The STI didn’t necessarily need a 15 per cent improvement in torque - but 332lb ft from 3,700rpm is sufficient to make the WRX respectably senior even today. And in all weathers, of course.

It is designed as a replica of the Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car; an icon of its era and actually a rather fitting metaphor as a road car famous for its off-road exploits, given gravel as an ...

In contrast, the current Subaru WRX STI 2.0-liter VT22r engine, built by Vermont Sports Car and used for rallying in the American Rally Association (ARA) Open 4WD Class is tuned for reliability ...

Subaru Impreza WRX STI (Mk1, 1994 - 2000): review, history and specs of the rally icon The original Impreza WRX STI is a motorsport icon, a true homologation special and a relative bargain in 2025 ...

Things were different back in the early 2000s. This 2007 STI Limited, up for sale on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos), is one of 800 sold in the U.S. in that ...

Not only has this 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI been used in multiple races but it’s also been driven by two of America’s most famous rally car drivers, Ken Block and Travis Pastrana.

Conversely, the 1998 Impreza WRX packs 276 horsepower, 243 lb-ft of torque, and can manage a 4.5 second 0-60 time. It's a touch lighter at 2,756 pounds and has a top speed of 156 mph.

Sitting below the ‘hawk eye’ STI, the GB270 arrived in 2007 as a run-out special for the GD Impreza to commemorate all the successes Subaru and Prodrive had enjoyed at the Wales Rally GB ...

But rather than swap one for a played-out Honda K-series, one 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car driver is opting for a far more exotic swap: a Ferrari California’s flat-plane-crank V8.