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 proficient rally drivers Travis Pastrana and Bucky Lasek can be readily available to assist unveil the automotive.

The automotive is not the WRX STI alternative efficiency followers have been eager for ever since Subaru final 12 months stated there will not be an STI, a minimum of for this technology of the WRX. Nevertheless, the WRX TR nonetheless boasts some modifications that ought to enhance its efficiency each on the street and racetrack.

These embody stiffer springs, new damper charges, and a revised steering rack to ship improved dealing with whereas sustaining journey high quality. There’s additionally a extra highly effective brake bundle 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 normal turbocharged 2.4-liter flat-4 delivering a peak 271 hp. It is mated to a typical 6-speed handbook and all-wheel drive with torque vectoring. A CVT is offered.

2024 Subaru WRX TR

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

The WRX TR can be out there in early 2024. Pricing data can be introduced later this 12 months.

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 just a few modifications that may be a worthy WRX STI successor. It is referred to as the WRX by Prodrive, and with a bit of luck the automotive or a minimum of its upgrades can be provided on the market in some unspecified time in the future.