It’s Time For The Subaru WRX Sedan To Ride Off Into The Sunset

Well, yes, bring back a hatchback STI! I have bought 19 Subarus since 1996, including 3 WRXs, 2 STIs a multitude of Imprezas and 2 Legacys, including the 2.5 GT. It is sad that Subaru has gone astray. This has led me (again, for the first time since 1996) to buy a 2024 VW Golf R 6-speed and waiting on a Toyota Corolla GR! Sad.
Please, Subaru, bring back the STI! I would buy one so long as it is a gasoline powered manual transmission.

A hatchback isn't the solution. The problem is they completely botched this wrx: it lacks everything that endeared real drivers to the old wrx, with no boost in performance. They totally missed their target audience: drivers who don't care if they spill their coffee, as long as their ride feels more like a rally car than a Legacy.

The WRX needs help and so does Subaru overall.
The sedan is dead in America, so i agree the hot hatch would have been smarter. The also should leverage the STI and or WRX banding on there other cars. Imagine a Crosstrek STI..

The beauty of a Subaru is its all wheel drive, high ground clearance and incredible value, but value does not mean lagging so far behind. Its ergonomics are crap. We have a '24 Limited and its short center console arm rest is poorly positioned, the seats are better, sort of but the seat part is too short,. the lumbar should be on the passenger seat as well, the steering wheel is terrible- its a simple round cross section shape feels toy like., The steering wheel should be heated on the limited and wilderness or be an option. The crappy orange perforations in the leather interior tells you it's not leather , it looks cheap,. There should be rear vents at the back of the center console the user interface on the big 11,6 screen is terribly dated looking. (tihis can be updated via an over the air update) and Subaru should do it. The chrome liug nuts are gross as well, go black I'm also not getting the mpg the car is supposed to get.. .

YES! Bring back the WRX hatchback!

Everyone hated The Styling on the stew WRX. It's time for this version to ride into the sunset but a new version that's properly styled with an STI variant needs to come out

For me I think the first problem with Subaru is they went and changed from being Subaru to something else. What happened to the rowdy boxers, gold painted wheels oversize hood scoops and spoilers. Then they went and made everything CVT......hmmmm.
The Impreza name must return as both hatch and sedan then the performance variants get the WRX and STI ( hissing turbos and all) Products such as the XV I think also beg for the performance treatment

The problem is not the hatchback, a hatchback version would 100% bring them a boost in sales yes but the issue is subaru didn't want to listen to their customers who hated the new model. The issue is Subaru dropping the STI and not offering an actual performance increase on the wrx, why would a performance minded enthusiast drop 30k in this economy for a 271 hp sedan when there are so many other better performing options for around the same price. The issue is that subaru lost their soul, their racing spirit! but I would dare to go even deeper into the issue and also attribute guilt to what was at the beginning a blessing for subaru but now a nail in the coffin in the long run, and that is the loss of their rival the mitsubishi evolution. Think about it, without the evo the wrx has lost its way, before it was evo vs wrx now its wrx vs what? If you bought a wrx in the past it was because you wanted one of the two street rally cars and would spend the rest of your ownership fighting over which one was better. It was a segment within a segment, so what if there are 460 hp mustangs or 300 hp civic type Rs, you didnt buy a wrx to compete with that, you bought a wrx to compete with the evo within your own bubble. I think subaru needs to do just 3 things: Give the customers a better performing car or let them build one themselves by having engines with stronger internals from factory, think about it, every subaru guy would spend an extra 3k over msrp if the engine came with forged pistons and Hbeam rods from factory. Second, do bring back the hatchback and third, for the love of god give us a manual, gas burning STI!

The problem is not the hatchback, a hatchback version would 100% bring them a boost in sales yes but the issue is subaru didn't want to listen to their customers who hated the new model. The issue is Subaru dropping the STI and not offering an actual performance increase on the wrx, why would a performance minded enthusiast drop 30k in this economy for a 271 hp sedan when there are so many other better performing options for around the same price. The issue is that subaru lost their soul, their racing spirit! but I would dare to go even deeper into the issue and also attribute guilt to what was at the beginning a blessing for subaru but now a nail in the coffin in the long run, and that is the loss of their rival the mitsubishi evolution. Think about it, without the evo the wrx has lost its way, before it was evo vs wrx now its wrx vs what? If you bought a wrx in the past it was because you wanted one of the two street rally cars and would spend the rest of your ownership fighting over which one was better. It was a segment within a segment, so what if there are 460 hp mustangs or 300 hp civic type Rs, you didnt buy a wrx to compete with that, you bought a wrx to compete with the evo within your own bubble. I think subaru needs to do just 3 things: Give the customers a better performing car or let them build one themselves by having engines with stronger internals from factory, think about it, every subaru guy would spend an extra 3k over msrp if the engine came with forged pistons and Hbeam rods from factory. Second, do bring back the hatchback and third, for the love of god give us a manual, gas burning STI!

For me I think the first problem with Subaru is they went and changed from being Subaru to something else. What happened to the rowdy boxers, gold painted wheels oversize hood scoops and spoilers. Then they went and made everything CVT......hmmmm.
The Impreza name must return as both hatch and sedan then the performance variants get the WRX and STI ( hissing turbos and all) Products such as the XV I think also beg for the performance treatment

I oen a 2022 WRX Limited currently which I truly enjoy driving. I also used to own a 2012 WRX STI Limited sedan which was a great vehicle. I feel that Subaru should definitely bring back the WRX Hatchback and the STI Hatchback(maybe make the STI version a Hybrid...follow Toyota's lead) that would be one bad dude!

I personally drive a 2012 outback with a 172,000 mi and I'm thinking about getting another vehicle I would love at this point in my life to get a WRX because I miss driving stick and I miss sticking my foot to the floor but I need a hatchback and why Subaru can't give me the Mexican WRX or something with a hatch with balls in America is a mystery to myself I hope I could say balls here no wait I said it twice already

I would agree totally!
While not being a WRX owner, I have been a Subie owner since my newly shipped over red 1980 GL Wagon back in the day!
While some sedans may look "sporty" and drive fast, the WRX loses a lot of "WOW" when it becomes a "family style sedan "!
Seen many TR6 sedans?
BRING BACK THE BAJA!