The 5-door Subaru WRX sportwagon returns!
Nobody dislikes a high-performance station wagon.
Audi’s RS4/6. Volvo’s 850T-R. BMW’s M5 estate. The pending M3 Touring. All deeply cherished and desirable vehicles.
The high-performance station wagon remains a rarity, so when a new one is revealed, there is cause for celebration. And this is now the case as one of the great Japanese high-performance wagon nameplates has been revived.
Subaru’s WRX Sportwagon lives again as part of the company’s second-generation Levorg platform.
Revealed as part of Subaru Australia’s new model plans, this new WRX Sportwagon is the more practical version of the company’s current-generation WRX sedan.
The design changes aren’t too radical. There is a larger hood scoop to cool that 2.4-litre horizontally opposed engine and some go-faster detailing around the rear.
At the back of this new WRX Sportwagon, you’ll find large-diameter exhaust ends, a tailgate spoiler and reshaped bumper.
The side profile is quite odd, with 18-inch wheels, which look a touch undersized. That said, these wheels should roll generously-sized tyres, with adequate sidewalls delivering good ride quality – especially when laden. And a station wagon is more likely to be laden than a sedan, right?
Subaru has not divulged much about the WRX Sportwagon’s technical specifications, but fans of the brand can expect the same core mechanical components. The WRX Sportwagon’s 2.4-litre turbopetrol should boost in the range of 202kW and 350Nm, with those outputs distributed to all four wheels via Subaru’s symmetric all-wheel drive system.
Where Subaru wagon fans might be expected to compromise, is the tactility of this latest WRX Sportwagon’s driving experience. Although the WRX sedan offers both a six-speed manual gearbox and CVT transmission, the Sportwagon will only offer the latter. Then again, BMW isn’t going to offer a six-speed manual M3 Touring, either…
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