Official: Subaru confirms 2015 WRX STI to grace Detroit show stand

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Now that we’ve seen and driven the 2015 Subaru WRX, it’s time to set our sights on the car’s more powerful and traditionally massively winged counterpart: the STI. And while a few rumors about the new STI have already leaked, Subaru today confirmed that we’ll be seeing the hotter ‘Rex at the Detroit Auto Show later this month. Hot diggity.

Last we heard, the new STI will still use a turbocharged, 2.5-liter boxer-four (remember, the standard WRX uses a version of the 2.0-liter engine found in the Forester) producing something like 300 horsepower and 290 pound-feet of torque. What’s more, don’t expect the STI to hatch a five-door variant – Subaru recently told us that there are no plans to offer anything beyond a sedan bodystyle for both versions of the WRX. Sad trombone, we know.

That said, if our time with the 2015 WRX sedan is anything to go by, this new STI should be pretty rad. The new WRX is significantly sharper than the outgoing model (in terms of driving dynamics, anyway – it’s still a pretty ugly little thing), and we fully expect the STI to be a bulgier, harsher, more powerful and aggressive version of the already awesome street-legal rally car. We’re just hoping it will be offered with WRC-correct gold wheels, too.

Stay tuned for the WRX STI’s official debut in just over one week’s time. Have a look below for Subaru’s brief confirmation statement.

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