Since subaru WRX ushered in a new generation of model updates, WRX STI as a high-performance version of the former is also rumored to be coming, but in recent days, a latest announcement issued by Subaru officials announced that the new WRX STI will not be based on the new WRX, which also means that after the Mitsubishi EVO, the performance of another Japanese internal combustion engine is over.
According to the official announcement, in order to comply with the electrification transformation and meet the emission standards in the global market, the Subaru brand will not create the next generation of pure fuel WRX STI based on this new WRX platform.
I have to say that such a sudden announcement surprised many fans, after all, shortly after subaru launched a new generation of WRX this year, the official also brought the Subaru WRX STI Performance Concept model based on the Japanese standard Subaru WRX S4 STI Sport R model at the Tokyo Modified Auto Show in January this year, which also made the arrival of the new generation of WRX STI full of hopes, but unfortunately it finally ushered in a "paper announcement" of suspension.
However, in order to achieve the electrification transition, the brand said that more research will also be carried out, including looking for opportunities for the next generation of WRX STI, which means that the next generation of WRX STI may also return, but it will no longer be pure, perhaps a pure electric STI.
In this announcement, the official mention of STI not only represents subaru's brand spirit and brilliant rally history, but also as the peak performance of Subaru's performance car, so the brand will still pass on the spirit of STI in the future.
Although the next generation of WRX STI will return in the form of electric vehicles, the official has not yet given a clear answer, but at the Tokyo Modified Auto Show in January this year, Subaru brought the STI E-RA concept car, from the shape and naming of the new car, the car or a pure electric racing car, and rich in the "STI" logo, so it is not excluded that subaru has already thought of the direction of the next generation of STI.
Although the fate of the Subaru WRX STI has finally reached the final moment of the life cycle of the internal combustion engine, it has made many fans feel sorry. But unlike the EVO, the essence totem of the Subaru WRX STI will continue, and the STI may only be continued in another form in the future.
As we all know, electrification transformation has become the only way for more car companies to transform, including supercar brands such as Ferrari, Porsche and other supercar brands have opened transformation plans, which means that the vast majority of car companies want to develop to adapt to the times, but I believe that brand representatives who are willing to pursue extreme performance can still continue with high performance as the premise in the future electrification transformation.
Netizen 1: STI did not leave us, leaving the internal combustion engine WRX STI!
Netizen 2: At this point, there is no WRX STI in the jianghu!
Netizen 3: As soon as the news came out, the second-hand car dealer estimated to have to raise a wave of impreza car prices!
Netizen 4: Without the WRC aura blessing, STI is no longer pure!
Netizen 5: Mitsubishi: History is always strikingly similar.
Netizen 6: SUBARU WRX STI, out!