2025 Subaru WRX tS | MotorWeek First Drive

Since its 2022 arrival, this latest generation of WRX has been absent of a full STI variant; but that doesn't mean STI hasn't had a chance to tinker with it and as of now this tS is the ultimate expression of that.

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[antoinelee-thomas]

$46, 875 makes the WRX tS officially DOA. It is exactly that same price as the GT trim and there is no horsepower and torque increase to make it even a worthy buy.

$46, 875 is VA gen WRX STI Limited and WRX STI Series White money and those were 310hp and 290lb-ft. The VB gen WRX is 271hp and 258lb-ft of tq. Make it make sense.

[DMETS]

More body cladding than a star wars convention

[roberthoyt]

Subaru really needs to bring back the full-blown STI flagship for the WRX.

[Joeromano]

Subaru needs to use less plastic cladding. In all their cars.

[barron]

"Performance oriented" is margarine compared to butter.

[pirtl_turtl]

100% convinced they re-purposed all these new features from the VB STI that got canned last minute

[biged]

For the 50 millionth time, please put this engine in a forester

[KK-ttui]

What’s up with the other trims for 2025?

[growingup]

pretty close to what an sti would be. brembos and special blue seats and revised suspension. hopefully the new engine gets more power in the future.

[Bestofalllll]

That center stack…omg.
What were they thinking?

[jasonmoyer]

I love my VB, but the only way I'd trade it in for a trim above Premium is if they made a Wilderness. Instead of giving it track day performance stuff, give it a proper rally-inspired all weather/roads version with a 1-2" lift, extra underbody protection, mud flaps, the STi diffs, beefier tires, maybe a slightly torquier tune, etc. People will complain about these not getting more power, but it already has enough to feel fun and seriously quick on a backroad.

[faheemabbas]

This might become the last generation of WRX on sale.

[LearnAboutFlow]

At this price I can't see taking this over a GR Corolla

[cajunotaku]

I think the car is great. I’m going to be trading my 2017 STI in for a TS in the future.

[Gman]

Maybe an STI hybrid or electronic coming soon?

[ramonjr-ca]

So is this model a tier below the STi and above the regular WRX models?

[PlayUntilWin]

Still 271 HP in 2024 lol, Subaru dropped the ball and falling behind in power and look. The only thing that is still great is the symmetrical AWD system.

[ChoPi-Eww]

No mention if power-on understeer has changed, or if steering feel has improved. Also didn't mention rev hang. These are things that modern cars and WRX's in particular suffer from.

[naldovaz]

For the money plenty car and 3 paddles and a stick shift making this car so fun and practical great everyday ride.
I don't car how expensive the super car is.
Cannot compare with this car because of price and manual transmission 😊😊

[ldawson]

Why not just make an STI. 80+ percent of buyers getting the manual, take advantage of it!