Subaru’s Best-Handling WRX Ever Is Actually Slower Than The Base Model

For the last five years, cries for a new Subaru WRX STI have been loud, numerous, and widespread throughout the enthusiast community and, for the most part, have gone completely unanswered. The STI-grade was, at one point, the hottest iteration of the Impreza WRX, which then just became the “WRX” beginning in 2015. Subaru positioned the trim as the closest a civilian could get to owning a true-to-type rally car for the road. It was never a bestseller, but the STI always had a reliable niche of buyers it could rely on. That is, before the automaker axed it.