Subaru will use subsequent month’s Subiefest Florida gathering to debut the 2024 WRX TR, a brand new model of Subaru’s in style efficiency sedan described by the automaker as “sharper and extra enthusiast-focused.”
Subiefest Florida is scheduled for Oct. 7 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway, and Subaru has confirmed that gifted rally drivers Travis Pastrana and Bucky Lasek will probably be available to assist unveil the automobile.
No different particulars have been launched other than a single teaser photograph displaying a part of the automobile’s wheel. The design seems to be a match with the wheels fitted to a prototype for a warmer WRX variant that surfaced in Might.
The wheels fitted to the prototype have been larger than the usual 17-inch set discovered on the WRX, they usually housed a Brembo brake bundle with crimson calipers and cross-drilled rotors that nearly attain the inside lining of the wheel rim. There was additionally a small spoiler connected to the trunk lid.
It is not clear whether or not any powertrain modifications are deliberate for the WRX TR. The WRX at current is powered by a turbocharged 2.4-liter flat-4 delivering a peak 271 hp. It may be had with both a 6-speed handbook or CVT.
Followers ready for a brand new WRX STI will probably be dissatisfied as Subaru has dominated out an STI possibility, at the very least for this technology of the WRX. Nonetheless, Prodrive, the British motorsports and engineering firm that constructed Subaru’s profitable World Rally Championship automobiles, has constructed a WRX with just a few modifications that will be a worthy WRX STI successor. It is referred to as the WRX by Prodrive, and optimistically the automobile or at the very least its upgrades will probably be supplied on the market.