Subaru confirmed that its new 2022 WRX will debut sometime this year.
Official details are light, though Subaru does have a website where you can sign up for more updates.
As far as the teaser photo goes, Subaru obscured most of the car, though we were able to pull out a few more details by playing with all the sliders in Photoshop: …
That short rear decklid makes it look promising for a potential liftback.
In reply to captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :
Good eye. It sure would be neat to have a hatchback again–or, dare I say it, a wagon–but I won't hold my breath.
Boy, I sure hope it still looks like a Corolla.
I'm curious, looking at the roofline between where the B pillar would be and the C pillar, there isn't much room and there's even less headroom. Subaru owners are loyal and responsive and Subaru is fairly rare in that they listen to them, even if it means going against what the rest of the market is doing. What I'm wondering is, if they've decided that families are no longer purchasing thr base Impreza and that the majority of wrx and sti owners rarely utilize the back seats for adults. As the rear seat space from that silhouette looks to be somewhere between child only and for insurance premiums only in size.
ugh idk - all the body and hood lines make it look like the current model. Even the mirrors at first glance look the same.
I'm guessing Subaru will claim "+5hp from last year through a revised intake system!" "throatier sounding exhaust" "same interior as the current Crosstrek!"
Subaru has always been the ultimate hype man that underdelivers.
Appleseed said:Boy, I sure hope it still looks like a Corolla.
Essentially a bloated Corolla with awd. Should be named "Legacy", and a new, lighter chassis be named Impreza.
In reply to DirtyBird222 :
It'll just be a speaker piped into the cabin.
There have been mules spotted with a liftback as well as traditional sedan:
Liftback:
In reply to STM317 :
Corollolololo 
STM317 said:There have been mules spotted with a liftback as well as traditional sedan:
Liftback:
Ah so it's the same as the outgoing model with 10G Civic Sedan tail lights.
I guess I am the outlier. I have an Evo8 and always liked how it looks. It didn't need big scoops and I wanted the RS version without the wing.
The current and this next gen WRX are actually very nice, to me, in that they no longer had the garish front end. I even thought about trading in the Evo for one.....Just a passing thought though.
If the rumors are true and the new STI has close to 400 hp, as long as they don't go all upmarket and make it too expensive and especially if it's a hatch, I'll probably end up buying one (currently have a 2015 WRX). Eagerly awaiting actual news and hoping that I'm not disappointed.
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