rip, and I was seriously going 60 to 70 in mud and snow and passing cars on the freeway like they were standing still. It blew my mind.

    • @woohunter1
      @woohunter1 28 дней назад +2

      Almost same here, I bought a brand new 2016 wrx base with the factory short throw shifter. After about $7k in performance mods, it was a beast! The FA20DIT is a much more reliable engine than the EJ, that’s why I chose a regular WRX instead of the STI. I had around 330 WHP.

    • @enemyspotted2467
      @enemyspotted2467 27 дней назад +1

      @@keijimorita1849cope. I had a 2012 wrx that got t-boned, replaced it with a 2012 sti. The STI is better lmao.

    • @enemyspotted2467
      @enemyspotted2467 27 дней назад +2

      Living in New England with a Subaru, I don’t have an excuse not to show up to to work when it snows. I love giving a little bit of BOV to trucks and jeeps fishtailing all over the place when I fly past them

    • @brewcewillis8328
      @brewcewillis8328 27 дней назад

      @enemyspotted2467 I think that's my favorite part about owning one. They are stupid fast in snow and ice with snow tires on. It's my first all wheel drive car and I'm not sure if I want to go back.

    • @keijimorita1849
      @keijimorita1849 27 дней назад +2

      @@enemyspotted2467 I coped by deleting my original comment because I am not interested in dealing with rude people like you. I need to stay off of youtube. Too many common folk on here.

  • @-CHAMUR-
    @-CHAMUR- 27 дней назад +3

    Pov : you are looking for a Real content creator on youtube and you came across this channel
    bro you've made a good job ,keep going

  • @DJWenlowe
    @DJWenlowe 24 дня назад +2

    This was a great profile . I do love the intoxicating sound of that boxer engine 👍👍

  • @Fudmottin
    @Fudmottin 23 дня назад +1

    The opening of "Baby Driver" was flat out a Subaru commercial.

  • @CardsNSleevesTCG
    @CardsNSleevesTCG 28 дней назад +7

    I blame Baby Driver for this

    • @xraider927
      @xraider927 28 дней назад

      Nah, those incidents happened way *WAY* before that movie even existed.

    • @CardsNSleevesTCG
      @CardsNSleevesTCG 28 дней назад

      @@xraider927 I bless these guys for Baby Driver

  • @cabbagehead8082
    @cabbagehead8082 28 дней назад +5

    It gave cops trouble in countries that didn't have American muscle chasing it 😂

    • @RommyAli
      @RommyAli 28 дней назад

      That garbage is only effective on straight road american highways

    • @mbbb9244
      @mbbb9244 28 дней назад +4

      It had 4wd, lightweight and fantastic suspension for cornering. Absolutely no way an American cop yacht could get anywhere close.
      Its speciality was sticking to tight surburban streets blasting from corner to corner. . 0-60 in 4.5s when tuned. 1992.

    • @markrides7939
      @markrides7939 28 дней назад +3

      Nah they could still lose that American junk, All they needed to do was turn left and right and that muscle your so proud of would have no chance.

    • @daexion
      @daexion 23 дня назад

      @@mbbb9244 ​ Not every vehicle cops use is a police yacht even if a lot of them are. Some are actually Mustangs and Chargers converted to use as a police cruiser, most likely, as an interceptor.

    • @Leo.B.Photos
      @Leo.B.Photos 23 дня назад

      You guys never got GC/GF8's because theyd absolutely demolish anything the copys had access to... including the helicopters lmao

  • @LossBH
    @LossBH 23 дня назад

    yet another banger from 337 speed. love your content and editing, dude. especially the editing, the hard work doesn’t go unnoticed 👀🔥🔥🔥

  • @dannykennedy5885
    @dannykennedy5885 28 дней назад

    Love it bro! Great content!!

  • @beaucaver4988
    @beaucaver4988 28 дней назад +2

    ....Another friday in Lafayette, relaxing and watching 337s new vid drop!👊

  • @MrMezza
    @MrMezza 16 дней назад

    I live in Sydney, Australia. I know someone who owned a WRX, this was about ten or so years ago now. He woke up to it being stolen one day, and shortly after, it was seen on the news being used as the getaway in a bank robbery. About a week or so later he found the car parked on a street near where he lived. He had to report it to the police and unfortunately didn't get it back, but it was an awesome car I still remember sitting in as a kid.

  • @Pansy-vl4in
    @Pansy-vl4in 23 дня назад

    incredibly useful content as always, thanks for the hard work!

  • @clintcheezewood
    @clintcheezewood 28 дней назад

    I truly love this series. Keep it up!

  • @ClaytonLikesCars
    @ClaytonLikesCars 24 дня назад +1

    "Commuting corporate slave"... Damn alright 😭

  • @7thfloorisnomoreq790
    @7thfloorisnomoreq790 17 дней назад

    This has become my most favorite youtube channel. The quality of these videos is amazing. I sure hope he does nothing byt get bigger and more popular

  • @sussysimon
    @sussysimon 28 дней назад

    man i love your videos! Keep it up 🔥

  • @SheldonHughes-gz7pz
    @SheldonHughes-gz7pz 22 дня назад

    Absolutely 10/10 on the visuals and commentary…. Ford transit vans where use for get away vehicles aswell back in the day, you should do a video of that.

  • @SebaztienHawke-ci5hm
    @SebaztienHawke-ci5hm 13 дней назад

    4:59 That’s sonic blue mica, my friend!
    My bro had a ‘97 WRX STi Type R in sonic blue. It was VERY fast between 100 and 160 kph, where you’d do most of your passing. We once followed the world rally guys around between stages, it was a blast. We got up to the end of the dial at 180 but I don’t know how fast we actually got to- the revs weren’t bouncing before the next bend. The Type R had closer to 300 Hp, and stuff like adjustable F/R torque, engine bay strut, intercooler, lighter weight and 2 doors.
    I particularly liked the bucket seats and the car felt super safe (in spite of the doors being very thin compared to modern cars) because of how stable and firm it was. To me, hard suspension is safe suspension. An amazing car.
    Also, the ram raiders loved WRXs because you could smash through the front of a shop and the car could take it and kept driving… like a proper rally car. It also was more than a match for the police Holdens or Fords if you were a decent driver.

  • @chrisfrog9463
    @chrisfrog9463 9 часов назад +1

    UNBELIEVABLE COMBINATION! EVO AND IMPREZA!! WOW

  • @brarautorepairs
    @brarautorepairs 20 дней назад +1

    Love the production value of your videos. Its like im watching a film.

  • @nut5391
    @nut5391 28 дней назад

    loving your vids dude

  • @erutne
    @erutne 25 дней назад

    good vid dawg, nice editing too

  • @chevycrowe4812
    @chevycrowe4812 22 дня назад +1

    Growing up in New Zealand in the early 2000s every time there was a police chase on the news its was either a turbo legacy or wrx and what's sad is they are still getting stolen after 30 years now that I'm older I have 2 wrx sti's and a twin turbo legacy I've done everything I can to prevent them being the next ram raid victim on tv

  • @mikedonlon1594
    @mikedonlon1594 22 дня назад +1

    “Only 240 hp” bro thats factory in the early 90s thats not an only thats super impressive while also producing just as much torque and short gear ratios, these cars absolutely flew for the 90s

  • @2KYibbs
    @2KYibbs 22 дня назад

    Dude, you have got to pump more of these episodes on Spotify! I need it fr

  • @kitchenbriks3685
    @kitchenbriks3685 18 дней назад

    That’s the best advertisement Subaru could have ever asked for.

  • @appalachianpatriot1796
    @appalachianpatriot1796 20 дней назад

    That introduction to the Impreza taking you from the couch to the cubicle really hurt. This was literally me. Miss that little car.

  • @enriquezegarra2351
    @enriquezegarra2351 11 дней назад

    Imagine be a jeweler trying to watch baby driver just to see the car that stole your whole inventory in the first scene 💀

  • @BornofRussia18
    @BornofRussia18 28 дней назад

    Absolutely love this channel

  • @HusseinChami
    @HusseinChami 28 дней назад

    Always a beautiful day when there’s a new 337Speed video

  • @hopewilliams6705
    @hopewilliams6705 28 дней назад

    I love the history and deep roots brought out in these stories!

  • @STInkEYErex
    @STInkEYErex 28 дней назад

    Excellent video as always!

  • @mackfar27
    @mackfar27 12 дней назад

    One thing that stood out to me was the comment regarding how Subaru didn’t have an immobilized; thereby, making them easy to steel. I thought Hyundai and Kia were the only company that failed to address this.