First Drive - 2015 Subaru WRX STI 

Great wine happens all across the planet... if you stick to one area of the world, you're missing out on some seriously delicious bottles.

Don't be a hater just because California wines are 10x better than French wines for 1/10th the price.

Says the pleb that never tasted Bordeaux or Champagne wines.

Ultrakillerism FYI, we're still able to get those here in the states. International wine competitions don't lie though. A lot of the best wines do in fact come from California. Time after time, year over year. But as Jeff Glucker mentioned, great wines DO in fact come from all over the world. Shouldn't be so closed minded.

Ultrakillerism Actually, I was married in a winery... I've tried wines from all over the world, and I love champagne. Still, if you're not drinking Central Coast California reds, you're missing out... massively.

Thank you

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why change a good thing? The 2JZ engine from toyota and the RB26 are two of the best enginges, made in the 90's, same with an EJ. Nissians new engine is obviously next level, but the RB26, and even the SR20 to some degree are phenomenal with the amount of pound for pound power that they can extract.

STi is made to be tuned by owners themselves, basically it's not for noobs

CHanges focus on all generation available for North American Market are chassis dynamics. And where people just focuses on Engine power will never understand.

Ugly! better get a 86 seriously

***** Firstly, it's not a good thing that we have to modify them right off the bad. Secondly, there is NOT a lot of overengineering on that H4. To reliably track it, you can't tune these things very much.

haha - Yeah this was our first real big video I think, in terms of views and quality.

'06-'07 will always be the best. imo

Own an 06 WRX. Would really consider getting the 07sti to add to the stable. Love the reliability on my WRX.

Marc Rowe You like the STI that much? I thought the models back then were a bit unreliable. I know SUBARUWRXFAN loves the 06 model too but the newer models have better handling.

Marc Rowe You have a WRX and love the reliability the STI isn't exactly the same specially a used Bro'd 07 STI STAY AWAY!

John Vu i never did much research on the 07sti reliability but I've heard mixed comments on its reliability. So in all honesty im not such what to think of it. I know my 06Wrx is awesome. But im not sure about the sti reliability.

Things naive people say whenever a newer generation of their car comes out. Do I win?

*cough* drove the launch edition during the track portions *cough* haha

I've still got my 2005. I like that they're sort of returning the 2015 to that aggressive open grille look, but I find it odd that they're not throwing the new FA20 engine into the STI. Makes me a tad concerned about my BRZ's longevity. I'd love to trade up the STI once the BRZ is paid off, but if all they've honestly added is the driving modes and a shorter steering ratio (2005 is 16.5:1), I'm probably better off just fixing the minor faults in my car and doing some upgrades. I was considering trading the car in back in 2008 on a hatch STI, but the soft suspension, extreme sound deadening, and vague shifting on the newer STI's changed my mind. I hope they went back to the 2005's aggressive feel with the 2015.

Dude... I drove the living shit out of my 05, it was slightly modded, but nothing crazy. THAT CAR WAS INDESTRUCTIBLE!! 95k hard miles, and never one mechanical hiccup. NOT ONE. To be honest, I am not a big fan of BRZ's, roadsters just don't appeal to me personally. I do however want to buy a coupe for my next car. My 5 series is nice, but heavy and slow, not exciting to drive. That's why I was so bummed that they didn't put that Impreza coupe concept in to production. Did you see the coupe? www.mainpump.ru/image/2013/04/01/5660-1.jpg

Nelson Abdala 350hp.. good luck man. Watch those temps and keep a sharp eye on your oil pressure on track days.

Yeah, there is no way taking out the 2.5 boxer and putting the 2.0 would be a selling point, more like turn off.

That's awesome! Keep it in the family! The Sti is a timeless vehicle. No matter if it's an 04 a 2014, when I see an Sti on the street, it get's my attention!

Scoobies are not meant to be disposable cars. Enjoy your '13 STI!

TsujiGameplays I hear ya. But the only reason I was considering getting the new model was because of the previous rumors that the car was going to have better performance numbers. But since it's basically the same car with a new body and interior, I'll be staying with my '13 for a while.

TsujiGameplays I hear ya. But the only reason I was considering getting the new model was because of the previous rumors that the car was going to have better performance numbers. But since it's basically the same car with a new body and interior, I'll be staying with my '13 for a while.

Rene Cruz Yeah, I don't think we'll see any radical changes by Subaru on the Impreza any time soon, it's a formula and it just works hahaha

Once I really learned how to drive my brand new 13' STi, I honestly wish I bought an older one, for cheaper parts n whatnot. Ha

you have a mod list?

Munky332 Engine mods are: Perin Turboback exhaust, K&N Typhoon intake (mostly a noismaker really) Cobb Accessport and a kick-ass tune from a German shop that mostly specializes on Audis and Porches but since they have an AWD dyno, they took on my STI anyways and did a great job. More power can come from this powerplant but it's my daily driver so I don't want to get too extreme. On the forums guys regularly get a lot more out of this engine so keeping it for the 2015 is not the drawback some are making it out to be.

Justin Key IF this engine did not have its stupid ringland problems I would not be waiting for the Golf R next year and keep my 10' STI. Also if it didn't get the same MPG as my GTO did I would be happy, but I wouldn't care if I could know this engine won't grenade randomly. The chassis, brakes AWD are soo good but the EJ is soo bad its depressing. Im leaving my STI stage 1 cause im paranoid.

But.....................everyone loves this car.

Riley Osborne I don't, what happened to the good old 2 litre and good looks :(

huehuehue (seriously, I laughed a little)

eh, maybe the headlights, but thats about it, and it looks like a hatch sedan more than your regular sedan.

is you.

swing haha every car needs a portable swing :P

fair things to ask for but since I don't do instrumented testing I can't realistically and honestly supply them... so I typically avoid mentioning things like that.

Jeff Glucker The video is better without them, people can google that crap in written reviews. Keep up the good work focusing on driver impressions and stuff that can't be found in spec sheets. Nice review. Can I ask if you've driven the previous model? I'd love to know what the steering feel is like - not impressed with the 08-14 cars at all in this respect - way too light and vague on the limit.

Jeff Glucker Thank you

haha, I was waiting for someone to catch that! I had to re-dub... I said HID when I was recording for some reason. I can hear the change clearly, and I'm surprised it took this long for someone to mention it.

The biggest, most noticeable change with Sport # is throttle response. I address it in the video.

who the fuck os this guy tho, I mean he didn't say anything about the car !!!???

NAVELECTRO tell me what I didn't say... I told you about the engine, the interior, how it felt on the road, and how it felt on the track. What do YOU feel is missing?

Jeff Glucker Don't worry. The video is good. Throttle response also really is the biggest difference between S and S#. Mine pulls much harder on the highway in S# but it has a few mods on it plus Accessport. Passing cars on the highway you barely have to shift and press the accelerator pedal. This car will get you in trouble so easily... so far so good though but a couple close calls. I drive sensibly most of the time. I drive a 2013 sedan and with sway bars, end links and a DAMD steering wheel (I even shelled out for carbon fiber top section) it handles better than the new STI and still takes bumps well. :)

how the car look, feel, drive, how the car comunicate with you. And btw the car is setting for road driving instead of a racetrack setup like the ver I II or even III ...

I hate this car too! Its TOO PERFECT! DAM----------------------------

It's very possible that you'd be bummed with the interior. I might suggest you look at the Golf R.

they look like a toyota lol, the z is less and more powerful lol not the mention old as fuck now

looks like a kindergartner designed them, not to mention if u wanna be a ricer mexican wigga driving one around

***** the brz has 200 whp and much less torque how is this less powerful?