SUBARU'S BIGGEST MISTAKE 

I was talking to the service rep at a Subaru dealership while I was getting the fluids changed in my Outback. He told me every Subaru vehicle will only be offered in a CVT, no more manual transmissions by 2030 or possibly sooner. Which sucks because I love my manual Outback.

I’m not sure how anyone can make the argument that they watered down the VB. It’s the most powerful and best tuned WRX out of the box. Look at the dyno charts… it dynos at the same power level at the wheels as the GR Corolla which has 300hp. Driving dynamics are better than the VA. It’s faster than the VA STI. They clearly put in a ton of effort into this generation so I would hardly call it watered down.

My VB dynos the same WHP as the carolla GR. I think its great. Also subaru still Rallys here in the US., Lastly, the STI while cool, was priced in a catagory with other vehicles that would blows its door off. That atm is not the case with the regular WRX. The STI didnt sell enough sorry. There are way to many other vehicles in the 40k price range that destroyed the STI. Which means, people would rather get better performance for their money as the STI was clearly not the the case. The GR Carolla IMH is stupid. It should be priced in the mid to high 30s to even compete. Good luck finding one cheaper then 40k. The Golf R and GR Carolla are overpriced. Why get that when you can get a mustang that will destroy both of those vehicles? Good luck finding a Golf R at msrp as well. Personally, the moment a WRX hits 40k, they are priced wrong. Same with the Golf R and the GR Carolla. You dont put lower power vehicles in the same price range as higher end muscle cars like the GT Mustang or Camero. Thats like the idiots who buy a 75k half ton pickup (Besides the Raptor of course) when that same price can get them a 3/4 or 1ton diesel.

The two reasons they can't release an STI is because not only are the boxer engines very inefficient, and a power bump would kill fuel economy, but it would dig into Toyota's sales for the GR Corolla. Toyota owns 20% of Subaru, and if they bumped the horsepower up to 310 and gave it the LSDs it would completely shit on the GR Corolla and there wouldn't be much reason to choose that over the theoretical STI other than the hatchback design. A large reason it's not being made is because of Toyota pretty much ordering Subaru not to.

2004 STI is the best street legal racer for Subaru. Subie has been backing away from performance since, imho because of the idiots who keep having ridiculous accidents, bad press from furious driving that the growing company does not need. I saw rating third from worst once in accidents and we all know how competent they really are, day to day. Keep 'em stock, well maintained and their value will only rise. Just quality tires, a clear head and enjoy, lol.

With Toyota poushing the GR models and Hyundai pushing the N, it may be something Subaru might want to re-think their strategy... like can and should compete in this market. The new platform has the potential. But, if they do a WRX Hybrid - please keep the manual

Subaru would rather be safe than fun. Current WRX and STI owners will likely find themselves in a Toyota or a Honda in the future unfortunately. This would be a great time for a fun car company to come out and take full advantage of this moment as there will be a lot of displaced car enthusiasts.

EPA is killing the small performance car or any small car.

The issue is their low sales. When you look at the numbers, you can understand why the Legacy is gone now and no point to make the STI. Subaru doesn’t have a large financial pocket book like Toyota and Honda to make cars that don’t make them much profits

someone had to say it

I owned a 2005 Impreza WRX STI Colin McRae 555 Limited Edition. Great car but it blew up and I couldn't afford to fix it so let it go for next to nothing. They are worth over £25k now. PS I think it's pronounced "im-pret-zah" rather than "im-prez-ah".

Trust me bro

bro there hasnt been a real WRX since like 2014 lmao. these are all Hyundai's