With the Malaysian-market launch of the Subaru XV 2.0i-P EyeSight held earlier this week, the Japanese model has a slew of fashions staged for his or her arrivals into the Malaysian market subsequent yr, based on Subaru importer and distributor TC Subaru.
Amongst these would be the 2022 WRX sedan and its long-roofed counterpart, generally known as the WRX Sportswagon in Australia, for which it was launched in October this yr.
There have but to be precise dates for the brand new fashions’ Malaysian-market launches, although TC Subaru defined that these have been delayed from their unique schedules as a result of semiconductor chip scarcity which impacts the totally imported (CBU) automobiles specifically.
Regionally assembled fashions just like the just-launched EyesSight-equipped XV are affected however to a lesser extent, as components for CKD operations have been prioritised, the corporate stated.
As for the upcoming fashions, the WRX sedan and the WRX Sportswagon are based mostly upon the automaker’s Subaru World Platform (SGP), which advantages the sedan to the tune of a 28% improve in torsional rigidity and a 75% achieve in suspension mounting level rigidity.
The Sportswagon is a WRX largely in identify, being a second-generation Levorg (as it’s identified in its native Japan). The 2022 WRX sedan will get the FA24F 2.4 litre turbocharged boxer-four cylinder petrol engine as discovered within the Ascent, producing 271 hp at 5,600 rpm and 350 Nm from 2,000 to five,200 rpm.
In Japan, the Levorg is powered by a CB18 1.8 litre turbocharged boxer four-cylinder engine with 177 PS at from 5,200 to five,600 rpm and 300 Nm from 1,600 to three,600 rpm. Generally known as the WRX Sportswagon in Australia, the long-roofed mannequin Down Beneath will get the sedan’s bigger 271 hp/350 Nm 2.4 litre boxer 4 turbo unit.
The Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system and Energetic Torque Vectoring are normal with the two.4 litre engine, and the WRX is obtainable within the North American market with both a six-speed guide or Subaru Efficiency Transmission CVT, which is claimed to supply faster shifts between its digital ratios.
GALLERY: 2020 Subaru Levorg, Japanese-spec
GALLERY: 2022 Subaru WRX Sedan
