Alongside the new - look
WRX concept, Subaru will show off a special edition WRX STI dubbed the S208 and the BRZ STI, which will be limited to just 450 and 100 units respectively.
The WRX concept hints at the final look of the next - generation WRX, a bold and muscular design giving it a strong on - street presence.
The concept also takes some cues from
the WRX concept that was unveiled earlier this year, with its more distinguished front design with a new hexagonal grille and sharper hawk - eye headlamp design.
It may not be on the same styling level as
the WRX concept from earlier this year, but overall, this is a much sleeker WRX than what we're used to.
Subaru took the wraps off an all - new
WRX concept at the New York auto show on Thursday.
The WRX concept is wider and lower than the current car, with a black mesh hexagonal grille leading its charge.
Besides
the WRX concept we saw at the New York auto show, Subaru has released little more than a seven - second teaser video.
If you loved the rakish
WRX concept that bowed in New York earlier this year, the production 2015 WRX, which debuted today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, may be a slight downer: decidedly less boy - racer than its predecessors, its sculpted fender flares and unique sheetmetal only slightly disguise its Impreza rootstock.
If you loved the rakish
WRX concept that bowed in New York earlier this year, the production 2015 WRX, which debuted today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, may be a slight downer: decidedly less...
Its fascia is dominated by a hexagonal grille; sculpted fenders lead back to a tail not too dissimilar from the one on
the WRX concept.
Subaru just unveiled
the WRX concept, previewing what to expect with the next in its line of rally - inspired all - wheel drive sport sedan.
The design emphasizes the surfaces and language of the new generation WRX and takes design elements from
the WRX concept car.
Remember that handsome
WRX concept from 2013?
Not exact matches
The new Subaru Legacy
concept car, has debuted at the Los Angeles motor show, alongside the production - ready version of the Subaru
WRX.
Subaru Legacy
concept If the new
WRX looks similar to this new Legacy
concept, it will be halfway towards being a winner already.
Next year, the automaker will launch the limited - edition
WRX STI Type RA and the VIZIV Performance
concept that debuted at the recent Tokyo Motor show gives us a glimpse at the next - gen
WRX, and presumably also the next STI.
If the actual next - generation
WRX looks as good as this low, wide sedan
concept does, I will be stunned.
AB: Winner Subaru almost always does gorgeous
concept cars, and the
WRX Concept is no exception.
Subaru reveals one of its most appealing
concepts yet - a high - performance saloon to hopefully preview the next
WRX STI
Tokyo Motor Show highlights: The Honda EV Coupe
concept, Mazda Vision Coupe
concept, Mazda Kai
concept (next Mazda3), Subaru Viviz Performance
concept (next
WRX / STI), Daihatsu DN Compagno
concept, and the Toyota TJ Cruiser.
A carbon fibe roof isn't anything new for the brand — it displayed a
concept called the
WRX STICarbon at last year's Tokyo Motor Show.
As with previous VIZIV
concepts, it's possible the design direction explored by the VIZIV Performance Concept could reappear further down the line, on the next - generation
WRX saloon, for example.
As its name suggests, this latest
concept previews a future high performance model, which likely hints at the direction of the next - generation
WRX.
The Viziv Performance
concept draws inspiration from Subaru's current sedan, like the
WRX and Legacy.
In true Forester - meets - STI fashion, Subaru Performance Tuning (SPT) formed the XTI
concept by dropping a 2009 Forester 2.5 XT body onto the underpinnings of a 2008 Impreza
WRX STI, including the STI's 305 - bhp turbocharged flat - 4 engine.
It's based on the VIZIV Performance
Concept (pictured below), a
concept that was believed to preview the next - generation Subaru
WRX.
Compared with the current
WRX, the
concept gains nearly 5.5 inches in wheelbase, is 2 inches shorter, nearly 4 inches wider and loses 3 inches in height.
Exact powertrain details were not released but a statement from Subaru says the
concept improves upon current
WRX's power and handling.
By that time we'll know if the
concept served as a precursor to the next generation
WRX, or the next generation Legacy.
The aforementioned STI S208, an even more aggressive version of the STI, of which just 450 examples will be built, the BRZ STI Sport Special Edition, of which just 100 examples will be built, and the Viviz Performance
concept, a preview of the next - generation
WRX / STI, will all be on display when doors open in Tokyo.
Subaru recently gave us a preview of what the next
WRX STI could look like with the Viziv Performance
concept that debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show.
Subaru decided to surprise us at the 2013 New York Auto Show with two world debuts: first was theXV Crosstrek hybrid and the second one is an all - new performance
concept car called
WRX and built as a preview version for the upcoming
WRX high - performance sedan.
Now that the Viziv
Concept Tourer is on its way, all signs point to the
concept acting as a preview of a
WRX estate, a model that Subaru is set to launch alongside the
WRX sedan.
This is also the very first four - door sedan to come from the
concept line, which can only mean one thing — this is what Subaru's designers imagine for the next
WRX.
Outside of the Vision Gran Turismo
concept, the past few showers served as previews of the next - generation
WRX and STI models.
As a matter of fact, Subaru's Design Chief Mamoru Ishii has already hinted the aforementioned Viziv Performance
concept provides a taste of things to come in terms of a new fast sedan carrying the fabled three letters:
WRX.
While not implying directly that the study previews the next - generation
WRX performance sedan, Subaru says the
concept «conveys the
concept of driving enjoyment that Subaru will continue to pursue.»
The Viziv Performance
concept, which measures in at 182.3 inches long, and rides on a 107.5 - inch wheelbase, is a whole 1.4 - inches longer than the current
WRX.
The
concept could preview a hatchback or wagon version of the
WRX, but it could also be an early preview of the next - generation Outback.
Subaru has revealed a
concept for the next generation
WRX at the New York Motor Show this week, but will it make it to the UK?
Since it hasn't, we should probably expect the next
WRX to look rather a lot less like the Viziv Performance
concept than we'd like.