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  • The 2022 Subaru WRX is a great car… with a weird packaging decision

    The 2022 Subaru WRX is a great car… with a weird packaging decision

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    The 2022 Subaru WRX is the first WRX on the automaker’s new global platform, and it really helps the car shine. This WRX has a great chassis, strong engine, exciting steering, and an excellent interior. And if you want the most exciting version you …have to get it with a CVT? Oh well, the non-GT…


  • Travis Pastrana’s new Subaru WRX STI Gymkhana car is a wicked beast

    Travis Pastrana’s new Subaru WRX STI Gymkhana car is a wicked beast

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    The Gymkhana series is moving forward with a new face. Travis Pastrana has been given the nod and will carry the torch for the vehicular attack entertainment series. To do this, T-Pain-strana needs a new whip. Clearly, Subaru is up to the task here. Or more specifically, Vermont SportsCar is ready to go insane. Subaru…


  • The Subaru WRX STI S209: Is it Worth It?

    The Subaru WRX STI S209: Is it Worth It?

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    This is a Subaru WRX STI, and it costs $64,000. That’s if you can find one without a dealer markup (which, for the record, you can). But why would anyone spend that much on an STI? Because it’s a limited-edition version, and it’s the best STI I’ve ever driven. This is still a hard sell.…


  • Subaru says goodbye to the EJ20 with special-edition WRX STI

    Subaru says goodbye to the EJ20 with special-edition WRX STI

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    Since 1989, Subaru has been cranking out flat four EJ family engines. You can find them in all sorts of Subaru products, but the boxer beat makers have also found favor with project car builders and kit car lovers. The EJ20 version has powered some of your all-time favorite Subaru hits. This includes many versions…


  • Subaru continues to tease its WRX STI S209

    Subaru continues to tease its WRX STI S209

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    Subaru is cooking up a hotter WRX STI. At least that’s what we can surmise from the teaser imagery that’s been shuffling out ahead of the North American International Auto Show. Detroit will play host to Subaru’s latest variant of the STI and the S209 badging has us curious to learn a whole more about…


  • 2017 Subaru WRX: Full-year reflection update

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    Let’s start off 2018 …by looking back on 2017, and oh what a year it was. A tumultuous, peaks-and-valleys ridden turning of the calendar. Much like that of the world, ownership of my WRX has been one of varied emotions. I’ve fallen further in and out of love with the blue Subaru, having gone through…


  • What's new on the 2018 Subaru WRX STI

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    Subaru is moving its fleet on over to the Subaru Global Platform. The Impreza is there, and now so is the Crosstrek. The WRX STI, however, is not there yet. This is the fourth generation of everyones favorite road-going rally car, and it might already be getting a bit long in the tooth. To address…


  • Project Car SOTU: Subaru WRX

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    I’ve been posting a lot test-drive reviews lately, and not without weight to them. It’s probably been easy to pick up on, but it’s time to spell it out: I’m shopping for a possible replacement for my WRX. Not yet entirely sold on getting rid of it, I’m simply driving cars that are on my…


  • 2017 Subaru WRX Limited 6MT Long-Term Update: Year Gone By

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    A riot when driven hard, but nearly unpolished for it’s own good…or simply for mine? Evaluating my Subaru WRX after one year of ownership A quick Google search, the pinnacle of in-depth and fact-backed research, reveals that the average American drives around 13,500 miles per year, or about fifteen-thousand if one considers Geico to be…


  • This is how the Borla S-Type Exhaust sounds on the Subaru WRX

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    There’s a lot to love about the current generation of Subaru WRX. It’s quick, practical, gets decent gas mileage, handles quite well, and is easy to live with every day. But even the best of cars have downfalls, and for the FA-powered engine that powers today’s WRX that downfall comes with how the car sounds. It’s…