Subaru may have just offered the cleanest signal yet that the WRX STI hatchback could be making a comeback.

In March 2022, there was a startling announcement: Subaru would not produce a next-generation gas-powered WRX STI. Nearly three years later, the company appears to have had a change of heart. The ...

Subaru execs swear STI isn't dead, but you still need to speak up if you want the boxer engine to stick around.

The last proper Subaru WRX STI bowed out in 2021, and it left a crater in the brand’s performance lineup. Since then, Subaru Tecnica International loyalists have been clinging to hope for something ...

Update: We’ve added a full gallery of live shots straight from the Tokyo motor show floor, where Subaru’s duo of STI concepts finally step out from the renderings and into the real world. One by one, ...

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The last time a U.S.-bound Subaru wore the STI badge was in 2021. Yet, that hasn’t stopped Subaru from releasing all manner of WRX trims and “engineering exercises” that get close but never go full ...

The legendary STI badge is poised for a return, but don’t expect a boxer engine or turbo whoosh. Subaru says the future of performance is electric. Subaru fans still talk about the WRX STI like it’s a ...

Buckle up Subaru fam, because your holiday wish might just be coming true. The STI badge is returning. That’s a pretty loaded statement and as you might imagine, it’s followed with a bunch of caveats.

It’s another new year and another Tokyo Auto Salon, and Subaru just revealed more fun cars that we can’t have. With Japan’s premier auto show just around the corner, the Fuji Heavy Industries-owned ...