Subaru loves to save particular issues for the residence market. The 22B STI from 1998 may well be the most notable instance amongst casual Subie heads, but it is hardly the only a single. And now Nihon-boxer devotees have a pair of new Impreza-derived machines to lust soon after: the WRX S4 and the WRX STI Variety S.
The STI Sort S is not markedly distinct from the vehicle you can trot down to your neighborhood Subie shop and acquire. It gives away a pony or so of our model’s 305 horsepower although bumping the torque up 21 lb-ft to 311. If torqueliness is subsequent to godliness in your garage, this is the Subaru you will no doubt be drooling more than.
To us, however, the WRX S4 is the a lot more interesting of the pair. The name reeks of cheek. “Why, yes, enthusiasts of turbocharged AWD German vehicles with a storied rally heritage, we’re going to pluck a single of your treasured alphanumerics and stick it on our turbocharged AWD vehicle with a storied rally heritage.” Beyond the blatant pilfer from Audi, the S4 takes Subaru’s new FA engine to energy levels near the beloved old EJ that’s nevertheless doing duty in the STI. Fuji Heavy Industries has managed to wring 296 horsepower and 295 lb-ft from the new engine.
The added-zoot Rex is denoted by a good little decklid spoiler, revised ducts in the front fascia, as properly as special side sills, a fancy increase gauge, and a flat-bottomed steering wheel. The S4 is also the first WRX to acquire Subaru’s EyeSight collison-avoidance technique. It all sounds fairly snappy, but there’s a downside, and it’s a fairly unfortunate one. It is accessible only with Subaru’s Sport Lineartronic transmission, which is Subaru code for CVT. That is one way to hold it from stepping on the STI, we suppose.
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