Completely new platform and engine with uninspired 'styling'. (OK, it looks awful)
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All new WRX for 2022
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Completely new platform and engine with uninspired 'styling'. (OK, it looks awful)
Ooooffff....straight off the ugly tree. 
Yet another example of plastic fender flares gone wild. It's not even a freaking crossover. Why???
I'd love a BRZ/86 sedan instead.
I'd love a BRZ/86 sedan instead.
Superb car in 6 speed MT form. Incredible for the price. AWD, 3300 lb, excellent suspension and brakes, under $30k.
I've owned 2 Subaru's over the years. They handled superbly in NY's snow and ice. That being said the cost to own was high and they had a few annoying issues. The wheel bearings were a constant headache and one of them developed an oil leak at 70k. Have since owned 2 Toyota's. Although they have had a few issues, I believe that they are a slightly better build and are less prone to rust by far. The Subaru's had lots of rust after 7 years. The Toys are still rust free. RAV4&TACO's forever!
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No hatch option, ugly as sin, no more power than before and the weight increase appears to be staying. Cars are just so dense with useless crap.
Did I say it looks like hell?!
My hatch REX is paid off, weighs 500 pounds less, has excellent suspension and brakes and looks SO much more proper.
A lot of people are calling it a Crosstrek Sedan. It looks better in darker colors so the plastic isn't so obvious. In orange...well...I'm just going to leave this here:
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Inarguable. And available to me locally. And I'm not getting any younger. Ultimately, probably not quite.
I was certain they'd come to their senses, and bring back the hatch this time around.
If we're dreaming, I'd like this new WRX chassis and powertrain slid underneath my old 1982 Saab 900S.
With the rear seat folded, the FLAT rear cargo floor was an honest 6 feet long!
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The upcoming AWD GR Corolla is looking much more interesting than a WRX:
www.caranddriver.com
Toyota GR Corolla Teased Again with a Game of I Spy
Toyota dropped another teaser on Instagram with some hidden clues about the upcoming hot hatch, which is expected to use a 268-hp three-cylinder engine.
www.caranddriver.com
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Well it will please the aftermarket because that is the first thing they will do! Crank up the boost!!!
Is this Subaru's version of the Saab Low pressure turbo?
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1.6 liter, three cylinder??The upcoming AWD GR Corolla is looking much more interesting than a WRX:
Toyota GR Corolla Teased Again with a Game of I Spy
Toyota dropped another teaser on Instagram with some hidden clues about the upcoming hot hatch, which is expected to use a 268-hp three-cylinder engine.
I don't think I'd go there, that's a little more stressed than I like even @ 257hp.
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With this new torquier WRX engine?
In a heartbeat, but the AWD part of the WRX is so darn appealing to the skier in me.
Not that I need another snow car, but it would be hard to leave a WRX in the garage all winter!
And I'm with Bill on the GR -- 275 HP out of a 1.6 liter triple sounds too much like a grenade that makes all its power north of 5,000 rpm.
^^^ Funny, they tag the WRX as a "boy racer." I'm a big boy now, so please make me a Legacy GT with a six-speed.
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FIFY!
"when I first saw this from the back, I said to Andrea, hey look they bought a Honda Civic for me to drive"
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I wish the WRX looked like the more conservative Civic. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.