2017 Subaru WRX STI: New Platform, New Engine, Sales Record !!!

The fastest-growing automaker in the U.S. is not only thriving on sales of its SUVs and crossovers but its performance sedans instead. The Subaru BRZ may be a little pity, but the Subaru WRX STI is not after enjoying its best-ever sales year in the U.S. throughout 2015. 

The sedan is giving its hatchback rivals Honda Civic Type-R and Ford Focus RS plenty to worry about not just in terms of sales. It is adopting Subaru’s new global platform and is staring at a concrete possibility of getting the new 2.0L turbocharged boxer from its Japan-exclusive sibling the WRX STI S207. 

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While its current 2.5L boxer block generates 305hp, the smaller displacement unit can push output up to 323 hp. It comes with an AWD system that boasts a Multi-Mode Driver Controlled Center Differential, Active Torque Vectoring, and a few driver settings to choose from the Subaru Intelligent Drive (SI-Drive) system. 

That doesn’t make the 350hp, 350lb-ft 2016 Ford Focus RS with Ford Performance AWD any less attractive. The Honda Civic Type-R is no slacker as well, cooking up 306hp and 295lb-ft torque.