The second-generation Subaru WRX (fifth should you embrace prior fashions with ‘Impreza’ within the identify) continues the model’s custom of providing rally-inspired street vehicles with efficiency besides. Launched in Malaysia final yr, we get the WRX in sedan and wagon physique kinds, with the previous being provided in two variants.
The one being featured in our video assessment comes with a CVT (marketed because the Subaru Efficiency Transmission) and retails for RM296,245 on-the-road with out insurance coverage. Your different choices are the six-speed guide variant that goes for RM286,245, whereas the wagon mannequin solely comes with a CVT and is probably the most inexpensive of the bunch at RM285,245.
All three share the identical engine, a FA24F 2.4 litre turbocharged flat-four petrol engine that develops 275 PS (271 hp or 202 kW) at 5,600 rpm and 375 Nm of torque from 2,000 to five,200 rpm. These figures are a slight enchancment over the earlier automobile’s FA20F 2.0 litre mill with 272 PS (268 hp or 202 kW) and 350 Nm.
The brand new engine is paired with Subaru’s Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and Energetic Torque Vectoring methods. Subaru has mentioned there received’t be a high-performance STI model, so that is nearly as good because it will get for the WRX. Is it adequate although? Hafriz Shah actually appears to assume so.
The newest WRX is constructed on the Subaru World Platform (SGP) and incorporates a crossover-like look with black physique cladding. Subaru says that is meant to enhance airflow, with vents serving to extract air from inside the wheel wells, whereas the golf ball-like dimpled texture makes the car slightly extra slippery.
The remainder of the automobile bears a detailed resemblance to the Viziv Efficiency Idea from 2017, so should you just like the sporty look of that present automobile, you’ll just like the WRX. In any case, the styling is a degree of debate, and also you’ll most likely have your personal opinion on it.
Inside, the WRX options a big 11.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system with assist for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The CVT variant’s greater price ticket brings with it some additional package in comparison with the guide, together with an digital parking brake (with auto maintain), a 10-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, SI-Drive (Sport Sharp, Sport and Clever drive modes) and rear vents to associate with automated air-conditioning.
Extra notable is the usual EyeSight suite of security and driver help methods, which embrace autonomous emergency braking, autonomous emergency steering, reverse automated braking, excessive beam help in addition to blind spot monitoring.
So, after listening to Hafriz Shah’s ideas on the WRX and going by means of the excellent picture gallery beneath, what do you consider Subaru’s new rally icon? Would you decide it over comparable vehicles just like the Toyota GR Corolla and Volkswagen Golf R? Share your ideas with us within the feedback beneath.
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