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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI front 3/4 view
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI front 3/4 view
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI front 3/4 view
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI grille
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI badge
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI badge
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI engine
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI engine
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI engine
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI interior
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI interior
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI interior
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI front seats
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI front seats
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI steering wheel
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI steering wheel
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2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI gauges
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI gauges
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI tachometer
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI speedometer
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI adjustable differential display
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI navigation system
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI navigation system
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI navigation system
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI trip readout
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI audio system
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI audio system settings
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI fuel economy display
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI fuel economy gauges
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI climate controls
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI badge
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI shifter
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI shifter
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI adjustable differential controls
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rear seats
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rear seats
2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI trunk
The next-generation Subaru WRX and WRX STI are still shrouded in a cloak of secrecy. Or is it indecision? Either way, Car and Driver is reporting that when Subaru eventually pulls the wraps off whatever is going to wear the WRX badge, there’s going to be a turbocharged version of the 2.0-liter FA-series engine underhood, a derivative of the naturally aspirated engine that’s found in the Subaru BRZ.
How does the venerable buff book know this? Because the turbo’ed flat-four has already appeared in the Japanese domestic market Legacy, making 296 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, mated to a continuously variable transmission. C/D says that engine differs from the one in the BRZ in that it uses Subaru’s own direct injection system rather than one coming from Toyota.
In the standard WRX, horsepower numbers are expected to be a bit lower than in the JDM Legacy, though the STI version will probably see power boosted. C/D says the new 2.0-liter engine is supplanting the 2.5-liter Subaru has been using due to fuel economy considerations, though there’s also something to the notion of consolidating powertrains to reap greater efficiencies in manufacturing.