Random Capture: Hellaflush LGT!

For the most part, people who love fast cars also love Subaru's. And for the most part, people who like fast Subarus tend to worship the three-letter goddess, known as "WRX."  The hotrod Impreza has been the pointy edge of Subaru's attack on the performance market since it hit Japanese roads 16 years ago.

But the way I see it, the WRX isn't the only respectable performance car Subaru makes.  Hidden in the back corner of every Subaru showroom, behind the "arrest me red" STi's and purple WRX's, is Subaru's... sensible performance car, the Legacy 2.5GT.  From which we get LGT.  It's basically a slightly bigger WRX, but without all the goofy boy-racer wings and 3' tall hood scoops.  A set of crisp, cleanly folded lines - sorta A6-esque - conceals the heart of a rip-snorting Subaru racer, though.  2.5L of detuned STI motor sit under the hood, sending 250bhp to all four wheels through a 5 or 6-speed manual.

So the LGT is for the Subaru nerd who wants the Subaru performance, without the Subaru stigma.  And here's one LGT owner that clearly gets it.

For one thing, you've got to really "get it" to go to the effort of creating a driveable LGT with this kind of suspension/wheel/tire stance - it's not as easy as slapping crazy-high offset Watanabes on an AE86.  And how perfect is this fitment?  Just simply gorgeous.  For more on the whole "hellaflush" thing, click here.

Intro Photo credit: Chris Hoare, website here.