In crash tests, the WRX was all good, including a Top Safety Pick in the government’s new small-overlap test. New safety features are available for 2016, including Subaru’s camera-based EyeSight, that incorporates pre-collision braking, adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist andlane-departure warning. It comes in a package with navigation, lane-change assist, rear cross-traffic alert, and blind-spot detection. Premium and Limited models get 18-inch wheels with summer tires for big grip. The optional infotainment system is improved. It was last redesigned in 2015, when it was given a couple inches more room inside and outside.įor 2016, WRX gets a rearview camera, driver knee airbag, and 6.2-inch touch screen.

The WRX has been around since the turn of the century. The new Mercedes-Benz CLA45 is dynamically a rival, but it’s considerably more expensive. There are competitors on the market, namely the Ford Focus ST and Volkswagen Golf GTI and GTI R, but they’re hatchbacks and more based on front-wheel drive. It uses either a 6-speed manual transmission or a CVT, the latter programmed to cruise like an automatic or shift and feel like a twin-clutch transmission. It stuffs a twin-scroll turbocharged intercooled version of the 2.0-liter boxer engine into an Impreza shell, with a stiffened chassis and suspension.

The Subaru WRX is a high-performance sedan based on the all-wheel-drive Impreza, with its roots in World Rally competition.

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