Subaru on Friday revealed a brand new model of its WRX sport sedan within the type of the 2024 WRX TR, which is scheduled to make its formal debut on Saturday throughout Subiefest Florida. The Subaru fanatic gathering will happen at Daytona Worldwide Speedway, and Subaru has confirmed gifted rally drivers Travis Pastrana and Bucky Lasek might be available to assist unveil the automobile.

The automobile is not the WRX STI substitute efficiency followers have been eager for ever since Subaru final yr stated there will not be an STI, not less than for this era of the WRX. Nonetheless, the WRX TR nonetheless boasts some modifications that ought to enhance its efficiency each on the highway and racetrack.

These embody stiffer springs, new damper charges, and a revised steering rack to ship improved dealing with whereas sustaining experience high quality. There’s additionally a extra highly effective brake package deal from Brembo with six-piston calipers up entrance and two-piston calipers on the rear. These are housed inside model-specific 19-inch wheels wrapped in 245/35-size Bridgestone Potenza S007 tires.

The powertrain is the WRX’s customary turbocharged 2.4-liter flat-4 delivering a peak 271 hp. It is mated to a typical 6-speed guide and all-wheel drive with torque vectoring. A CVT is on the market.

Inside, the WRX TR will get customary Recaro sport seats trimmed in black and grey Ultrasuede. The driving force’s seat options eight-way energy adjustment. Subaru has additionally deleted the WRX’s energy moonroof, which lowers each the curb weight and heart of gravity, whereas additionally offering further headroom for anyroom eager to don a helmet. Subaru additionally consists of its EyeSight suite of digital driver-assist options as customary, together with for manual-equipped automobiles for the primary time. The suite consists of helpful options like adaptive cruise management, automated emergency braking, and energetic lane management.

The WRX TR might be out there in early 2024. Pricing info might be introduced later this yr.

Whereas Subaru will not launch an STI model of the present WRX, Prodrive, the British motorsports and engineering firm that constructed Subaru’s profitable World Rally Championship automobiles, has constructed a WRX with a couple of modifications that will be a worthy WRX STI successor. It is referred to as the WRX by Prodrive, and with a bit of luck the automobile or not less than its upgrades might be provided on the market in some unspecified time in the future.