Subaru lied. Three years after declaring that a true STI version of the WRX was off the table, the company unveiled the WRX STI S210 at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Based on the Japanese-market WRX S4 ...

STI – or Subaru Tecnica International – has been hard at work with its latest ‘S’ series ... Transmission – code for Subaru’s own CVT. This is the first ‘S’ car to use one.

The S210 is the first “S-series” STI to feature Subaru’s Performance Transmission, a CVT designed for quicker shifts and smoother operation. However, die-hard fans of the STI’s engaging ...

Rather than a manual, Subaru has fitted its ‘Performance Transmission’, which is essentially a CVT with a manual mode that can mimic a conventional eight-speed auto. The shift characteristics ...

it features more power and comes equipped with a standard CVT The latest is the WRX S210 STI Complete Car prototype, which Subaru unveiled over the weekend at the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon.

Now, Subaru is utilizing a more powerful 2.5-liter Boxer flat-4 engine that develops 160 hp and 154 lb-ft of torque. The engineers mated it to a planetary CVT with a pair of motor/generator units ...

Alongside the improved handling, Subaru’s invested a lot of time into taking the Outback’s interior up a notch. It’s still not quite up to German standards, but it feels solid and is much more ...