New Subaru WRX vs old WRX – Is Subaru back to its best?

Ciro De Siena

5 Oct 2023

Ciro De Siena owns a classic Subaru WRX and brought it along to see how it compares with the modern 2023 Subaru WRX.

The Subaru WRX is one of the most iconic nameplates globally, but in the recent past, it’s fallen to one side as more powerful hot hatches have been developed to take its place. Subaru also thought its WRX should take on the performance sedan segment against the likes of the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series and the Merc C-Class.

But now, in 2023, the new WRX is back and has a manual gearbox option teamed with a proper exhaust sound. Our resident Subaru WRX owner, Ciro De Siena, brought his WRX Prodrive out to play with the new model. How do the two models, some 20 years apart compare and has Subaru finally got its groove back? Watch and see what he thinks.

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Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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